Its Tea time, lets chat /soc/.
Whats going on in your life? Anything you want some opinions on? Anything you need to vent about or did something good happen? Lets get to know each other.
>>24060854
Nope, not really. I'll talk to you though, since it's midnight and everyone else is asleep. How's the Tea?
>>24060906
The tea is good, its decaf green tea. Nothing special, all of my good stuff is usually for day time.
I'm bitter as fuck and generally an asshole these days, so I'll just lurk this thread while I shitpost elsewhere. Good luck, have a good thread.
>>24060913
Hey, thank you for the bump, I hope you're having a good night anon.
>>24060912
Why decaf though? Caffeine, even at night, always helps. (I really like coffee, this is just a personal opinion)
So what's up with you? Anything you want to vent about?
>>24060854
what's up, duders
haven't been here in a few months. last time I did, I met a girl here and we fell in love for a month and a half
should I tell the story, yea/nay
>>24060919
I picked it up because I wanted something decaf, and it happened to be a really good tea, so I just keep picking it up.
I'm well enough I suppose, I don't sleep that well and I've been a little depressed lately. But that happens, it comes and goes. Just kind of fucking around on the internet tonight, I'm having an off week and haven't worked out in days.
>>24060926
You can if you like. If you want to vent or get it off your chest why not?
>>24060934
An off week? So long as you get back on the horse, a break is always acceptable. Has anything in particular gotten you down, or is it just a thing that comes and goes?
>>24060926
Tell it if you want.
My life is going downhill fast. I spent an hour using the headbanv emote in runescapefor some colorful shoes. I have lost control of my life and all my time is being dedicated to dank memes and runescape shenanigans. Other than that though, Ive been doing pretty good, had a really good tasting homemade pie.
>>24060953
I agree, breaks usually are good. I'm just feeling all funky. I wouldn't say anything in particular happened, I get lonely a lot, which is dumb, haha. Its an unwarranted feeling, I'm married and polyamorous, so its not like I'm lacking personal interactions. Its just an symptom of depression. I realize how dumb I sound at the moment.
>>24060969
I'm not quite sure how to relate, I don't know shit about runescape.
I have an interview next Thursday for two positions at a company. I might finally get out of retail after being stuck there for so long. I also paid off my student loans this week. I now have no debt aside from my apartment lease.
It's good to know that I'm making progress, but I'm still afraid that ultimately I'm just going to fuck up and become a middle aged NEET. Just have to keep on trying, for now, anyway.
>>24060990
Not having debt is a great feeling, I'm happy that you're making a move forward in your job. You're going to worry regardless of what I say, but you do you, don't allow yourself to get wrapped up in trying to make the best impression. Take every day as it comes, you'll do good man.
>>24061008
Thanks
>>24060939
>>24060953
fair enough.
so a few months ago I used to post on /soc/ pretty frequently. I was in college and I was bored online most nights, so I posted my face and got mostly 6/10 ratings, learned not to care what other people thought of how I looked
joined a /soc/ kik group chat moderated by a guy who ended up probably being a pedophile, had some decent banter with everyone, joined a skype call with a few of them, including this one girl living in scotland
considering it was a chat based on 4chan, I assumed that she was a trap and called her out on it, but it turned out I was wrong and she was actually just the most attractive girl I'd ever seen
we ended up arguing with a couple of people in the kik chat on some issue or another, and started messaging each other privately pretty soon afterward. we orchestrated a lot of drama in the chat (there were like fifty people and in hindsight it was a waste of time, but it was fun while it lasted)
eventually we started talking on skype one-on-one and it turned out that not only was she really, really hot (like my subjective 10/10), she was also intelligent, well-spoken and shared my opinions on almost everything I cared about. she liked most of the same video games, music and movies as I did, and on one of our first skype calls, we read through the first chapter of one of our favorite books together
>>24061039
after three weeks we both admitted we had feelings for each other, and it was one of those situations where we were both really evasive about it because it's one of those things that you're never supposed to do with someone you meet online, but it ended up being a subject of conversation all the time
we talked every day for a month, for eight hours at least, to the exclusion of my schoolwork and personal well-being (the timezone difference meant I was up 'til five or six in the morning almost every day) until her semester was over. it wasn't one-sided, either, because she started talks as often as I did or more until it all just sort of blended together into one constant conversation
then she left university for the summer and we fell apart because we knew being together was improbable at best. she started dating a new guy in two weeks because she needed something intimate we wouldn't be able to have with a long-distance relationship, which I'd predicted from the start
she remains the only girl I've ever loved, and despite how awful I felt for a couple weeks afterward, I wouldn't have had it any other way because the feeling of loving someone to the point that you try to fix your own faults in order to be with them was worth the sleepless nights and the school I ended up missing
I told her if we both happen to be single in five years, when we're both older and presumably more successful and happy, I'm going to say hello to her again. I might do it, I might not, but I marked my calendar a couple years into the future just in case
thanks for helping me figure out how awesome loving someone is, /soc/
>>24061039
>>24061041
Its good to see you so positive about the experience. Being bitter about someone you never met is a fucked up thing to do. But good on you man, and continue to be a well developed individual who isn't a shitty human.
