================================================ Subject: Re: NCR: Virtual reality - bad aspects From: "Creed - 7M3 - Live" To: Date: Thu 31 May 2001 22:18:28 -0400 ================================================ fmn wrote: > Hey Jim! > > ..... > So, what else can I tell you about myself? I'm pretty much an isolated > type. Trying to open up, though. Trying many things, btw. Trying to be > "something like human", most of all. Very self-critical, to the point of > being over-self-critical. hehe. Trying not to waste my time here on > earth. Trying to find my vocation. (I know yours. But how did you happen > to find it? Was it a certainty?). According to the American education > system (thanks for explaining it to me) I'm in high school, going to go > to college next year. Just don't know which one to chose, as in the > subject of study. Plus, I'm far from knowing what I want to do in life > lateron. So, I guess that makes me a pretty undecided person. Which in > turn creates the extreme imbalance... hehe..;-) Basically, I kind of got into my vocation by watching my dad build stereo systems, TV's and the like. The government doesn't pick your vocation. But what you observe from your parents rubs off. I didn't want to be a model or a reporter like my mom was before. So I guess it is interest to a high degree. > > You say you like talking to people on the internet. Well, I have a > rather skeptic view on this. I have this paranod theory of mine (it > doesn't apply to everyone, but to many): People that talk to other > people on the net, either just don't have anything better to do or are > isolated, don't have many friends and want to "escape" into the illusion > of the virtual world where they find friends (that are most of all out > for the same thing). So this whole "talking to people on the internet" > idea is a bit like deceiving yourself in creating a make-belief > environment around yourself. I know that's quite heavy and probably just > sorta interpreted into things rather than being observed or > /scientifically /proven, but like I said before, that's just my paranoid > theory. And I guess it does apply to me. (Me being the creator of this > theory in the first place, that figures.. ;-) But being aware of this > phenomenon, I try to at least make the most of such internet talks by > talking to people on subjects that interest me. And in such a case, it > is beneficial for both sides - I believe. Because by exchanging our > opinions we can alter them, and learn from each others experiences. I > don't know if anything I'm saying now makes sense, but that's the way I > feel about it, so I guess it would have been an even bigger deception > not to mention this now, when you spoke of "liking to talk to people on > the net". Am I the only one feeling this way about virtual reality? > ........ to be continued I think that there are all sorts of reasons that people are on the internet. Most that I talk to are heavily into music. I know that isolation may be one reason that people are here chatting. But it is not a main reason. I believe that it is the want to communicate with others. most people that I know are studying to better thierselve. One person just finished up with thier education. Lately, I've been interested in people from other countries and what they think. -- All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power. -- Ashleigh Brilliant To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp