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Originally Posted by chano
Lets tell the truth... We post here cause we are losers. losers in the sense that we have no life. As much as I dont want to agree with myself, It is fact. We have NO LIFE.
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Remarkably honest post.
In fact, the whole "Internet as a Quasi-Life" is a topic that the psychiatric and social studies professions have probably yet to explore in detail.
What Chano said about this and other sports betting sites can be applied as well to the tens of thousands all about gardening, fishing, hunting, relationships, cooking --- you name it, there's something there for everyone.
And if you post at more than one site re topic (not, say, two or three sports bet sites) then you likely have a problem of some kind, the "no-life" kind.
But I'm not sure that's necessarily a bad thing. It's communication, and we all need that. It's just a different kind of communicaton than we've had in the past million or so years. From grunting at each other to typing at each other.
Example: I asked this neighbor couple I know (mid-70s) why they didn't have a computer, that lots of older people did, etc.
The gent told me that a friend of theirs, around their age, got one a year ago "and now spends TEN HOURS A DAY on it!"
I agreed that that was excessive, and the guy should at leasst get exercise and take some breaks. But then I realized that this elderly couple really just sat around there house and looked out the window all day, snooping the immediate surroudings, in fact spying on neighbors.
That's a "life?"
I suspect their friend - after checking out the porn sites - found forums that interested him, and he was posting, talking to his new "virtual friends." And he found it fascinating.
Sure, it probably would be better if he went to the local Senior Center and made real friends. But perhaps they would not be as interested or articulate about his favorite topic(s) than his cyberfriends are. At least he's engaged, and isn't that what living is all about, being engaged, passionate about something?
Some folks mock heavy poster here, JJ Gold, but he seems passionate about what he does. Most people with "normal" lives are not half as passionate. He does have "a life," just divergent from the norms of past eons.
I have a horse playing friend (whom I recently introduced to the offshore betting world - he was driving every weekend 60 miles roundtrip to a satellite betting center). But altho a few years ago he learned how to use a computer, he refuses to buy one.
Reason? He gets so fascinated with all the information online (he's a heavy newspaper reader) "that if I had one at home I'd be spending all my time on it."
Huh? You have a phone at home, and on your belt. You spend all your time talking on it? All your time watching televsion?
The guy is saying that online is a drug, better keep it out of your house. (Ever hear of self-control?)
There is now no question that the Internet is a major revolution in human behavior. (Thanks, Al Gore!) There are endless surprises.
I sell sometimes on Ebay. A few years ago one of my buyers turned out to be a Hollywood actress, and I got talking to her - online of course.
I found her very interesting, and she emailed me her photo (it's also on a few of the movie websites). A beautiful blonde. I think, from an incident she described, now in her early 50s, but very striking.
She is not a big time actress but has had solid minor roles and credits in such as Desperate Housewives, NYPD Blue etc.
And she was coming on to me. ("Nicest guy on ebay" was the comment she made in the Feedback she'd left). I was, and still am, in a committed relationship (sort of) but I was very tempted. It was very flattering. But she was also a bit of a distance from me.
She told me she also hit the Singles sites and chat rooms. ("It's hard to find anyone half decent online," she once commented wearily).
I don't know - does this still busy and beautiful actress, living in Tinseltown (San Fernando Valley, actually) "have a life?"
Apparently, life on the Net was more real to this doll than the phony life in Hollywood. (BTW, she told me that almost all the Hollywood agents were gay.)
Me, I often work like hell, 12 to 15 hours a day. But usually only two-three days a week. The rest of the time I have some leisure, like today.
And becausse I bet foots and college hoops, I like reading and posting here when I can. I have a few freinds that do likewise, that are as interested in sports as a betting proposition, but they are not next door neighbors, and I see them rarely. So I "talk" to "friends" at this site. (The only place I post, btw, except maybe 3 or 4 a year at EOG)
Everyone should get adequate exercise, and not ruin their eyes by staring at the pc screen too long. (Right now the one I'm looking at is less than 18" from my face . .. . that can't be good, can it?)
But I don't know if talking online is the same as "not having a life." My gf doeesn't give a sh*t about sports, it would be like talking to a wall. I speed walk 3-5 times a week, so no prob there.
Some serious re-definitions are in order, re human behavior and the Internet. Sure, we all need real inteaction with others. But still, I'd rather a guy who can't get girls jack off while viewing Net porn than be out raping a woman on the streets.
Apologies for this marathon post. I just had a chance to read all the replies to my thread, and Chano's frank comments sparked a reaction.
Why Do YOU Post on the SBR Forum?
LOL good post. 
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