[Zardoz]

You want frittering? Here are some dedicated, hard-core, serious fritterers:

PlayStation3 Demand Creates Rowdy Lines

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'P')olice were called to the Westfield Eastland Shopping Center in West Covina Friday to restore order when a disturbance broke out as about 300 people hoping to buy a PlayStation3 waited for two stores to open, authorities said.

[BlisteredWhippet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Heineken', 'A') new study on "Internet addiction" is out.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 01571.html

Is the Internet becoming another plasticized facet of our "simulated lives"? A substitute for real living?

[Heineken]

Perhaps the question to ask is, How would we NOT waste our time?

What does unwasted time look like? Feel like?

How do you get from waste to unwaste?

Maybe what matters is not how we spend our time, but how we experience its passage. THAT'S the thing to work on.

[The_sky_is_falling]

DEEP

[Lighthouse]

isn't life itself a massive waste of time?

[MD]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Heineken', '.')...
Maybe what matters is not how we spend our time, but how we experience its passage. THAT'S the thing to work on.

[Doly]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Heineken', '
')What does unwasted time look like? Feel like?

[Revi]

I've been cutting my time on line. I feel like it is going much better now. I was too hooked on this forum. (and Maple Trader) This is like anything else. Everything in moderation.

[oowolf]

I found and ordered 2 additional varieties of Dock seed (Rumex). More diversity for my forest garden. Hardly a waste of time.

Check out the nutritional value of the leaves of this common "weed". 27% fat, 22% protein

http://nutritiondata.com/facts-C00001-01c20i6.html

compared to a porterhouse steak:

http://nutritiondata.com/facts-C00001-01c20w7.html

[PolestaR]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lighthouse', 'i')sn't life itself a massive waste of time?

[Heineken]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PolestaR', ' ')Or maybe it's just because we have no where else to vent and who else will listen to our diatribes?

[Revi]

I love talking to people here on this forum. They are all peak oil aware, whereas most people are like a friend of mine, who when I talked about peak oil told me about the car that GM invented that runs on seawater. He said that they won't let us have it, it was blocked by the oil and gas companies. I didn't know what to say. Otherwise this guy is very intelligent. It's hard to talk to people. They lack the background to understand what I'm saying. I guess I'll keep posting here, but try to keep it from overwhelming my life.

[Ludi]

Much of my social life takes place online, as I'm quite isolated working at home and being different from most folks in my locale, so I definitely can become addicted to messageboards. It's really only a problem if I become very emotionally invested in the discussion. If I read, but don't post much, I'm usually ok.

[Heineken]

Emotional investment is indeed risky, in any walk of life.

On the other hand, I find I can't get properly involved in an activity without at least some emotional engagement---some effort to connect at more than a purely superficial level.

But as you say, Ludi, the idea is not to overdo it. The risk/reward ratio for this particular activity just isn't favorable enough for that.

[Heineken]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', ' ')They lack the background to understand what I'm saying.

[Rabbit]

I find the internet far more int interesting than TV.

[mercurygirl]

I'm with you Heineken.

Even my DH thinks I'm going a bit wacky. I have to bite my tongue sometimes. This forum is a great source of comfort when you feel like you're losing it and nobody understands, also a fantastic resource for practical information, which is my other defense against fear.

Ludi makes a good point, I'll remember that. Safer that way.

[Ludi]

I've encountered the absolute cruelest people online, who would just as soon cause one to die (suicide) and think it's funny. Truly horrible experiences. For gods sake don't reveal anything about your self, or ask any questions (seen as debating).

[PolestaR]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'I')'ve encountered the absolute cruelest people online, who would just as soon cause one to die (suicide) and think it's funny. Truly horrible experiences. For gods sake don't reveal anything about your self, or ask any questions (seen as debating).

[rostov]

"The internet is for pr0n, the internet is for pr0n...!" *sing*