human interaction

satanrules616

You want more human interaction offline with real people? Well, the irony I see here is if you are posting this thought on an online message board, you are definitely in the wrong place looking for offline human interaction, sweetie ...

Lauri wrote:

I think I need more of it. The only real people I talk to most days is the person at the front desk at the gym and the people in my office. Sometimes I go to trivia with my coworker and her friends, and I play soccer once a week if it's the season...other than that pretty much anyone I talk to is online-- facebook, email, etc. Does anyone else feel like this? I've never really understood the concept of so called loneliness-- is this it? Or is this just the consequence of modern life?

LikeAnOcean

justam wrote:

I think it just takes adults longer to become close friends.

Children and teens seem to bond quickly, where as it seems like adults become close friends at a VERY slow pace. At least, that's been my experience.

Children and teens also end friendships much quicker..

pandora

I've told my kids, count yourself lucky to have one true friend to depend on through life. One who values, appreciates and cherishes your friendship. What more do we need?

Then be friendly, people will come and go, these passing relationships important as all things happen for a reason.

Our everyday interaction with "strangers" is also very important, it's easily dismissed.
We can make someone's day better with a smile or a kind word or gesture.
These everyday interactions make a life blessed, the human bond happens in a fraction of a second and they all count!

Who Princess

pandora wrote:

Our everyday interaction with "strangers" is also very important, it's easily dismissed.
We can make someone's day better with a smile or a kind word or gesture.
These everyday interactions make a life blessed, the human bond happens in a fraction of a second and they all count!

Great point. Think about a time when you were having a rotten day and then someone was actually friendly or considerate to you. It can completely change how you're feeling.

eyedclaar

Sounds like some of you need a new friend. That must mean it is once again time for a PARTY IN EYED'S BASEMENT! WOO-HOO!!!!

eyedclaar

whoprincess wrote:

pandora wrote:

Our everyday interaction with "strangers" is also very important, it's easily dismissed.
We can make someone's day better with a smile or a kind word or gesture.
These everyday interactions make a life blessed, the human bond happens in a fraction of a second and they all count!

Great point. Think about a time when you were having a rotten day and then someone was actually friendly or considerate to you. It can completely change how you're feeling.

That's what my cats are for... wait a second, all they do is lay around and glare at me between bouts of licking their ass.

nuffingman

What's human interaction?

I hardly get any as I've worked from home for 2 1/2 years. Nobody phones anymore it's all emails. I've never met half of my customers and the only face to face I get is the old boy who walks his dog on my walk in the mornings and a Portuguese fella who runs the cafe I get my coffee from.

I blame technology and the internet. :twisted:

eyedclaar

nuffingman wrote:

What's human interaction?

I hardly get any as I've worked from home for 2 1/2 years. Nobody phones anymore it's all emails. I've never met half of my customers and the only face to face I get is the old boy who walks his dog on my walk in the mornings and a Portuguese fella who runs the cafe I get my coffee from.

I blame technology and the internet. :twisted:

I saw a bunch of kids this morning waiting at a bus stop and everysingle one of them was staring at some handheld device. None were actually communicating with each other.

Freak Show Revival

Everywhere I look
See blank eyes
On plastic devices
In a death grip
Before the face
Vision that should be
Somewhere
On the road ahead
On other worlds underfoot
And stars above
On the person
Sitting across the table

Everybody is wishing
They were someplace else
Hearing another voice
Living any kind of life
Other than the one in which
They find themselves
Wanting to disappear
Into hand held dimensions

Used to joke
About those unable
To see beyond
The end of their nose
Never realizing
How horribly unfunny
It might appear
With these shiny tumors
Sprouting from fingertips
And cheekbones
Ushering in
A whole new age
Of separation

justam

whoprincess wrote:

pandora wrote:

Our everyday interaction with "strangers" is also very important, it's easily dismissed.
We can make someone's day better with a smile or a kind word or gesture.
These everyday interactions make a life blessed, the human bond happens in a fraction of a second and they all count!

Great point. Think about a time when you were having a rotten day and then someone was actually friendly or considerate to you. It can completely change how you're feeling.

that's so true

comebackgirl

eyedclaar wrote:

Sounds like some of you need a new friend. That must mean it is once again time for a PARTY IN EYED'S BASEMENT! WOO-HOO!!!!

woo hoo! Sign me up

Lately I'm getting too much human interaction. I feel way too over-stimulated. I keep fantasizing about being alone in a hotel room...white walls...white sheets...just me and a book. Then I realized that sounds an awful lot like an insane asylum

nuffingman

eyedclaar wrote:

I saw a bunch of kids this morning waiting at a bus stop and everysingle one of them was staring at some handheld device. None were actually communicating with each other.

