Then you can understand that the same way you are not inclined to live my life I am not inclined to live yours. I would be bored to death cooking and cleaning as a form of personal fulfilment. I have a family at home who support what I do and those are the only people in the world whose opinion matters to me.
Just an OP reaction: I look at posting here as preparatory for the impact of emerging technologies that will precipitate a staggering explosion of intelligent communities. These will rapidly conquer the distances and barriers between people in ways that we can scarcely imagine right now. Post smart, and post often. Open up to an expanding diversity of minds. This is important exercise for what's ahead.
I like your optimism. I'm thinking its more like ~ 90% of the online population will belong to the current day's "twitter", and the intelligent communities will continue to exhibit smaller memberships in various niche corners of the internet.
I also read a book a day, when is that going to be derided? I do that without other human interaction, unlike posting. I go to the gym and swim laps for 2 hours. Is that bad as well? I swear, some people are so pathetic. And kvetching is now my new word. Thanks Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Wow..what's wrong with not having a life? I mean, it's not like we can deduce from how many posts a day a person posts whether they have a life or not. People like to spend their time differently. Getting over 50 a day isn't exactly equalling with having no life, especially if said person is a debater-type. Okay...if said person would post over 1000 posts a day..then I'd start to wonder how they spend their time...but Jesus...it's just 50 posts...
yeah but its the consistency of those posts...each day...each week...each month...every year. Kind of begs a question whether all is allright in the real world.
Maybe instead of going to the pub and drinking themselves to sh*ts they'd rather go for a nice rant in the forums?
I would go ahead and say that socializing in real life is still important, even such devious activities as going to the Pub. After all only we decide how much alcohol and booties we wield.
Maybe they've socialised enough at work/etc.? Or are just generally fed up after work having to talk about more negligible stuff, so instead of that they rather surf the internet, and forums, and partake in debates and discussions in which they actually want to partake, and where they actually can leave at any time they want to? Oh yeah, and before I forget...partaking in online discussions is also a form of socialising. Just saying.
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Going to the pub is a devious activity? How so? Most people "wield" only a single booty... PS, me: 11.55 posts/ day. Maybe I should get to the pub more often.
Holy cow! I just realised I have been here since 2001 and I haven't broken the 10k post mark! I don't know whether to be proud or go on a massive posting frenzy.:bawl: 3.42 posts per day.. Hmm.. 9,581 posts all up.. Hmmmm... /Must not be competitive.. /Enjoys life..Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
O for Christs sake... it dont take all that much deducin but i will acknowledge the white elephant in the room... the intent of this thred was for S.A.M. to receive ridicule Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
You know what makes me sometimes facepalm, or laugh? When I accidentally stumble across some of my old posts, or threads (speaking of online forums in general)...it's like.."woah..what the f*ck was I smoking that day?" or " Sheesh..I'm glad that my notions have evolved since then" haha
You shouldn't be offended Enmos, because it wasn't directed at you. Note the highlighted words. May, also means may not. I didn't mean anything derogatorily, it was just a general observation on a lot of the people at the top of that list. Yourself not included, I've already told you how I feel about you and your posting style.
That's true. But I think those indications are not restricted to people above 5 posts a day, which seems rather arbitrary anyway. And they don't have to apply at all to people above 5 posts a day either.