>>24061066
the way I see it, I could either keep thinking about her and probably end up acting like a creep and hit her up again, or forget about her, maybe meet back up with her (or not) in a few years by coincidence and see if things could start again
thanks for reading that, haven't really talked or thought about her much since we stopped talking. feels good to get it off my chest
>>24061088
I don't think it would be weird to make contact again in a year or two. Its not bad to want to keep a connection with someone who was agreeable. But don't creep her or anything. You're totally doing the right thing. And of course man, I'm happy I could help, or at least give you an outlet to get it out there.
>>24060854
I too am currently drinking tea, although its of the iced variety.
My life is extremely dull as of late. Any time not spent at my menial job is spent alone at home playing video games or watching youtube videos. I don't even get enjoyment from them any longer, they're just easy things to do. Every day I tell myself I'll do something new and adventurous and maybe make something of myself but I never have the energy to and I always end up staring at my ceiling late at night and kicking myself. In short, I'm in a rut. I play the same video games, text the same handful of friends from college, even listen to the same songs/podcasts every day going to and from work. I'm not depressed, if anything all I feel is the emotional equivalent of television static.
Although, recently, I met a girl who lives in my town whose my age. We've only "gone out" once, two days ago, and it had more of a friendly vibe than a romantic one. Which is a shame, because she's pretty cute and she seems really cool, at least from what I could tell from a two-hour convo in a coffee shop. I want to be more forward and like actually ask her out, but we'll both be going back to college soon and we go to different schools, so yet again I've come up with an excuse to change nothing and remain in life-stasis.
My iced tea is pretty good. I have the day off tomorrow and a brand-new tin of dip so I won't be going to bed any time soon, if anybody wants to ask questions/give advice/reciprocate venting
>>24061104
this I can relate to. I've been in sort of a rut myself, and the whole "doing the same thing over and over" is exactly where I am right now. I've been trying for weeks to motivate myself to do what I enjoy doing (making youtube videos and doing voice-over work) but I can't get myself to do it, and I feel like I'm intentionally sabotaging myself by hanging out with a friend or my brother or shitposting instead of writing or recording something
just got out of a sort-of-thing with a local girl, so I've got more time on my hands, but I feel like I need someone to force me not to waste my time doing irrelevant shit
>>24061124
I've always wanted be a writer, and I've been told by a lot of people its something I'm good at, but I never do it nowadays. Its just something that takes a lot of emotional energy which I have zero of. I can barely motivate myself to read, which I used to do for fun all the time as a kid.
>>24061137
I'm in a similar situation. I want to get myself to start animating stuff on my own, doing the voices and composing the music and editing and all that good stuff I'm pretty much capable of doing or learning, but I can't. it kinda sucks but I'm leaning on that "it gets better" thing everyone's talking about
I'm bored. I live in a small town in the middle of nowhere.
>>24061152
...with your husband, eustace bagge?
