I have a 'dumb'phone. It makes phone calls. That's it. I have a whopping 15 facebook 'friends'; my wife, my son, my brother, mother, sister, a cousin and 9 people I have known 'IRL' for at least 12 years and all predate my owning a computer. I don't 'check-in', don't update my status, don't tweet, hell I hate to even send text messages. I have never seen American Idol or Sex in the City or the Sopranos. I only ever saw one episode of Seinfeld. The only TV I watch is baseball, football and occasionally Hockey. In other words I have virtually nothing in common with anybody. I don't share any of their 'interests'. I find reasons to not go the gym. I hate to shave. I would only wear sweats or shorts & t-shirts if I could. I never use cologne or aftershave. I go to the cheapest barber I can find. I drive a 2004 Toyota with 114, 000 miles on it and hope to keep it at least 5 more years. I shower several times a day, change my navy blue, gray or dark green clothes each time. I am polite. I smile. I am courteous. I try to never let anyone know anything about me. I wish to be invisible. I am a Man who isn't here. Life is pointless and I feel sorry for you. All I want to do is sit in a darkened room and drink beer.
I hate to shave too. But I only shower 3 times aweek. If even. Lol but we have something in relation.
I could care less about appearance but care alot about odor. Other people's body odors are a form of privacy invasion. I want to appear as nothing worth looking twice at but don't want anyone to pick up my scent, which could give them a reason to look or talk to me. I have a fetish for keeping my ass, my private parts, my navel, my underarms, my hands and face clean at all times. I will not put on socks or underwear once I take them off. When I was a bachelor I had 5 identical outfits (black trousers, white oxford shirt) and wore one each day. When I wasn't at work I only wore things that were Navy Blue, 100% cotton and one size too big.
Well, at least you're not alone - I could spend an hour naming people I know personally who live much the same as you do, and feel the same way. I just went to a party this weekend, I sat there and observed about 20 people (friends) who proclaim that they are a kind of "family". yet for three hours - no one really spoke to each other - they took turns gossiping about people who were not there, making not-so-clever observations about pop culture and taking photographs of each other drinking and pretending to have a good time, so that when they sobered up the next morning, they could post these photos to their facebook accounts, so that everyone who wasn't there could see how much fun they appeared to be having. It was so fucking depressing I finally had to leave. - So I think you already know what you're missing out on.
Thanks for that. At the same time I find it really depressing that: a) my wife has fallen into the facebook trap. I feel it has created a bit of a divide between us. Overall our marriage is strong but she is on it constantly, has 300+ friends and plays all those dumb games. I feel like she tunes me out alot. b) this kid invents facebook in his dorm room and now he is a 27 y.o. multi billionaire. He is being rewarded for nothing but creating a mechanism for social alienation and mindless conformity.
Some friendships are strong enough to endure those Golden silences, and mostly those are the one's truly worth nurturing for the long term imho.
Yeah the real sad part is, this "social network" wasn't even his idea - he stole the idea and just wrote the code. I think you'll enjoy this (well maybe enjoy isn't the right word): http://documentaryheaven.com/surplus-terrorized-into-being-consumers/
