Social life or computers?

Ok people i just wanted to know what does the computer mean to you?.
Before i got into computers i used to go out everynight with friends,play my playstation,
read books,cause trouble at school ect.But now i am into computers i never go out,usually up all night on the computer and when im not on the computer im usually reading computer books:D,and i now normally find real life a bore and just wanna hurry up and get out of work/school ect to get on the computer,So i just wondered did all you other anti-online members have good social lifes before you got into computers,and do you spend most of your time on your computer?
thanx scott

Social Life???? What the hell is that?!?!?!?


lol just kidding :) nah i still have a social life, appart from work and computers i go out every friday and satruday night, i do spend alot of my time on my computer, but im a very social person.... im mostly on at night so there isnt much to do anyway....
I mean im not a COMPLETE nerd, only 1/2
:)

LOL

I recently went out and did a very silly thing ..... got engaged.

The better half won't let me be too anti social, so I am forced to get out of the house at least 2 nights + the weekends. I guess that makes me a frustrated nerd.

I think for a while there i was being a bit nerdy, but after my skin got used to daylight I got better :D

Can't stay off to meet the missus and pigout on nice food, and icecream.

Regards

I used to spend every minute online, I would stay up on IRC til 5 in the morning.

Internet addiktion is a bad thing, trust me, I am so glad I've got back into my normal routine of going out and getting so drunk I can't remember who I was with that night.. :D

I hardly touch a computer once I leave work. I find that eight hours coding a day is pretty much what I can hadle. My biggest problem is the tv that takes far too many precious hours from my math-studies, my girlfiend and all the books I want to read.

heh, i had a pretty good social life while doing just the computer nerd thing and whatever else came along, but then i went and got a serious girlfried(been with her for just over a year now). that was the end of my "social" life. i spend all my time on my pc, at class or with her(well, in the past few weeks i've been getting out a little more, a few parties here and there, but nothing like i used to)

so i'd have to say that being a nerd hurt my social life, and getting a GF pretty much killed it, as counter-intuitive as that sounds. :-P

I use to not have a social life. Spent every moment learning something new about my computer. But I stopped that and got a social life somewhere halfway through high school.

My social life is good my friends and girlfriends are more important as computers

What a very odd post. Everyone has friends, some more than others. Some people feel reliant on other people some people just like the companionship. But it's the people who just don't give a **** have the most friends, imo.

All this high school talk makes me feel a little old....I've been married for 4 years!


We have a healthy social life but I'd prefer to spend time on my box (there's a joke in there somewhere) rather than go out with "actual people."

hehe.. K1ll..

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I'd prefer to spend time on my box (there's a joke in there somewhere)

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ok.. which box is better.. ? if she's reading over your shoulder you better get it right . :D

me.. i had a life once.. actually i still have a social life still but not with a female that's
willing to put up with me.. my problem is time.. I'm on the road a lot.. field circus :D engineer.
have an ex.. three kids... who i get to see a lot but can't keep to any kind of truly organised schedule..
normally i wouldn't usually comment on subject such as this but i wanted to say that i do think my involvement
with my job/and computers screwed up my relationship with the wife... it's really hard for some to balance things in their lifes.. and yet it's very important to do just that.. computers/internet..
and a lot of other things can become an obsession. which ulitmately can lead to a lonely self centered life..

ok.. now i'm gonna jump off my counselors soapbox ..
and go jump in the go-kart i put together for my kids and ride around the block.
(with my laptop and wireless connection of course)

Well the way i see it is as long as i know i can get dates.....yah know when the few girls i know....ask me out im ok.
Its when i code/**** up the computer :) all the time and then the girls stop calling me then ill become worried.
You know a true geek when hed rather go to defcon then get laided :).....

My social life is wonderful..... Tons of beer!!! Tons of chicks!!! Tons of parties!!! College life KICKS @SS!!!


System_0verload

<confused>Social...... Life.....?</confused>

<relevation>Oh! is that one of those things where your so called friends see you visiting this site and ask you to hack AOL'ers ever since?</relevation>

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Originally posted here by linuxcomando
You know a true geek when hed rather go to defcon then get laided :).....

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you mean you wouldnt? hell, i could do without gettin some for a few days to go to defcon!

My wife recently asked me which I loved more - Her or my computer. Of course I told her (truthfully) that I loved her more that my computer. Thank god she didn't ask me about my laptop!

