Life without technology

[noam]

oh BORE OFF!!

i remember the 'good ol days' just as much as you lot

and it wasn't that good

so many people bitch about facebook or whatever - when all the mediums of communication for you to satiate your desire for ye olde worlde conversation are still there, facebook didn't cut out your tongue - you did.

stop moaning about shit and write a fucking letter if it makes you that happy. jesus.

you're harsh dude

yeah the last bit was unnecessary

[Sheff]

stop moaning about shit and write a fucking letter if it makes you that happy. jesus.

ironic

[Pedro Sánchez]

write a fucking letter if it makes you that happy. jesus.

DeArz NoAm,

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[noam]

safe cuz.

[Pedro Sánchez]

I wish the mentality would change, so that everyone suddenly realizes how stupid we've been all these years..

People would rather eat at same table instead of ruining the meal.

ironic considering your view point in this thread..?

Life is ironic and we are all hypocrites, I'm comfortable with that.

[2manynoobs]

I wish the mentality would change, so that everyone suddenly realizes how stupid we've been all these years..

People would rather eat at same table instead of ruining the meal.

ironic considering your view point in this thread..?

Life is ironic and we are all hypocrites, I'm comfortable with that.

that's one hell of a good quote !

[Carljnrendora]

I kinda agree and don't agree with this.... Tbh for some people the internet is the only place where they have the confidence to meet friends. Not everyone is confident and outspoken. Facebook is and things can be the inbetween before proper social interaction. A lot of my good friends, who I spend a lot of time with now, I met on facebook. I hardly even conversate on the phone or facebook them because I see them so much.

[kay]

Are you sure you and your mates will talk much even without technology? Everyone gets to that point sooner or later where they run out of shit to chat with each other constantly. Then something interesting happens along, and you start chatting away like you used to. Can't make technology a convenient scapegoat for everything.

Idiots who do nothing but text when they're supposed to be out with you for a meal or a drink, on the other hand, deserve to be slapped by a 10 day old tuna.

[Pedro Sánchez]

Idiots who do nothing but text when they're supposed to be out with you for a meal or a drink, on the other hand, deserve to be slapped by a 10 day old tuna.

had a mate that used to do it when we went cinema, used to annoy me so much.

[Mr Hyde]

oh BORE OFF!!

i remember the 'good ol days' just as much as you lot

and it wasn't that good

so many people bitch about facebook or whatever - when all the mediums of communication for you to satiate your desire for ye olde worlde conversation are still there, facebook didn't cut out your tongue - you did.

stop moaning about shit and write a fucking letter if it makes you that happy. jesus.

Shit yeah!

It just meant it was more hassle to get in contact- having to call parents house phones, have change for call boxes and a list of numbers in your pocket if you wanna call people when you're out. People didn't meet up any more or less than they do now, just it was a bit more hassle and needed more arranging to do it.

[Sheff]

Are you sure you and your mates will talk much even without technology? Everyone gets to that point sooner or later where they run out of shit to chat with each other constantly. Then something interesting happens along, and you start chatting away like you used to. Can't make technology a convenient scapegoat for everything.

Idiots who do nothing but text when they're supposed to be out with you for a meal or a drink, on the other hand, deserve to be slapped by a 10 day old tuna.

i was thinking of it asif we'd never been introduced to this sort of technology in the first place
but yeah thats true

[Sheff]

and noam shut the fuck up, you're complaining about me complaining

its just a thought

[knell]

love technology, but sitting around a campfire chatting or building something with someone really brings you closer together, way more than a funny post on someone's facebook wall.

i will say that the people i know who do everything naturally as a way of life (farming for their food, compost toilets, building/repairing) are some of the happiest, healthiest and friendliest people i know (for the most part)

[kay]

They can come rebuild my house.

[test_recordings]

You wouldn't care after a while if you had no access to technology, moods/emotions etc stabilise over time. It's like when people become disabled, initially they might feel sad, rejected etc but after a while they tend to return to pre-disability levels of happiness. Same with winning the lottery, it wears off aftera while.

Think of all those tribal people running round forests, deserts, savannahs etc they're just as happy as you are, if not more because they have a more close-knit social community and so have probably higher levels of social support and stronger friendships etc. Humans are more affected by social interaction than material possessions, same with monkeys... you can't do this experiment with humans but rhesus monkey babies will always choose a 'mother' (wire puppet) that's covered in fur-like material that's comfy over another 'mother' that's just bare wire but has a bottle with a teat that milk can be drawn from - it doesn't feel natural to cling to wire even if they get milk from it. Think about what you'd rather have in life: parents that give you stuff to live but are nasty to you or parents that give you fuck all (because they can't) but are nice to you?

[noam]

and noam shut the fuck up, you're complaining about me complaining

its just a thought

hahaha

yeah but no.

im just sayin it aint an issue

if you aint communicatin with people or you feel isolated cos you're on the internet all day instead of seein peoples fleshy faces all the time do sumat about it man!!!

[Sheff]

and noam shut the fuck up, you're complaining about me complaining

its just a thought

hahaha

yeah but no.

im just sayin it aint an issue

if you aint communicatin with people or you feel isolated cos you're on the internet all day instead of seein peoples fleshy faces all the time do sumat about it man!!!

yeah i get what you're saying but its not just about me! i feel like i have a pretty healthy social life but more people in general are spending more time with "social technology" rather than actually doing stuff in real life, if that makes sense..

like the stuff testrecordings said above about people living without technology are happy.

id love to live in a neighbourhood where everyone knows everyone but it seems like with my generation that just doesnt happen anymore, nobodys socialising


i dunno, just rambling thoughts

[Pedro Sánchez]

It will get to a point where, people only tweet about themselves tweeting, and people only post facebooks pics of themselves on a laptop, looking at facebook pics. ∞

[noam]

and noam shut the fuck up, you're complaining about me complaining

its just a thought

hahaha

yeah but no.

im just sayin it aint an issue

if you aint communicatin with people or you feel isolated cos you're on the internet all day instead of seein peoples fleshy faces all the time do sumat about it man!!!

yeah i get what you're saying but its not just about me! i feel like i have a pretty healthy social life but more people in general are spending more time with "social technology" rather than actually doing stuff in real life, if that makes sense..

like the stuff testrecordings said above about people living without technology are happy.

id love to live in a neighbourhood where everyone knows everyone but it seems like with my generation that just doesnt happen anymore, nobodys socialising


i dunno, just rambling thoughts

yeh its defo true to an extent

i grew up in a place where we knew all our neighbours, everyone on the streets around us, and it was standard to just go n knock on for your mates at their houses instead of callin

i remember doin that with some mates even recently and they were shocked cos they never had that

[Duffman]

And yet we are all currently sitting on our laptops talking about this on an internet forum