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There he goes.", "user": "corporalcroissandwich" }, { "id": "1206638", "time": "1648584630", "html": "I expect to gain collateral damage of my emotions from being t\u0337\u0342\u0343\u0326\u0355\u0355r\u0334\u0308\u0344\u0343\u0302\u0355\u0355\u0317a\u0338\u0309\u0311\u0352\u035d\u032e\u032f\u0321\u0347\u0332\u032b\u0316p\u0338\u0344\u0315\u0327\u0318p\u0336\u0344\u0314\u030c\u0313\u034b\u0320e\u0338\u0307\u031e\u034d\u0331d\u0336\u0315\u0311\u0308\u0304\u0346\u032d \u0336\u031b\u034c\u034a\u0352\u033e\u030f\u0345i\u0335\u030d\u035d\u034c\u035d\u0343\u030b\u0316\u0317\u0317n\u0337\u0309\u030d\u034e\u0345\u032f\u031d\u034ds\u0338\u031b\u0304\u0308\u0347\u0339i\u0335\u0360\u033e\u031a\u0311\u0303\u0300\u0352\u0323\u0329\u0330\u0330\u0321\u0332d\u0338\u0357\u0351\u031b\u031a\u0311\u035b\u0351\u035a\u031e\u032a\u0322\u0316\u033a\u032ce\u0335\u0310\u0313\u0314\u0300\u0343\u034b\u0339\u035a\u0325 \u0335\u0343\u0353t\u0334\u0358\u030ah\u0336\u033e\u030d\u0307\u0302\u0350\u0352\u0344\u0318i\u0335\u0305\u0305\u0346\u035b\u034ds\u0338\u030a\u031a\u0315\u034c\u0302\u030e\u0350\u0318\u0325\u0330\u0349\u033a\u0329\u0325 \u0334\u0307\u031b\u0360\u030d\u0360\u0340\u033f\u0359\u0326\u033a\u035c\u0345\u0330\u031eb\u0337\u033e\u034a\u034a\u0359o\u0335\u0313\u0352\u0317\u0322\u032c\u032dd\u0337\u030c\u0315\u0314\u034d\u032c\u0326\u0349\u0331\u031e\u032ey\u0334\u0304\u0344\u030b\u033e\u0306\u034a\u032a\u0354\u033c", "user": "broncoboy18" }, { "id": "1206640", "time": "1648587192", "html": "being lonely doesnt feel good", "user": "stripes" }, { "id": "1206641", "time": "1648587234", "html": "<div style=\"margin:20px; background-image:url(/images/light.png);\"><div style=\"border:1px solid #888; padding:5px;\"><a href=\"/users/titanlord237\">Titanlord237</a> said:</div><div style=\"border:1px solid #888; padding:20px;\">Then why do you use this forum?</div></div><br />what stripes said, also because stripes told me to use it", "user": "bug" }, { "id": "1206721", "time": "1648598674", "html": "Bro you literally have, like, 1.5x the post count stripes does.<br /><br />What emotional need is being met by interacting with people?", "user": "titanlord237" }, { "id": "1206730", "time": "1648598836", "html": "well loneliness i guess but its kind of not worth it in the long run but also it's hard to live with it, idk how to explain<br /><br />actually no, i don't care about loneliness, i just like to feel better about myself", "user": "bug" }, { "id": "1206733", "time": "1648598928", "html": "bug, as a human being, you need to have interactions with other human beings.", "user": "titanlord237" }, { "id": "1206734", "time": "1648598952", "html": "why", "user": "bug" }, { "id": "1206736", "time": "1648599039", "html": "because as a hermit, your mental health will slowly but steadily decline and decline until you go crazy", "user": "titanlord237" }, { "id": "1206738", "time": "1648599097", "html": "yeah but why would that happen", "user": "bug" }, { "id": "1206744", "time": "1648600422", "html": "humans are social creatures and are programmed with an innate desire for connection", "user": "titanlord237" }, { "id": "1206745", "time": "1648600665", "html": "so we're robots", "user": "bug" }, { "id": "1206746", "time": "1648600750", "html": "well, more like, early humans who got along well with other humans survived better and were better able to pass down their genes<br /><br />therefore the natural progression made us desire to be accepted socially so we could better be alive", "user": "titanlord237" }, { "id": "1206747", "time": "1648600788", "html": "so it doesn't apply to me then, because i don't care", "user": "bug" }, { "id": "1206748", "time": "1648600962", "html": "well, you're descended from those very same humans<br /><br />unless you have some latent aspd i'm not aware of", "user": "titanlord237" }, { "id": "1206749", "time": "1648600991", "html": "<div style=\"margin:20px; background-image:url(/images/light.png);\"><div style=\"border:1px solid #888; padding:5px;\"><a href=\"/users/bug\">bug</a> said:</div><div style=\"border:1px solid #888; padding:20px;\">so it doesn't apply to me then, because i don't care</div></div><br />i like having you around. don't you feel the same