Though I very much disagree with calling Off Topic a "community", there is a certain magnetism that keeps dragging me back to it after a rough patch in life. Heck, I don't even play Minecraft any more. In fact, most online communities are populated by people who act like they just don't have anything better to do, and are just there because they are bored.
Why the internet? Why video games? Why not go outside or do something that actually adds value to our lives? Is it because we're just lazy, or do we just need some modicum of social interaction to convince us that we actually matter?
What anchors you here? Why aren't you going out and making something of your life? Why do we fill our time doing stuff that we don't enjoy?
This doesn't relate to the Minecraft forums, just the internet in general. But I have very bad social anxiety, so if it wasn't for the internet, I would be all alone. I can count the number of people first met offline who have been my friends (and not just someone you can say hi to or joke around in class, a friend) on one hand. With 2 or 3 fingers sliced off.
And yet I feel like these people online, who most would call "fake" and "not real", who tell me, "you don't even know them, you'll never know them", they're my family. They add more value to my life than a bunch of stupid people who don't care, those are the ones that most call "your real friends" when most of them wouldn't even care about me. Not all people are like that, it's true, but you have to look pretty hard to find the good ones. And with my crutch I can't look at all.
When I'm in public, at school, talking to other people, I've never once felt like I mattered, like I was important, not even to myself. It was the small community of friends I found online who made me feel like I wasn't just another face. I could be something, I could do something with my life other than work the same job every day for the rest of my life, wake up and do the same things every day until I died. If I was willing to try, I could make something more out of it. And even if I failed, at least I would still have people who cared about me.
And that's not true for everybody. What I said is just personal experience. Some people are genuinely stuck on the internet and not making anything of their lives at all. Some people just don't know what to do, so they come here, or to other communities, looking for something meaningful. And those people do need to find something of value in their lives, whether it's online or offline. But not everyone is here because they're lost.
Not everything online is valueless, you just have to find something or someone that matters.
The internet has come of age when, for really the first time in history, people have so much spare time they don't know what to do with it and also everybody likes different things so maybe instead of doing sports or reading people go on the internet.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost
The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost
From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring
Renewed shall be the blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king
I didn't really need an account here. I've came here months before I got my account as I could gain valuable information from the community. Truthfully, I got an account so I could feel like I was making an impact. I view these forums as basically a game, and in every game I've played, I always craved power. So, I'm here to gain "power" in the sense of becoming known and respected.
I didn't really need an account here. I've came here months before I got my account as I could gain valuable information from the community. Truthfully, I got an account so I could feel like I was making an impact. I view these forums as basically a game, and in every game I've played, I always craved power. So, I'm here to gain "power" in the sense of becoming known and respected.
Well you're sure as heck not going to get that on here.
I find it enjoyable interacting with others online, especially on a heavily populated forum such as this and Reddit. I tend to spend a lot more time on here than I should, but that being said I have a healthy lifestyle out of work and gaming.
The internet is a strange, and wonderful place. Granted, it has it's fair share of negative things as well, but I feel that too often people tend to focus on the negative aspects of it, and no the positives. For example on my server, I can connect and talk to people all around the world, simply because we have one shared love, and passion. Minecraft. This is just how it applies for me, but I'm sure it can apply in many different spectrums.
So instead of looking on the negative points, look instead on the positive aspects.
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"The only way to do great work is to love what you do" - Steve Jobs
Um. Tef I know you're not English, but if you think that was sophisticated vocabulary then I worry for how fluent in this language you are after speaking it for so long.
Though I very much disagree with calling Off Topic a "community", there is a certain magnetism that keeps dragging me back to it after a rough patch in life. Heck, I don't even play Minecraft any more. In fact, most online communities are populated by people who act like they just don't have anything better to do, and are just there because they are bored.
Why the internet? Why video games? Why not go outside or do something that actually adds value to our lives? Is it because we're just lazy, or do we just need some modicum of social interaction to convince us that we actually matter?
What anchors you here? Why aren't you going out and making something of your life? Why do we fill our time doing stuff that we don't enjoy?
This doesn't relate to the Minecraft forums, just the internet in general. But I have very bad social anxiety, so if it wasn't for the internet, I would be all alone. I can count the number of people first met offline who have been my friends (and not just someone you can say hi to or joke around in class, a friend) on one hand. With 2 or 3 fingers sliced off.
And yet I feel like these people online, who most would call "fake" and "not real", who tell me, "you don't even know them, you'll never know them", they're my family. They add more value to my life than a bunch of stupid people who don't care, those are the ones that most call "your real friends" when most of them wouldn't even care about me. Not all people are like that, it's true, but you have to look pretty hard to find the good ones. And with my crutch I can't look at all.
When I'm in public, at school, talking to other people, I've never once felt like I mattered, like I was important, not even to myself. It was the small community of friends I found online who made me feel like I wasn't just another face. I could be something, I could do something with my life other than work the same job every day for the rest of my life, wake up and do the same things every day until I died. If I was willing to try, I could make something more out of it. And even if I failed, at least I would still have people who cared about me.
And that's not true for everybody. What I said is just personal experience. Some people are genuinely stuck on the internet and not making anything of their lives at all. Some people just don't know what to do, so they come here, or to other communities, looking for something meaningful. And those people do need to find something of value in their lives, whether it's online or offline. But not everyone is here because they're lost.
Not everything online is valueless, you just have to find something or someone that matters.
The internet has come of age when, for really the first time in history, people have so much spare time they don't know what to do with it and also everybody likes different things so maybe instead of doing sports or reading people go on the internet.
All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost
The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost
From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring
Renewed shall be the blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king
I didn't really need an account here. I've came here months before I got my account as I could gain valuable information from the community. Truthfully, I got an account so I could feel like I was making an impact. I view these forums as basically a game, and in every game I've played, I always craved power. So, I'm here to gain "power" in the sense of becoming known and respected.
Well you're sure as heck not going to get that on here.
I only visit here from time to time because of nostalgia. Not much else to say. I guess some boredom too.
I find it enjoyable interacting with others online, especially on a heavily populated forum such as this and Reddit. I tend to spend a lot more time on here than I should, but that being said I have a healthy lifestyle out of work and gaming.
In other words, I come here because I'm bored.
The internet is a strange, and wonderful place. Granted, it has it's fair share of negative things as well, but I feel that too often people tend to focus on the negative aspects of it, and no the positives. For example on my server, I can connect and talk to people all around the world, simply because we have one shared love, and passion. Minecraft. This is just how it applies for me, but I'm sure it can apply in many different spectrums.
So instead of looking on the negative points, look instead on the positive aspects.
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do" - Steve Jobs
u need some fresh air bruv jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez