It took me literally years to force myself to make an account here; my first account online ever (no Facebook, no Twitter, no Google, no anything). I experienced a lot of bad things(1) and screwed up in my life in almost every way(2) and therefore I generally feel useless(3). In my opinion (1), (2) and (3) are a chain of causation, despite many people in my environment disagreed in the past. The memories came back in an intense way while reading Noctosphere’s blog post. I have the plan to write about this later. Maybe it will help.
Creating an account here was a good idea. I’ve seen much less trash here on GBAtemp than elsewhere. For the most the people here seem not to be like what is shown in the movie Idiocracy. When I click randomly into a thread in GBAtemp, the probability to find total nonsense seems a lot lower than what I found when clicking on Facebook links (if visible to non members) or the comments below articles on general news sites. So much stupidity everywhere. What I’ve seen on the internet and in my real life cannot be described.
It’s a relief to read something like: “My 3DS does… and… does not work.” or “My Wii will not read the SD-card…”
Yes, it only about gaming consoles. But even if it is not world literature or profoundly scientific, there are answers, counter questions and no matter if the problem actually gets solved, I see that some people on earth actually think about something and come to conclusions. If I look at some fools in the neighborhood and in my hometown, reading GBAtemp (and sometimes trying to be productive in the forum as far as I can) helps me not to despair completely of humanity.
A forum, an online community, is not a replacement for “Get a real life!” but at the moment it is all I have and the possibility to help others (or at least try) makes me feel a little less useless – even if it’s only about video game consoles. And I learn a lot; which is a good training because my brain is a little faulty.
I just wanted to say "Thanks for feeling a little less useless".
Creating an account here was a good idea. I’ve seen much less trash here on GBAtemp than elsewhere. For the most the people here seem not to be like what is shown in the movie Idiocracy. When I click randomly into a thread in GBAtemp, the probability to find total nonsense seems a lot lower than what I found when clicking on Facebook links (if visible to non members) or the comments below articles on general news sites. So much stupidity everywhere. What I’ve seen on the internet and in my real life cannot be described.
It’s a relief to read something like: “My 3DS does… and… does not work.” or “My Wii will not read the SD-card…”
Yes, it only about gaming consoles. But even if it is not world literature or profoundly scientific, there are answers, counter questions and no matter if the problem actually gets solved, I see that some people on earth actually think about something and come to conclusions. If I look at some fools in the neighborhood and in my hometown, reading GBAtemp (and sometimes trying to be productive in the forum as far as I can) helps me not to despair completely of humanity.
I was waiting for the bus. A woman, complete stranger, never met her, came to the bus stop. She looked barely 2 seconds on the bus schedule and then shouted:
“They are all crazy! What does that mean?? I have to catch a train!”
Okay?! What now? Not knowing what to answer I tried it with: “Excuse me. What is your problem?”
She shouted again: “Look here: A and B.” (There is a bus every ten minutes with two slightly different routes). “They are crazy! Will a bus come soon? My train…”
“Yes. Every ten minutes as printed on the schedule.” I said and nothing more. Only thinking: “Facepalm!” Besides: The railway station is only about 300 meters from that bus stop and she had no luggage. Yes, I'm almost certain she knew the distance to the station, as she said something that someone from another city hardly can know.
“They are all crazy! What does that mean?? I have to catch a train!”
Okay?! What now? Not knowing what to answer I tried it with: “Excuse me. What is your problem?”
She shouted again: “Look here: A and B.” (There is a bus every ten minutes with two slightly different routes). “They are crazy! Will a bus come soon? My train…”
“Yes. Every ten minutes as printed on the schedule.” I said and nothing more. Only thinking: “Facepalm!” Besides: The railway station is only about 300 meters from that bus stop and she had no luggage. Yes, I'm almost certain she knew the distance to the station, as she said something that someone from another city hardly can know.
A forum, an online community, is not a replacement for “Get a real life!” but at the moment it is all I have and the possibility to help others (or at least try) makes me feel a little less useless – even if it’s only about video game consoles. And I learn a lot; which is a good training because my brain is a little faulty.
I just wanted to say "Thanks for feeling a little less useless".