Freak Show Revival

Everywhere I look
See blank eyes
On plastic devices
In a death grip
Before the face
Vision that should be
Somewhere
On the road ahead
On other worlds underfoot
And stars above
On the person
Sitting across the table

Everybody is wishing
They were someplace else
Hearing another voice
Living any kind of life
Other than the one in which
They find themselves
Wanting to disappear
Into hand held dimensions

Used to joke
About those unable
To see beyond
The end of their nose
Never realizing
How horribly unfunny
It might appear
With these shiny tumors
Sprouting from fingertips
And cheekbones
Ushering in
A whole new age
Of separation

Yep My kids communicate with their mates on Facebook. Last week my youngest sent me an email instead of phoning. :(

unlost dogs

comebackgirl wrote:

eyedclaar wrote:

Sounds like some of you need a new friend. That must mean it is once again time for a PARTY IN EYED'S BASEMENT! WOO-HOO!!!!

woo hoo! Sign me up

Lately I'm getting too much human interaction. I feel way too over-stimulated. I keep fantasizing about being alone in a hotel room...white walls...white sheets...just me and a book. Then I realized that sounds an awful lot like an insane asylum

You can tell the difference, though _ the hotel room will have nice towels, and the asylum room will lack electrical outlets and will not have a dropped ceiling.

RKCNDY

unlost dogs wrote:

comebackgirl wrote:

eyedclaar wrote:

Sounds like some of you need a new friend. That must mean it is once again time for a PARTY IN EYED'S BASEMENT! WOO-HOO!!!!

woo hoo! Sign me up

Lately I'm getting too much human interaction. I feel way too over-stimulated. I keep fantasizing about being alone in a hotel room...white walls...white sheets...just me and a book. Then I realized that sounds an awful lot like an insane asylum

You can tell the difference, though _ the hotel room will have nice towels, and the asylum room will lack electrical outlets and will not have a dropped ceiling.

comebackgirl

unlost dogs wrote:

comebackgirl wrote:

eyedclaar wrote:

Sounds like some of you need a new friend. That must mean it is once again time for a PARTY IN EYED'S BASEMENT! WOO-HOO!!!!

woo hoo! Sign me up

Lately I'm getting too much human interaction. I feel way too over-stimulated. I keep fantasizing about being alone in a hotel room...white walls...white sheets...just me and a book. Then I realized that sounds an awful lot like an insane asylum

You can tell the difference, though _ the hotel room will have nice towels, and the asylum room will lack electrical outlets and will not have a dropped ceiling.

and I'm hoping for a nice jacuzzi tub and NO straight jacket!

comebackgirl

4and20 wrote:

:shock: The mattress looks dirty

RKCNDY

comebackgirl wrote:

4and20 wrote:

:shock: The mattress looks dirty

Oh, you wanted a bed too....pickypickypicky!

comebackgirl

4and20 wrote:

comebackgirl wrote:

4and20 wrote:

:shock: The mattress looks dirty

Oh, you wanted a bed too....pickypickypicky!

Now we're talking! Look at those nice, white padded walls

Lauri

pandora wrote:

I've told my kids, count yourself lucky to have one true friend to depend on through life. One who values, appreciates and cherishes your friendship. What more do we need?

Then be friendly, people will come and go, these passing relationships important as all things happen for a reason.

Our everyday interaction with "strangers" is also very important, it's easily dismissed.
We can make someone's day better with a smile or a kind word or gesture.
These everyday interactions make a life blessed, the human bond happens in a fraction of a second and they all count!

I completely agree about interactions with strangers. It's why I've always chosen to live in the city. I think I'd be suffocating right now if I lived in a place where I just got in my individual car and went directly to my individual office and then directly to my individual apartment every day.

I don't mean to say that I "blame the internet" or anything like that-- I'm not an old curmudgeon. I think the communication that the internet allows us is a good thing. I think it just catches up with me every once in a while when I realize I don't have that immediate group of friends around me. I've always enjoyed living alone and eating alone and solitary activities like that, but I'm sort of missing the days of having all your friends together in the dorm or the weekly dinner at someone's house. Maybe I need a roommate...or not...I'm not sure if I'm willing to go that far .