• Active, Outdoor Teens Are Happier Teens: Study
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[QUOTE=carcarcargo;36456315]Going on swing would be fun if it weren't for the fact that chavs seem to have a fetish for trashing parks.[/QUOTE] Beating up chavs can be an outdoor activity.
[QUOTE=Jimpy;36456257]Everyone's got an excuse... but all there is to going outside is one door. Take your fucking labtop out there if you're too ADD to entertain yourself with sticks. Break in easy. Then you can move on to dirt and tire swings.[/QUOTE] Meanwhile, the sun makes it near impossible to see the screen, bugs accost you from every angle, and people look at you funny for bringing your laptop outside like an autistic neckbeard. [QUOTE=Jimpy;36456329]Beating up chavs can be an outdoor activity.[/QUOTE] Oh, now that's a great idea. Just attempt to beat up a group of people that are most likely better at fighting and more in shape than you. Brilliant!
Im going to the lake today with just my parents because I practically only have friends at college now I feel like such a dork just hanging out with my parents but hey at least the kneeboarding is fun
[QUOTE=Jmir 54;36456450]Im going to the lake today with just my parents because I practically only have friends at college now I feel like such a dork just hanging out with my parents but hey at least the kneeboarding is fun[/QUOTE] Everyone should hang out with their oldtimers every now and again. I know I spent too litte time with them and regret that now.
Because I pursue the life of Tony Stark, I rather sit at my desks with 6 screens and 3 computers and try to think up some stuff that would be awesome. I tried building an Iron Man suit, but one thing is lacking: a powerful enough power source. Also, solar rays damage skin tissue, and I don't want to end up like Gordon Ramsay. [IMG]http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/5290/1333915653010.jpg[/IMG]
Fuck that its too damn hot.
Blah, I hang out with my brothers. Brothers are your best friends anyway, same blood, share the same fate and all.
I personally enjoy spending a lot of my time on the internet. I can also socialize when I feel like it, and I've spent a lot of time kind of comparing and contrasting the two. What I've determined is that people who spend a lot of their time outside exercising or being normal teens or whatever aren't interesting people, because they occupy themselves with the present and don't bother developing their personalities. These people don't have "lesser intelligence" per se, but many are incapable of holding a conversation that has any kind of meaning, and thus bore me (or people like us, I will say lightly). Being a senior in high school, I've had a lot of time to observe just how the average teen works, and it upsets me. They do indeed indulge in quite a lot of stupid shit such as drinking and smoking and whatnot, but that's not a defining factor for most of them, and shouldn't be taken into account when discerning their personality. What worries me the most about non-internet people is that they indulge in hollow relationships. I call them this because they really don't have any meaning. I walk around through the hallways, class to class, every day, observing people interacting with one another in various degrees of appropriateness and talking to their friends, and they don't talk about anything interesting at all. I hear the phrase "I need a boyfriend" or "I need a girlfriend" incredibly often. There are numerous things that turn me away from the general population of teens because of this. For one, you don't "need" a boyfriend or girlfriend. You need food and water. When these people do eventually get a girlfriend or boyfriend, they still continue to hold meaningless conversations. They [B]never[/B] talk about themselves or how they're feeling beyond "I like this person" and "This person should go die in a hole" and "I love you". They're not willing to ask for advice with problems they're having or talk about anything remotely sensitive. Isn't the point of a relationship to have someone that you trust to talk to about your problems so that you don't have to keep them all in? I'm honestly scared of entering any kind of a relationship with anyone beyond that of "friendship" with anyone that I've seen in my high school. Some people have actually hit on me, and I have quite a few "friends", yes, but I'm just not really interested in them. People scare me.
Ah fuck my neighborhood, full of punks and dickhead kids riding go-karts and drag racing all the damn time. Not to mention the nearest park is awful and run-down. Besides, all my friends live farther than 20 minutes :( I'd rather stay inside for now.