way?", "user": "titanlord237" }, { "id": "1206750", "time": "1648601217", "html": "i dont know how to answer that", "user": "bug" }, { "id": "1207900", "time": "1649028654", "html": "I like understanding other people better and also feeling understood myself. I like knowing that I might be making someone else's life a little bit better.", "user": "eriophora" }, { "id": "1207914", "time": "1649030935", "html": "I'm sure more than 50% of the people that know you feel that way about you, so you're doing ok.", "user": "corporalcroissandwich" }, { "id": "1207922", "time": "1649035179", "html": "We're all here occupying this Earth for a short while. We might as well make someone feel better while we're here.", "user": "scoggles" }, { "id": "1208203", "time": "1649105289", "html": "i regret typing that n idk how to delete", "user": "heartachetosing" }, { "id": "1208366", "time": "1649180383", "html": "<div style=\"margin:20px; background-image:url(/images/light.png);\"><div style=\"border:1px solid #888; padding:5px;\"><a href=\"/users/titanlord237\">Titanlord237</a> said:</div><div style=\"border:1px solid #888; padding:20px;\">When you form bonds with people, be it classmates, peers, colleagues, what have you, what is it that you seek to gain from it? Why do you make friends, or reach out to people? Why do you interact with people, like here, on this forum? What is your endgoal you have in mind for it? What is the purpose of putting so much time and effort into a relationship with other people?</div></div><br />First question: I don\u2019t go into it seeking anything in particular.<br />Second question: someone to talk to plus solitude is painful.<br />Third question: people to talk to.<br />Fourth: no end goal.<br />Last question: who cares? <br /><br />Really the answer is just it\u2019s nice to talk to friendly people. I mean I talk to strangers in public all the time. Yesterday I chatted with a guy while he was pissing in a Gatorade bottle about how it sucks the laundromat we were at only had one bathroom and that the manager locks it when she leaves at 5pm then I just started listening to him tell me about how raising his kid has been going.", "user": "antimonypentafluoride" } ], "users": { "titanlord237": { "name": "Titanlord237", "key": "titanlord237", "url": "/users/titanlord237", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/25014.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "9134" }, "bug": { "name": "bug", "key": "bug", "url": "/users/bug", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/42619.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "7045" }, "corporalcroissandwich": { "name": "Corporal Croissandwich", "key": "corporalcroissandwich", "url": "/users/corporalcroissandwich", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/30324.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "677" }, "broncoboy18": { "name": "BroncoBoy18", "key": "broncoboy18", "url": "/users/broncoboy18", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/21075.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "10469" }, "stripes": { "name": "stripes", "key": "stripes", "url": "/users/stripes", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/41687.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "3378" }, "eriophora": { "name": "eriophora", "key": "eriophora", "url": "/users/eriophora", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/28900.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "848" }, "scoggles": { "name": "Scoggles", "key": "scoggles", "url": "/users/scoggles", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/23512.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "3973" }, "heartachetosing": { "name": "heartachetosing", "key": "heartachetosing", "url": "/users/heartachetosing", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/32466.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "31" }, "antimonypentafluoride": { "name": "antimony pentafluoride", "key": "antimonypentafluoride", "url": "/users/antimonypentafluoride", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/31054.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "4834" } }, "page_num": 1, "locked": 0, "total_pages": 2 }

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