The org can take up a lot of time for some of us. Do you think that it's because you're missing something in the way of human interaction in your real life and the org (or internet in general) helps to fill it?

I know that sounds negative so I'll start by admitting that I think that's the case for me!

I'm surrounded by people all the time, but I feel lonely, and there is some socializing that is just easier to do with strangers. I've always been quiet, I don't think I've had as many conversations in my life as I have had here.

Maybe it's not just loneliness, but the internet actually offers a format that real life interactions can't.

You're a Pisces.

I was lonely before I joined the org

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Sometimes I think we're all lonely, but then I think maybe some orgers are just attentions whores more than loners.

I suppose we orgers come in all types.

ScarletScandal said:

I'm lonely, but when I go out and surround myself with family and friends and obligations, all I want is to retreat

ScarletScandal said:

yeah I don't think I was ever part of a group before this. It's like a secret fraternity (not the keg drinking, fist pumping frats at colleges)

But in some ways the org reflects my real life and I feel aloof here, too, compared to the "in-crowd"

ZombieKitten said:

so you are maybe more comfortable with this type of socializing?

NDRU said:

well you don't come across as that, you're friendly and funny and talkative here and IRL

NDRU said:

I actually LOVE talking and laughing and joking IRL - I get a huge kick out of it
it's just that I can't take too much of it, I'm conflicted. Most of the time I want to be by myself

ZombieKitten said:

but you know there are very popular orgers and I don't think I am one. I'm not extreme enough, maybe. There also seems to be stuff that I just don't get, maybe certain circles that I don't know as well as others.

I know you like me and that puts me in a top tier, however.

ZombieKitten said:

yeah me too. I want to socialize, but I also don't

NDRU said:

baby nothing else matters!

The org is an outlet for sarcasm and facetiousness sometimes when I've a little more in me than can fit in my offline life. That's just one part of it though. I wouldn't say I come here because I'm lonely. The org is just one outlet, one way I socialize, alongside others. There's lots of time in a day.

NDRU said:

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn....7608_n.jpg
this is typical of me having a complete blast, laughing until I am crying I LOVE this stuff
actually, I wouldn't turn down a chance to do that again soon

Fauxie said:

but you spend a lot of time here, too. do you think that's just casual interaction (And I'm not trying to judge you, I don't assume everyone is like me, and I don't care if someone wants to spend their entire life here)?

I see it as something like the way i watch TV. Noting wrong with it, but when I am slightly afraid of the silence of turning off the TV, maybe it's not just entertainment anymore.
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NDRU said:

I hate the TV and it's noise
I wonder if my people aversion isn't just as simple as noise aversion

ZombieKitten said:

that woman next to you looks like she's crying too!

NDRU said:

that is because her brother just farted (ie LEO)

ZombieKitten said:

maybe, I recognize my reluctance to turn off the TV & log off the internet as similar issues.

I actually like silence, but sometimes I am afraid to face it.

NDRU said:

Interesting thought....

ZombieKitten said:

I was just going to suggest someone farted

I definitely posted more during my single times. Probably just because I was bored, not necessarily lonely.

ZombieKitten said:

this is so me. i can't abide loud noise.

as for the OP, i'm lonely but i don't really care. i only occasionally seek human contact because my mind goes to weird places if i'm alone for too long.

JerseyKRS said:

I think it's interesting to see couples who org. I don't know if I could write quite the same if my S.O. was here, too. Not that I am terribly different here as IRL, but maybe I feel just a little freer to say certain things [in the privacy of the internet ]

NDRU said:

how are you at unclogging bathtubs...?

The voices in my head make for excellent comp'ny.

BlackAdder7 said:

I can move the hell out of an exercise ball!

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