Watch the above video before reading.
Okay, have you watched it yet? Good.
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Ok, yeah I get the message. I just don't think it applies to me.
The world he's talking about is the one's that's been trying to shove itself in my face from day one. I never remember enjoying life as much as this guy seems to, even before the internet, cell phones and social media. Honestly, I feel like I've been waiting for the internet my whole life. I much prefer my internet life to my real one. The internet is what really opened my eyes to the world. Without it, the world would be unbearable to me. I look at the life this guy chooses to live, and I get flashbacks to the isolation and tedium of my life before I discovered the internet. I look at the life this guy desires, and I can honestly say that it looks utterly boring, despite all the fun that he seems to be having. And I'm happy for him - I'm glad he's found something. But that life is not for me. Maybe if I had the internet, a cell phone, and social media earlier in life, I would feel differently. But I was never allowed into the life I'm currently living until the latter years of high school, and by then, it was sick of the real world. So just as a kid who turns 21 sees alcohol as the forbidden fruit, to me, the internet, tv and video games were the forbidden fruit for most of my childhood. And these things will forever carry that stigma for me. Nothing about this video has convinced me otherwise.
The world he's talking about is the one's that's been trying to shove itself in my face from day one. I never remember enjoying life as much as this guy seems to, even before the internet, cell phones and social media. Honestly, I feel like I've been waiting for the internet my whole life. I much prefer my internet life to my real one. The internet is what really opened my eyes to the world. Without it, the world would be unbearable to me. I look at the life this guy chooses to live, and I get flashbacks to the isolation and tedium of my life before I discovered the internet. I look at the life this guy desires, and I can honestly say that it looks utterly boring, despite all the fun that he seems to be having. And I'm happy for him - I'm glad he's found something. But that life is not for me. Maybe if I had the internet, a cell phone, and social media earlier in life, I would feel differently. But I was never allowed into the life I'm currently living until the latter years of high school, and by then, it was sick of the real world. So just as a kid who turns 21 sees alcohol as the forbidden fruit, to me, the internet, tv and video games were the forbidden fruit for most of my childhood. And these things will forever carry that stigma for me. Nothing about this video has convinced me otherwise.