[QUOTE=vaba;36456752]I personally enjoy spending a lot of my time on the internet. I can also socialize when I feel like it, and I've spent a lot of time kind of comparing and contrasting the two. What I've determined is that people who spend a lot of their time outside exercising or being normal teens or whatever aren't interesting people, because they occupy themselves with the present and don't bother developing their personalities. These people don't have "lesser intelligence" per se, but many are incapable of holding a conversation that has any kind of meaning, and thus bore me (or people like us, I will say lightly). Being a senior in high school, I've had a lot of time to observe just how the average teen works, and it upsets me. They do indeed indulge in quite a lot of stupid shit such as drinking and smoking and whatnot, but that's not a defining factor for most of them, and shouldn't be taken into account when discerning their personality. What worries me the most about non-internet people is that they indulge in hollow relationships. I call them this because they really don't have any meaning. I walk around through the hallways, class to class, every day, observing people interacting with one another in various degrees of appropriateness and talking to their friends, and they don't talk about anything interesting at all. I hear the phrase "I need a boyfriend" or "I need a girlfriend" incredibly often. There are numerous things that turn me away from the general population of teens because of this. For one, you don't "need" a boyfriend or girlfriend. You need food and water. When these people do eventually get a girlfriend or boyfriend, they still continue to hold meaningless conversations. They [B]never[/B] talk about themselves or how they're feeling beyond "I like this person" and "This person should go die in a hole" and "I love you". They're not willing to ask for advice with problems they're having or talk about anything remotely sensitive. Isn't the point of a relationship to have someone that you trust to talk to about your problems so that you don't have to keep them all in? I'm honestly scared of entering any kind of a relationship with anyone beyond that of "friendship" with anyone that I've seen in my high school. Some people have actually hit on me, and I have quite a few "friends", yes, but I'm just not really interested in them. People scare me.[/QUOTE] lol you realise people mainly have the meaningful conversations when they aren't at school at when they are with close friends only. School is for shit talk
[QUOTE=Jimpy;36456257]Everyone's got an excuse... but all there is to going outside is one door. Take your fucking labtop out there if you're too ADD to entertain yourself with sticks. Break in easy. Then you can move on to dirt and tire swings.[/QUOTE] but if i go out with my laptop with melt becouse of the heat
[QUOTE=Justjake274;36456763]Ah fuck my neighborhood, full of punks and dickhead kids riding go-karts and drag racing all the damn time. Not to mention the nearest park is awful and run-down. Besides, all my friends live farther than 20 minutes :( I'd rather stay inside for now.[/QUOTE] 20 minutes isnt far at all? I would walk to school and home every day and that was a 45minute walk each way
[QUOTE=Stormcharger;36456861] School is for shit talk[/QUOTE] true that, in school u hear a lot of shit. It's just the people want atention, or have nothing else to do. School is like prison to me/.
[QUOTE=Wolfz;36456895]true that, in school u hear a lot of shit. It's just the people want atention, or have nothing else to do. School is like prison to me/.[/QUOTE] ~so deep~~ You hear shit talk in school because, fuck, what else are you going to do in school? When I was in high school the most depth a conversation with my mates would have was probably taunting one of them for their failure of the week. But outside school, we could actually hold decent conversations. It's more the people and surroundings of a school that stop you, you don't really want people you don't like or know listening in to something that could well be quite personal. It's not an attention thing unless they are the chav, class clown, or egotistical types who announce shit as loud as possible.
[QUOTE=J!NX;36455408]the people who call others here autistic very readily seem to have some severe social issues of their own[/QUOTE] I always wondered why many Facepunch users behave so vehemently towards a minority group which has done nothing wrong.
Here in Arizona, no one will go outside. If I walk outside right now, it will be a fucking ghost town.
[QUOTE=Timenova;36457055]I always wondered why many Facepunch users behave so vehemently towards a minority group which has done nothing wrong.[/QUOTE] because they're the real spergs :v: no but seriously, FP just needs someone to hate
I don't get out much because all of my friends live far away from me. I don't drive yet, and there's damn all to do around here. By that I mean there really is little to do around here. I live outside a fishing town, where we have lots of pubs, chippies, and Chinese takeaways. There aren't many people my age, its mostly kids, adults and old people. So I sort of have to stay indoors. v:v:v
[IMG]http://filesmelt.com/dl/outside8.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://images.sodahead.com/polls/002298021/2039532146_HA_HA_HA_OH_WOW_answer_1_xlarge.jpeg[/IMG] Never change, Facepunch. Never change.
I'd socialze more but the are a lot of idiots in my town who constantly brag how they got drunk or were in a party and also smoke. And well, because I spend a lot of time with computers people call me a "hacker" and because I don't look like fucking KFC I get called "snow white", it's like I'm a fucking walking joke. Goddamn pricks. Plus there's really nothing to do outside.