Seriously though folks, I am an IT proffesional and spend a MINIMUM of 12 hour online a day (all of it work). But I make up for it at the w/e with a handful of disco biscuits and 5 hours on a podium in a super club :)

Just came across this post from a couple of weeks ago, and thought since it included mostly the perspective of young people, I'd let you know how different it can look at the other end of the life cycle.

Getting on the Internet gave me a social life, in a sense, that I didn't have before. Any normal social life ended when my husband had a stroke three years ago and I became a caregiver 24/7. The only times we'd get out would be to go to more doctor appointments. The friends I used to see, the meetings I used to attend, the traveling we used to do all came to a screeching halt.

Enter the Internet and email two years ago. The ability to "talk to normal people," even if just in type, has helped me keep my sanity. Three of my five brothers and sisters have email, so I can "talk" to them whenever I want, even though they all live across the country. Sometimes we exchange emails several times a day. And "talking" with people on these boards has kept me from feeling so isolated.

It may not be a total substitute for a normal social life, but it sure beats the isolation of having no contact with others at all!

Now there's a breath of fresh air.

I think I have found a comfortable balance between computers, girlfriends, social life, work, golf, and college. Ughh.. Its called an organizer. One thing I had to teach myself is how to organize my time. I go out all the time and chill with all my friends. I spend all day on my computer at work, although I do still work on the one at home all the time also. I don't have linux at work so all that is done on my home computer. I found out a long time ago that in order to enjoy life, you have to force yourself to unplug once in a while.

Can I have my $.02 back?

I spend every moment at work behind a comp go home and do the same thing, the key is finding people with the same interests i am lucking enough to have a lan gaming center in my town were i get together with other people I know it sounds silly but playing FPS until u can know longer lift your arm is my social life and hey

Chicks DiG LinUx

damn..I'm the only one ACTIVLY trying to pice together my Social life....I don't have a G/F so my life is sorta empty, and sice my OWN comp doesn't have Internet (Anymore) I can spend up to 16 hour's just coding/gaming/etc...
I'm starting to go out more though, and I might end up with some one (Finger's crossed).
ne way's.... You bastards.....lol...I WANT MY LIFE BACK.. :D
- Noia

By the time I leave work - I've had about enough of computers. I've even lost the motivation to do anything with my own site half of the time.

I like the work, I still do a lot of work at home, but you have to have time away from thee "box" and we all know which one I am talking about -- gotta get out and have a few pints and blow off some steam!

heh my g/friend is constantly attaking me about being a geek but she has managed thus far to get me to quit smoking which in itself is a major achievment - give up my computer??? ah huh like thats going to happen ;)

I dunno how she can justify calling me a computer geek...she has more formal qualifications in IT than I do :D heh she could programme excel/access machros in her sleep!! But I split my time between the computer and her - from i wake up till 7 am on the computer....7 till 1/3am with her.....1/3am am on computer till I finally fall asleep - weekends we go out at night and i spend the day time just relaxing with her....

So ok my social life doesn't expand much beyond my g/friend but the majority of my friends are at uni - and I am at hom atm so......

v_Ln

I have MANY friends at school (I can only think of two people that I know dislike me), but only a few close friends that I actually hang with outside of school. I usually get out 3 or 4 times a week for social reasons, and I spend about 4-5 hours a week doing something online, and about 15 hours doing stuff offline.....

The key is balancing your social life with the whirlpool of the computer world. My nights on the comp I find that 6 hours have gone by and my eyes are glued open and my tounge is hanging out ....which is fun indeed. Also benifical indeed as well. It is nothing compared to a sweet night with my other half ...with my eyes glued open and my tounge hanging out. :booty:

yeah, I'm going to defcon. All the same, I have both a social life and a "nerd" life. I enjoy computers alot though and would like being on it more.

In fact, I think there is a computer addict phenomenon (sorry for the language).

I have used computer for 5-6 years and, in first, it was to play!!!!
But with Zindoz, there is a lot of bugs and problems (it's not a revelation for anybody I think) and reparations after reparations I have learned more and more things about computers.
And with all knowledge I want to know more...
It is a fascinating search and, as I have not a really social personality, I have to force me to keep a social life but it is difficult.

I think there is a time for all things. the dificulty is only to determine what hour it is :)