I approve of this thread. It's not the easiest thing to do, love someone you met online, because all you do is crave their touch, their companionship. But the way I see it, the moment you meet them, the more special it is. I fell in love with someone from this game, and I don't regret it at all. Talking on the phone, and video chats get me through it. Yeah, the fights hurt, but there isn't someone I would fight for as hard as I do for him. 4 months later, and I'm still crazy in love and there's no one else I would want to have a connection with than him. We all had real life relationships, and i could say this, because it's happened. You know someone for a while, and end up going out and stay together for years, but for some (not all) it's not even based upon feeling, it's just about not being lonely because one or the other or even in some cases both, they're on their phone, or even on the computer. I stayed in a relationship with an ass for 4 years coz I didn't wanna be lonely. Online dating isn't for everyone, and depends on who you ask, some even still frown upon it. You never know until you try it truthfully. Thank you Jo for an amazing thread
My first online relationship lasted longer then any relationships that originally started out in real life. Pickles so you obviously admit you're lonely since are on this app yes?
By the way, when I state online relationships I'm not excluding relationships as so far as friendships as well. And also, not stating that those who have never met outside their phone or computer screen. I admit I'm lonely in real life, I'm not without a social life, but moving to a new state after having friends online I just connect better. I can rest assured that I can block some idiot who tries to sleep with me whereas in real life if they know where I live I'm screwed.
I highly suggest you look up what I said about the innovation of loneliness. You'll understand the definition better.
Lmao... No, you didn't. It's ok. I'll wait for someone else to reply so we can have a proper discussion.
Cherry, you sound very defensive as if your lifestyle has been targeted. I don't think pickles meant to target anyone for having relationships online or playing a game. She present an obvious problem in society today. :roll: Her statement is true, and it probably applies to everyone on this thread as well as pickles herself so need to get worked up.
To lazy to quote but I think those SS show the point I was trying to make. You've just proved you yourself are lonely. And it's not about my ability to grasp your argument I understood your argument full well. You just don't want to have a "discussion" with me since I've made a point you don't agree with. I don't disagree with you I do agree that technology has fucked up the way people see things but I also don't believe adjusting to the fact that our culture is so technologically dependent as bad. It's necessary for "survival" in this day in age. Oh and I call everyone pet names it's in my nature here as well as real life, "Hun." ️
Oh no I'm not defensive I do agree her argument is true. The thing is she's not seeing the point I'm trying to make. And no I'm not getting defensive nor is my lifestyle being targeting as I don't believe my prior attempts at having relationships that have formed online as being a lifestyle.
Obviously you're talking to pickles. But I don't being extremely dependent on technology is necessary for survival. You have people who get social apps to connect with family or to network and end up checking said social app 50x a day for no reason. It's easy to get addicted. In actuality I'd say that technology is only "necessary" because it's so mainstream. We'd all be fine without the constant innovation. It can slow down and we'd still progress. In actuality that's what needs to happen. It needs to slow down, we need to slow down. We don't need to have everything right there at the touch of a button. Because sad to say but eventually out lives might look the humans' in Wall-E where everyone sits in a hover chair with buttons on the arms and a screen and they never get up or see each other face to face or do anything real. They live in their own personal fantasy bubble. Alone.
Sorry for the number of posts I post after the prior one I'm spamming my own thread but I have ideas that unfortunately do not collect in the way most normal people's do. Anyway, is it defensive that I remarked that pickles herself is lonely or is it defensive that she thus then remarked that obviously I missed the point of her post and indicated I was not understanding it? Which I fully did as you did by remarking that pickles herself is probably lonely? Just saying, ️ I know you guys don't know me. But I don't tend to get defensive I tend to call it as I see it .
I didn't mean your prior attempts at forming relationships online were a lifestyle. I'm saying the extent of technology you use in day to day life is apart of your lifestyle. This game is a part of your lifestyle. Well maybe not lifestyle, but life. We'll call it your life. And I wouldn't say that just because someone plays an online game their lonely. But she may be lonely, We can't really deduce that by the fact that she plays pimd. We'd have to look at how much of her life actually takes part online.
When will it ever slow down though? It's necessary as it is. I mean why else would we be on this app? We love technology we live and breathe it. We may say it's screwed up which it is but we all buy into it complete with the cherry on top.