[QUOTE=vaba;36456752]I personally enjoy spending a lot of my time on the internet. I can also socialize when I feel like it, and I've spent a lot of time kind of comparing and contrasting the two. What I've determined is that people who spend a lot of their time outside exercising or being normal teens or whatever aren't interesting people, because they occupy themselves with the present and don't bother developing their personalities. These people don't have "lesser intelligence" per se, but many are incapable of holding a conversation that has any kind of meaning, and thus bore me (or people like us, I will say lightly). Being a senior in high school, I've had a lot of time to observe just how the average teen works, and it upsets me. They do indeed indulge in quite a lot of stupid shit such as drinking and smoking and whatnot, but that's not a defining factor for most of them, and shouldn't be taken into account when discerning their personality. What worries me the most about non-internet people is that they indulge in hollow relationships. I call them this because they really don't have any meaning. I walk around through the hallways, class to class, every day, observing people interacting with one another in various degrees of appropriateness and talking to their friends, and they don't talk about anything interesting at all. I hear the phrase "I need a boyfriend" or "I need a girlfriend" incredibly often. There are numerous things that turn me away from the general population of teens because of this. For one, you don't "need" a boyfriend or girlfriend. You need food and water. When these people do eventually get a girlfriend or boyfriend, they still continue to hold meaningless conversations. They [B]never[/B] talk about themselves or how they're feeling beyond "I like this person" and "This person should go die in a hole" and "I love you". They're not willing to ask for advice with problems they're having or talk about anything remotely sensitive. Isn't the point of a relationship to have someone that you trust to talk to about your problems so that you don't have to keep them all in? I'm honestly scared of entering any kind of a relationship with anyone beyond that of "friendship" with anyone that I've seen in my high school. Some people have actually hit on me, and I have quite a few "friends", yes, but I'm just not really interested in them. People scare me.[/QUOTE][quote]What I've determined is that people who spend a lot of their time outside exercising or being normal teens or whatever aren't interesting people, because they occupy themselves with the present and don't bother developing their personalities. These people don't have "lesser intelligence" per se, but many are incapable of holding a conversation that has any kind of meaning, and thus bore me (or people like us, I will say lightly).[/quote]What a load of shit, good job generalizing pretty much the entire world
Physical activity was already proved to combat bad moods (or worse), and hanging out with friends is kinda obvious. Still some people don't need as much human interaction. Using myself as an example, I don't have problems socializing (in fact I'm one of the more outgoing guys in my class) but I can be (and want to be) alone quite a lot without feeling down. Physical activity is a must though, if I don't get any exercise I feel like shit. [QUOTE=Impact1986;36456650]Because I pursue the life of Tony Stark, I rather sit at my desks with 6 screens and 3 computers and try to think up some stuff that would be awesome. I tried building an Iron Man suit, but one thing is lacking: a powerful enough power source. [/QUOTE] Last time I checked, Tony Stark was quite buff, had quite a bit of martial arts experience and doesn't sit around the computer all day (I'd imagine a good part is spent fucking around with stuff and gizmos, which is quite a bit of physical activity, not to mention other types of physical activities he gets a lot of). However yes, the study doesn't really apply to introverts, some people only need (and want) very little human interaction. Tough I always think of it like this: being alone by choice is perfectly fine, but being alone unwillingly, that's when it becomes a problem. As for the suit, you and every single guy in engineering ever (and yes the suit is feasible with a lot of money, it's the miniaturized fusion reactor that is hard as fuck).
[QUOTE=Stormcharger;36456870]20 minutes isnt far at all? I would walk to school and home every day and that was a 45minute walk each way[/QUOTE] 20 minutes driving. Around 15-20 miles away.
110 heat outside, no thanks.
What the hell am I supposed to do outside? Sure, I take walks but other than that or going to the store there's nothing to do. I can go to town and do nothing, I can go to the park and do nothing or I can go to a store or a restaurant and spend money. Fun. Even while procrastinating online I learn a lot more than I would in a day outside, and on a productive day I get a lot done. Outside I get nothing done. If I want to do something with friends I have to contact them in beforehand because most of them live in other cities or are busy during the summer with summer jobs or trips to other countries. And I'm scared of asking to hang out with friends because that created a lot of problems with my old friends from my old school.
I always stay inside. If I were to go somewhere nicely without assholes that infest this shitty city yes i would be happy puppy. Living alone in a calm forest mountain with everything needed is the best thing to happen to a guy.
I have a pool in my backyard. It's smaller then most, but I like to swim when I want. I use it as my thinking pool, I wade around in circles contemplating stuff. Mostly "How badass would I look if I could walk on this"
It's not that people are assholes here. It's that everyone has this weird attitude towards people, I can't walk outside without everyone looking at me like I just drop kicked a puppy. I'm paranoid enough as it is, last thing I need is to feel like everyone wants to kick my ass. Too much drama anyway.
[QUOTE=nikomo;36448568]From what I've been able to gather, one does some of these activities outside while socializing: - Smoking - Drinking - Talking with people of lesser intelligence. I really don't like doing any of those 3.[/QUOTE] FUck man why would anyone go outside with PEOPLE
I would probably go out more if I didn't live near a ghetto and an area with more than 200 sex offenders. I enjoy jogging but I already have a fear of someone following me. In fact, in elementary school, someone tried to follow me in a car from school so I lost them when I walked into a golf course. The numerous murder documentaries I've seen didn't appear to help at all either.
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