Subj : Re: BBS People
To : Dumas Walker
From : Arelor
Date : Wed Feb 10 2021 03:42 am
Re: Re: BBS People
By: Dumas Walker to JACK PHLASH on Tue Feb 09 2021 04:34 pm
> > Yep, which is especially funny since a huge portion of the people involved
in the BBS scene these days are here because th
> > were highly dedicated to fucking off "online" when they were younger.
Sure, it was different, BBSes and IRC weren't "socia
> > media" but how many of us had our childhoods ruined because of it?
>
> I probably would have spent more time outside which probably would have
> been better for me at a younger age. I might also not have seen IT as such
> a great career path... something that probably didn't ruin my childhood but
certain would have been better for my adult ment
> health if I had not
> pursued it in my youth.
>
>
> * SLMR 2.1a * OPCODE: MWAG = Make Wild-Assed Guess
You never know.
If I had integrated better with the kids at school I would have gained a
meaningful social circle, and ended up being a loser,
because integrating with the kids would have meant rejecting studies and
getting involved in lots of not-good activities.
Something I sorely miss in my life is the childhood contacts everybody seems to
have but me. Most likely I would not have
become a nerd - interestingly, nerdiness came after I learnt I hated everything
and everybody, not before - and I would not
have published my books nor struck any deal with a press publisher. So while I
think I was denied the ability to build a social
circle and learn the skills required to sustain one in modern times, I think I
got ahead with the deal I got.
Who knows, maybe I became a dog and horse dude because I neded to fill my life
with company. Once again, if such is the case, I
got a good deal out of it. :-P
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