Count me in, Assembler. This has been happening to my circle of friends ever since I turned thirty. I don't really know where I belong anymore, but it's certainly not in the cookie-cutter lifestyle many have succumbed into. I see some of my generation from college... dear Satan, what have they turned into? Everything is about job, money, "family" (but only appearances), and the like. This being said, I still have my core of non-boring, strange, never-marrying, never-conforming friends. But I feel weirder every so often among people my age. Also, I teach high school and college, and... well, I most certainly no longer fit in with today's young people either. So, maybe, some of us are destined to be the weird uncle, the crazy bohemian, the isolated scientist with all the weird old machines. And so be it, I'm proud to raise my freak flag.
why does their have to be a distinction between gamers/collectors and what you call normal people? their is a life outside of the screen! yes people grow up and move on with their lives and things like Mortgages, Family Life, Kids etc. do get in the way of stuff like gaming but so they should as they are important aspects of your life, i certainly wouldnt like the idea of looking back when im older and seeing that all i have done with my life is play and collect video games, surely most people want a family etc. and depending on your job and the hours it requires you have no choice but to abandon your hobbies for a while and concentrate on other things but thats real life and thats what makes it interesting one of the things im most looking forward to is having kids so i can share my experiences with them and share my video game hobby (and my other hobbies) with them, its part of life but i worry about anyone who thinks that being online is more exciting than living a real life, virtual friends will never replace the real thing, for example you cant go drinking online with virtual friends (yet!), i have no problem with anyone doing as much gaming etc. as they like but i do find it scary when people seem to think that games are all life is about, how the hell do you keep a girlfriend/boyfriend or have a real life when you spend so much time online? i know my mrs for example wouldnt stand for me being online all hours of the day and night and not taking her out or spending time with her p.s. not having a go at anyone i just find it amazing that people seem to love their hobbies more than real life
Unfortunately, to enable me to buy nice gaming items to play and for my collection I have to work 60 hours+ a week. In order for me to have somewhere to store said items I have to pay my mortgage every month. This thread should be titles 'I am the odd one out', not 'last man standing'. I'll also assume that the people who posted against the 'cattle' lifestyle are single?!
Not so fast. I'm getting hitched but doesn't stop me from having fun. It does help that my fiance is into comics and video games. :encouragement: I went traveling for the first time last year and we had more fun then most of my previous vacations. We definitely plan on doing more traveling, obviously children will delay that a bit but not cancel out that aspect of our lives we enjoy. Many People feel the need to do things other people do, i.e. the 'keeping up with the Jones' mentality. I have noticed some of my friends have changed and become the typical 'family'. Hopefully that is what they want and didn't just go that route due to mass media or sociological pressure. Personally I'm very happy I found someone who enjoys my company and wants to start a life together. I never thought I would find a person that gets more excited when walking into a comic store then me. ^_^_^
Well I'm a single guy. I'm 23 and fully disabled by US standards thanks to my autism. I do spend plenty of time here as can be evidenced by the number of posts I've made since I joined almost exactly 1 year ago. I doubt if I'll ever be capable of a serious relationship. The girl will have to be as crazy as me to survive with any sort of sanity. My brain = "sanity not included"...
Pardon my bluntness, but are you able to support yourself? My son has Aspbergers, and that's always the question on my mind. As for the relationship... maybe if you weren't in a redneck trailer. Big cities = diversity. That's what I've always thought. Anyway, you're young. 23? Fuck... enjoy your life. Plenty of time to let other things weigh you down later. As for all you other young whipper snappers. If you marry the right woman or transsexual, the relationship will probably not get in the way of your gaming. Even career to an extent, won't get in the way of your hobbies if you're serious about them. But, that definitely means you will lose something somewhere. The two things that have made my gaming time cut to VERY little are first and foremost, being a parent. This is SOO much more time inducing than anything, and it cuts right into your free time you used to have when work ended. Second: If you want to get serious about another hobby. I got back into music and started really enjoying my camera about 2 years ago. As such, games have had to take a back seat to those. Doesn't mean you have to be boring. But you have to be really good at time management. Some people are so exhausted after their job, they just want to go home and watch TV. Nothing wrong w/ that - I watch quite a bit of TV too!
I remember being little and one of my uncles never got married and i thought it was weird. Now I realize how smart he is. I don't think they make the type of girls i want to marry. I'm gunna be that dad who's 50 with 5 year olds. I'm 19 and some of my friends are having kids/ getting engaged and I just want to slap the fuck out of them. I don't understand them at all.
They moved my desk and I told Don...Stephen Root, excellent actor!!!!!! Loved him even more on NewsRadio!!!!!!! Remember that show with him (Stephen Root), Dave Foley, Phil Hartman, Andy Dick, Maura Tierney, Vicki Lewis, Khandi Alexander, and Joe Rogan!!!!! That and Seinfeld ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!! I miss Phil Hartman so much!!!!!!!!!
hi5 for this thread, seems as though everyone is either getting married settling down, concentrating on a career, buying a house etc. next thing they'll be playing golf and worse discussing it over drinks and talking about their careers and mortgages blah blah blah. i say, screw that i am not and will not live that way. don't get me wrong i want a family eventually a decent income and home. but i'm not going to take up golf or become a suit w~*ker
If I ever go anywhere in my life I'm gonna be that crazy 70+ guy who gives the younger guys a good run for their money when it comes to understanding the latest computer tech. When 2060 and beyond hits I'll put the teenage generation of that time to shame with my knowledge. That's assuming I'll still be alive by then...
Fuck yeah. I'm either going to die in a bizarre, but hilarious, freak accident at 43 or 44 years old, or be the crazy fucked up augmented 77 year old dude with the AR visor and futuristic shit all over, taking a stroll in Akihabara, getting confused looks from confused young people. I'm thinking this "real life" versus hobbies thing is wrong. Our hobbies ARE real life. I work 50+ hours a week most of the time, and I'm seen as a "functional" member of society (though, most people will agree I'm rather strange, because I can't figure out social cues and I'm centered on bizarre knowledge of language... which is how I make my living). I have many "normal" acquaintances, but also many really normal friends. And even if I'm a literature and language kind of fellow, I'm generally the go-to guy when something electronic or technical needs to be explained. I have my network of freaks and geeks, aged 18 to 70, though, and we have our weird fun, aknowledging our outcastness, and sharing knowledge.
That's fine and dandy, but note that not everyone feels that way. Also note, I'll be 38 in a few weeks. Our perspectives are likely quite different.
GEEZ LOUISE! I never made that connection at all! He is the stapler guy! I guess I haven't seen NewsRadio in many, many years, I remember when I saw it... I believe it was airing in the time slot next to Just Shoot Me! Talk about old school! He sure was cut down in his prime, I remember seeing it all over the news. Bad stuff! Edit: Better keep this on topic... ughhh rant rant rant, old people, young kids, iPhones, etc, etc... :wink-new:
oh ok then, i thought it was in relation to the whole quoted text, different things are important to different people at different stages of their different lives, each different person having different views on each different thing which they see differently at said different stages in their lifetime. i just wanted to say different alot there. ... different.
