Is this really what you want? Do you really want to spend the rest of your childhood doing this? Staying up past midnight playing games? What you should do is be social, go outside, make friends, do things that you've told yourself you couldn't do. Because you live one life, and one life only. I hate to see the playgrounds empty, and kids staying inside for 99% of the day. And the truth is, I used to be apart of that 99%. Until I changed my ways, and talked to others, and socialized. Because if you don't stop now, the future of your life will be no longer in existence. So right now, shutdown your computer, turn off your phone, and experience the real world. Help your parents, do yard work, help clean up around the house, anything. Live life to the fullest, and don't waste it. Spend it with friends and family, focus on school, and go to college. All written by Chance Don't give me hate, just accept the truth.
1) it's the holidays 2) I don't have friends 3) as this is a role playing game you can make friends online Just sayin, apart from that I completely agree with you
Ah yes, saying you don't have friends. Of course you do. No one doesn't have any friends, don't make yourself believe something that isn't true. I see that this is a role playing game, although don't you think it'd be better to have real friends, because 1. You cannot rely on "Internet friends" and 2. You can't do any "physical" activity with them, (ex. Hangout). And also, I do most definitely agree with you that it is the summer time, yet it would be better to go outside, or do something other than sitting in the house all day, correct? Although, I'm not claiming that it's bad to play video games, but it's nice to take a break and enjoy life to the fullest, my good sir.
my best friend is on the internet, we talk about things and help get each other threw tough times, she's better then any of my irl friends, so, idk.
In videogames, if you shoot your friend they respawn. In real life, if you shoot your friends you get a life sentence at best. In videogames if you have a fistfight then no worries. In real life if you have a fistfight then you're gonna break something. TL;DR You can do more on the internet than in reality. I'm sorry, but it's the truth.
Well I get in fist fight with my friends every day XD we just get some bruises. And I have been shot in a drive by, I'm alive and I do not think they caught those people.
I love going outside, doing stuff, being with friends, but I do spend time on the internet, and if I hadn't I probably wouldn't be who I am right now, because of LimeCoconutShake , I'm a really happy kid. If I didn't have her helping me, I have no idea where I'd be now. She's amazing.
Lol. I know this doesn't really apply to me since my childhood is already over. But just my two cents... We didn't have the internet when I was a child. We didn't get the internet until I was a teenager, because back then, computers were only just becoming important and having one in your house was more of a "look at this gadget" and not so much a "I need this device for school, work and everything else". That being said, I still spent a small portion of my life outside, and I still didn't have IRL friends. XD I was a crazy awkward, super shy and just all around abnormal child. When my parents came home from work, they were tired, so we didn't go anywhere, and the back yard plot with a severely neglected play house gets old pretty fast. I spent a vast majority of my time, inside... writing stories, old school with notebooks and pencils. I didn't socialize with other kids, because I didn't have much in common with other kids. Small town, small ideas, small friend pool. These days, I can reach all kinds of people. People that I do have things in common with, that I enjoy talking to... some of those people think of me as more than the awkward shy girl in the corner or that strange girl who never really liked hockey. The internet helped me boost my confidence and continues to do so. I probably wouldn't have the IRL friends I do (all 2 of them, lol), without all the amazing people who I've met online; past and present, who taught me that I wasn't the only one who was shy. I have a real problem with this: First of all, you're implying that you can rely on IRL friends, which isn't always the case. My first and only friend that I had between the ages of 4 and like... 15, was a girl who constantly ditched me, wasn't happy unless we did what she wanted, was a complete drama queen and was only there for me when it was convenient for her. (Needless to say, as mentioned before, I spent most of my childhood on my own). While on the other hand, there have been people in my life who I only knew online that would stay up talking with me through the night when I really needed someone and my IRL friends were busy. You rely on individuals, whether it be someone sitting on the couch next to you or someone across the world. You can rely on real friends. I'm definitely not saying that everyone should be inside all the time on their computers and devices, mother nature is beautiful and I love going for walks, I love swimming in lakes and I especially love watching all the beautiful creatures of this world. I'm also not saying that you shouldn't interact with people in real life, as it's still an important part of life. What I am saying is that everyone is different and it takes all kinds to move the world. If someone truly finds joy in playing video games and talking with people online (because typing is easier then talking if you ask me, talking gives me knots in my stomach, but I'm working on it), then I don't see a thing wrong with it. My aunt isn't into technology, she also isn't into the outdoors. She just doesn't like it. So she also spends most of her time inside, but not a computer. People don't have to like the same things. They don't have to all be the same. In fact, the saying "It takes all kinds of people to move the world." is about just that. If you've decided that you spent too much time online and you would rather do other things, that's good. That's probably what's right for you. But please, don't try to tell other people that what they're doing is wrong, and that they could do better, when perhaps they're more then happy doing what they're doing. When it comes down to it, you don't know the whole story. And no, not everyone can just go out and make friends. As you said, I only have one life to live. So instead of forcing myself into social situations that give me pains in my stomach, and running around the park at midnight (since that's when I get off work a lot of days), because that's what's "normal", I'd rather just do things that make me happy and take life one day at a time. I'll go outside when I feel I want to go outside and I'll hang out with my skyblockers, when I want to hang out with them. >.> I know, I write a lot. I mentioned up there that I spent my childhood writing, that never really left me.
Your argument holds no merit with me when all you have to back yourself up is an opinion. Bring me some facts, maybe I will care.
I do have to agree with you... but I'm not the most social person you would find... I'm one of the I-only-talk-to-you-if-you-first-talk-to-me type of person (unless I really need to talk to you). The problem is that of all the friends I have, I'm the least connected. In my school, there is a group for the class of X and I'm probably the few people in my school that aren't in it (of around 120 people in my grade, I'm "Facebook friends" with about 10, though I know at least 80. There's even less sociable people in my school who barely speak a word. Some of my old friends I have on Skype barely talk to me (and usually once every two months), but at least those conversations are more than an hour long... I would love to go "hang out" in-person, but either they don't have the time or it's the problems beyond my control prevent me from doing so.
