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Do you want to fall in love?
2008-04-08, 8:47 PM #121
Fine.

Wait around.


Life is VERY SHORT. It will pass you buy quicker than you think.
2008-04-08, 9:02 PM #122
Unless you are quadriplegic, then life passes by pretty slowly.
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2008-04-08, 9:11 PM #123
But going down the stairs is more fun.
2008-04-08, 9:16 PM #124
Originally posted by Rob:

Life is VERY SHORT. It will pass you buy quicker than you think.


You know what else is short?

2008-04-08, 9:41 PM #125
If that's a dick joke involving Rob, you didn't set it up right.
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2008-04-08, 9:46 PM #126
Originally posted by BombayZeus:
You know what else is short?


Your attention span?


You have afterall shown yourself many times to be a superfluous warlockmish.



This would have made a great BSG joke. But I refuse to stroke his internet ego.
2008-04-09, 6:51 AM #127
:v:
TAKES HINTS JUST FINE, STILL DOESN'T CARE
2008-04-09, 8:01 AM #128
Originally posted by sugarless5:
Spook hit it on the head. Great quote.

I'm not suggesting that sitting in your basement on the internet is going to help you find the love of your life. I'm just saying live your life, meet new people, have fun, and if one of those new people interests you, go for it.

Various phobias stop me from that and it absolutely pisses the hell out of me. I cannot walk up to a complete stranger, male or female and just strike up a conversation. I just paralyze in fear. I would REALLY love to get over that fear but it has been most...stubborn.

This isn't social anxiety is it?
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2008-04-09, 8:19 AM #129
Originally posted by JediGandalf:
This isn't social anxiety is it?


no, it's just you being a freak and a weirdo
:master::master::master:
2008-04-09, 9:14 AM #130
Striking up a conversation with a stranger is easy if you have something to say. That's where life experiences and empathy come in handy.
Warhead[97]
2008-04-09, 9:56 AM #131
shoot them with a dart, then run up and ask if they need any help, or perhaps the antidote you just so happen to be carrying.

You've saved their life and now have something in common.

o.0
2008-04-09, 10:04 AM #132
Originally posted by Greenboy:
shoot them with a dart, then run up and ask if they need any help, or perhaps the antidote you just so happen to be carrying.

You've saved their life and now have something in common.


I was thinking that he could try sneaking up on a pretty lady, choking her unconcious and then give her CPR and fake heroism.
Was cheated out of lions by happydud
Was cheated out of marriage by sugarless
2008-04-09, 10:22 AM #133
Choking would leave marks, a well placed dart would just get brushed off.

>___>

o.0
2008-04-09, 1:26 PM #134
C'mon, chloroform.

"You fainted! Are you alright?" :ninja:
There...are...FOUR...lights!
2008-04-09, 2:40 PM #135
Thanks to everyone who offered sensible advice? I'm not sure what happened here at the end.:confused: :awesomelon:
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2008-04-09, 7:26 PM #136
Heeey. Didn't need to close this.

Chloroform eh?

*scribbles it down*
Originally posted by BobTheMasher:
Striking up a conversation with a stranger is easy if you have something to say. That's where life experiences and empathy come in handy.

That would probably help me out tremendously. I think that's my fear. I have nothing to say and I'm afraid, I'll sound like a bumbling idiot.
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2008-04-09, 8:10 PM #137
Originally posted by JediGandalf:
Heeey. Didn't need to close this.


I agree. While self topic lock is definately the lesser of two evils, it's kinda.. dumb.

I mean, have you ever tried locking a discussion in real life because it veered of course? Doesn't work that way does it.
2008-04-09, 8:22 PM #138
Well, chloroform is pretty useful in that area too.

o.0
2008-04-09, 8:51 PM #139
Originally posted by JediGandalf:
Various phobias stop me from that and it absolutely pisses the hell out of me. I cannot walk up to a complete stranger, male or female and just strike up a conversation. I just paralyze in fear. I would REALLY love to get over that fear but it has been most...stubborn.