>>24061155
No, fuck that show.
Going nowhere in life, so I decided to enlist in the marine corps.
Am I a shitbag for only joining mostly for the following reasons?
>I have nothing better to do
>I feel it's my only way to get respect from my peers
>I want to prove to myself I can do it.
>>24061164
why? it's an excellent cartoon.
did you forget to return the slab or something
>>24061145
I gotta have respect for that, animation is a bitch of a field to break into. Or at least that's the impression I get from listening to the Sleepycabin podcast.
I feel like I should get a grip on at least one area of my life. In addition to the general ennui I've been out of shape for over a year and haven't gotten laid since my gf ditched my ass. But yeah, I buy the "it gets better" mantra. I've had some real shit times in my life so far and some of the best times in my life came after or in the midst of them. Sometimes it pays to buy into the retarded-sounding optimistic platitudes and just trust that you'll hate your life less at some point in the future, which we probably will.
>>24061174
No, Rick and Mortey is an excellent cartoon. Slab? Wtf is that?
>>24061177
>sleepycabin
good taste. animation's hard to get into, yeah, you have to be as appealing to as many people as possible if you want to make money at it
>>24061184
rick and morty's probably the best cartoon in the last few years, but courage the cowardly dog is one of the best cartoons in the last few decades. I suggest you give it a watch
>>24061184
Reeeeturn the slaaaaaaaab.....
>>24061171
nah, just misguided. I think everybody kind of fantasizes about joining the military at some point. I know its always been a fallback plan for me if none of my life plans work out (no offense).
I also feel like its valuable experience. My dad got called up when he was 18 and he said it was the best thing that ever happened to him. Like it sucked but it made him less of a piece of shit and made him value his life and just life in general more. It gives you a sense of clearly defined purpose on a day-to-day basis, too, vapid as that purpose probably is.
>>24061196
The thing is, I'm 23. I've been thinking a lot about what should do for my life. My back is really to the wall. I think it's my only way to better myself.
>>24061171
>>24061204
>am I a shitbag for enlisting because I'm bored and want respect from others and myself
no, I don't really see the train of logic there. I mean, it's not nationalistic pride or anything, but it's not a shitty reason
>>24061196
I disagree that it's misguided. It's usually just a fallback plan, for sure, but it's something that gives you discipline and shapes you up. also job opportunities, I guess
Hi guys, I'm currently waiting for the kettle to boil so I can have a big cup of green tea with lemon.
Whats everyone up to?
>>24061208
the misguided part was really a response to the "I have nothing better to do" part of his reasoning, which doesn't seem like a good idea to do anything let alone become a soldier.
That being said, if you wanted to improve yourself, you could do worse than the military.
>>24061259
Compared to what I have no, I really don't have anything better to do.
>get paid WAY less than minimum wage
>have like $500 to my name
>family is in it's final stages before it has the final meltdown
>family is losing house soon
>finally think I found something that I can do.
Idk, maybe I'm misguided. I'm just lost.
I will say, I've been getting my fat ass back in shape, and I know it's not much, but today was the first time I was able to do a push up..... Not just one, but I had the strength to do 2. That felt very accomplishing. I feel like I may have finally found something I can do....,
>>24061273
well shit man, by all means, go for it
>>24061171
I actually wanted to join after college, but I couldn't because I have a fucked up leg and can't run. I completely understand the desire, even if it's for different reasons. If you join, good for you.
>>24060854
>Whats going on in your life?
Same old with few changes. Yourself?
>Anything you want some opinions on?
Not really. I'm fully capable of making my own decisions. I also don't think you want my opinions ha-ha.
>Anything you need to vent about or did something good happen?
Eh eh meh. Yourself? Let it out! Perhaps the team of specialists can lend a shoulder or two.
I've been having crazy dreams and thinking about my ex my entire vacation I think it's time I start to look for love again but at this point I'm not sure where to go I'm 18 and I live away from home I work for military so there are about 3 girls in the 10 mile radius and clubbing is lame everyone seems so forced, are there more laid back chill ways or places to meet girls?