This isn't social anxiety is it?


Yes, that is social anxiety. The best way to get over your fear of striking up conversations with strangers is to just do it a lot, so you'll get used to it.

http://www.succeedsocially.com/ This site should be quite helpful.
I would also recommend searching http://ask.metafilter.com for questions you can relate to. Askmefi has probably been one of the biggest influences in getting over some of my own social anxiety.
I'm just a little boy.
2008-04-09, 9:01 PM #140
Originally posted by JediGandalf:
Various phobias stop me from that and it absolutely pisses the hell out of me. I cannot walk up to a complete stranger, male or female and just strike up a conversation. I just paralyze in fear. I would REALLY love to get over that fear but it has been most...stubborn.

This isn't social anxiety is it?


Sounds like it could be. I have similar problems...

And that's weird Flirb. After reading Gandy's post I thought "Hey, I have that social success site in my bookmarks I can link." But you did it first. :(
2008-04-09, 9:02 PM #141
Originally posted by JediGandalf:
That would probably help me out tremendously. I think that's my fear. I have nothing to say and I'm afraid, I'll sound like a bumbling idiot.


Hah, well, unfortunately it's one of those things where you have to do it before you can do it well. You know, you can't force it, you have to just be friendly and go with it. If you don't have anything in common with someone, then you don't have to talk to them much. But you do have to talk to them to find out if you have anything to talk about.

Working with people in groups seems to be the best way, for me anyway. I'm not so good with random encounters for the same reasons you state, but in a group working on something, it all comes natural. So...join groups. Lab groups, clubs, whatever.
Warhead[97]
2008-04-09, 9:22 PM #142
Everyone sounds like an idiot. You learn to fall gracefully after a while.
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2008-04-09, 9:23 PM #143
There is no such thing as falling gracefully out of a wheelchair.

Because that kind of falling is always hilariously!
2008-04-09, 9:30 PM #144
Originally posted by Flirbnic:
Yes, that is social anxiety. The best way to get over your fear of striking up conversations with strangers is to just do it a lot, so you'll get used to it.

http://www.succeedsocially.com/ This site should be quite helpful.
I would also recommend searching http://ask.metafilter.com for questions you can relate to. Askmefi has probably been one of the biggest influences in getting over some of my own social anxiety.

http://www.succeedsocially.com/bitterness <-- Wow. I didn't realize how much of this was me past & present.
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2008-04-09, 9:32 PM #145
Alot of the stuff I've read on the links supplied seems pretty general.
2008-04-09, 10:20 PM #146
Originally posted by Rob:
Alot of the stuff I've read on the links supplied seems pretty general.


How so? I'm assuming you just mean the succeedsocially site. Threads on askmefi tend to have advice from many different people, often with conflicting viewpoints, as well as many real-life anecdotes. It's astoundingly enlightening.

Some random threads I have bookmarked:
http://ask.metafilter.com/68607/So-how-about-them-Mets-sucks-I-need-awesome-questions-to-spur-conversation-create-bonds-and-learn-more-about-people
http://ask.metafilter.com/73906/Why-are-you-talking-at-me
http://ask.metafilter.com/80934/Hi-Im-AWKWARD-But-how-awkward-am-I
http://ask.metafilter.com/67754/Why-do-people-go-quiet-around-me-and-how-I-can-I-make-a-better-connection-with-them
http://ask.metafilter.com/76298/How-do-nice-people-do-it
I'm just a little boy.
2008-04-09, 10:23 PM #147
Originally posted by Flirbnic:
How so?


I mean to say that like astrology it seems written so that it apply to anyone or that gullible people will falsely apply it to themselves.
2008-04-09, 10:30 PM #148
Well, of course pretty much anyone who has the sort of social difficulties the site aims to help solve will relate to something on the site. It's written to be able to help as many such people as possible, so it makes sense to be like that.
I'm just a little boy.
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