[camefromthecorn]

I find it hard to particpate in regular activities because the fun comes from any unsustainable ilogical way of of life. I can't get away from thinking along those lines not that I really wanted to because this perception of only looking in practical usage is so important.

This way of thinking has slowly over the last few years alienated me from most of the people I want to high school with and Im getting the feeling that my social life will not resume until a post peak oil practical world reveals itself.

Has anyone else hit peak lonely?

[americandream]

If you mean that life seems almost surreal these days to the point where one finds the preoccupations of those around you disorientating, yes. In fact, it's probably fair to say that I find that I share almost nothing with those around me other than the most superficial which just about gets me by.

[jasonraymondson]

Welcome to my entire life.

I have virtually never had anything in common with anyone around me. Though i did meet a girl awhile back and we talk from time to time who is nearly as sick and twisted as me. No matter how disturbing of crap I come up with, she somehow finds a way to top me.

But, she has no interest peak oil, politics, but on the plus side. she is an agnostic.

I think I am in love

[ohanian]

Dude! If you do not enjoy life while you are alive
You can always enjoy life after you had died

Moral of the story: You only die once.

[MD]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('camefromthecorn', 'I') find it hard to particpate in regular activities because the fun comes from any unsustainable ilogical way of of life. I can't get away from thinking along those lines not that I really wanted to because this perception of only looking in practical usage is so important.

This way of thinking has slowly over the last few years alienated me from most of the people I want to high school with and Im getting the feeling that my social life will not resume until a post peak oil practical world reveals itself.

Has anyone else hit peak lonely?

[JJ]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('americandream', 'I')f you mean that life seems almost surreal these days to the point where one finds the preoccupations of those around you disorientating, yes. In fact, it's probably fair to say that I find that I share almost nothing with those around me other than the most superficial which just about gets me by.

[BigTex]

You are depressed because of the way you are perceiving the problem, not because of the problem itself.

The purpose of this distinction is to suggest that your understanding of the problem will evolve and along with it your ability to cope with it.

You discovered at some point that your body would die one day, but you have managed to get over that (as we all must if we are to live).

What you have discovered now is that the world of industrial capitalism will also die one day. Just let that soak in for a while and then decide the best way to spend your time on this earth.

Be happy. We are all blessed to be living in such interesting times. People thrive on challenges, and we will have plenty in the next few decades.

Remember that hopelessness is not a strategy.

[FoolYap]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('camefromthecorn', 'I') find it hard to particpate in regular activities because the fun comes from any unsustainable ilogical way of of life.

[pup55]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'c')amefromthecorn

[Iaato]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pup55', 'T')here is now an abundance of biker clubs, all across the midwest. If there is one near you, join them for a Saturday ride. There may be several in your area: find one that is low-key. These people tend to be well educated, and accepting. This will also help you do some social networking, an important PO skill, but also give you the gift of fossil-fuel-free transportation. Note: They may offer you some beverages. Do not worry if you are "slow". A lot of these people ride just barely fast enough to keep from falling over.

[SheikYarbhouti]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JJ', ' ')out of 165 employee there there are only five people I have met that are peak oil aware; two managers, one gm guy and one maintainence guy.

[Concerned]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('camefromthecorn', 'I') find it hard to particpate in regular activities because the fun comes from any unsustainable ilogical way of of life. I can't get away from thinking along those lines not that I really wanted to because this perception of only looking in practical usage is so important.

This way of thinking has slowly over the last few years alienated me from most of the people I want to high school with and Im getting the feeling that my social life will not resume until a post peak oil practical world reveals itself.

Has anyone else hit peak lonely?

[BigTex]

A strong appreciation for gallows humor also helps.

I can only watch the news by laughing at every story I see, it's all so utterly ridiculous, shocking and unimaginably awful.

My favorite is watching the talking heads' awkward shift in expression as they segue from a multiple retarded child decapitation story to the weather forecast.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', '
')I think I am in love

[americandream]

I'm a marxist ideologically and have never seen the viability of this system. We would have to adopt a lifestyle akin to the Cuban to achieve any semblence of sustainability (societal, resource and environmental) and in the process of doing so develop a way of thinking that lifts us above the current mode of extreme individualism.

I suspect the potential for that degree of change has passed. The slide back into religious irrationalism (and the accompanying rise of quasi-science) along with cultural nationalism on a grandiose scale where we are now confronted with the absurdity of the "war of civilisations" has put paid to that. In addition, the overwhelmingly solipsistic view of reality so prevalent in the post-modern era tends to overwhelm reasoned argument.

I suspect we will see a gradual slide back to barbarism, this time round though, it will carry a technological punch

[Ainan]

How i learned to stop worrying and love the collapse. I feel somewhat surreal when i go outside, see all the cars and the shops. Talking to people and thinking about society is just disturbing. Also i can't prepare much materially for 2 years yet and rather than despair and worry I'm enjoying life while i can, enjoying time with friends even though i consider them clinically insane. I've got rid of my TV and when I'm not enjoying time with friends i read excessively, taking this window to educate myself in all manor of things i think would be useful.
Try not to let reality get you down, the last generation had nuclear war over their heads all the time, just live while you can.

On a side note i read in a book today(Can't remember the author, only browsed through) on petrology from the 70s and at the end it had a section on the future. It predicted production will decline around 2010 and you petrologist in training will have to be the ones to keep the lights on for our grandchildren, so get to it! I just laughed at it.

[heroineworshipper]

Based on the fact that 99% of today's information comes from AP, wouldn't be surprising that anyone who wasn't right down the middle of what they were supposed to think at any moment would be alienated.

[Micki]

Not really an answer to anything but an example of doing what you enjoy.
Last week I was flicking the chanels and stopped at a show about private people who had bought fighter planes and bombers to use for their own fun. (My first thought was of course, yeah what a dead end hobby that is)
One of the guys was a flight intructor and liked to do dog fights with his partner who was ex-military pilot.
He described it something like; when you are up there dog-fighting you concentrate it at a 100%. You can't have thought about problems, like the world is running out of fuel.
It sure woke me up, having someone on TV mentioning PO, especially a show like that. But the point is, here is an example of a guy who intends to enjoy what he is doing as long as he can even if he knows there is an end to it. (Too bad his jet fuel burning also hastens it up)

As I said it before, just make sure you prepare for bad scenarios while you go on enjoying life.

[Concerned]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Micki', 'N')ot really an answer to anything but an example of doing what you enjoy.
Last week I was flicking the chanels and stopped at a show about private people who had bought fighter planes and bombers to use for their own fun. (My first thought was of course, yeah what a dead end hobby that is)
One of the guys was a flight intructor and liked to do dog fights with his partner who was ex-military pilot.
He described it something like; when you are up there dog-fighting you concentrate it at a 100%. You can't have thought about problems, like the world is running out of fuel.
It sure woke me up, having someone on TV mentioning PO, especially a show like that. But the point is, here is an example of a guy who intends to enjoy what he is doing as long as he can even if he knows there is an end to it. (Too bad his jet fuel burning also hastens it up)

As I said it before, just make sure you prepare for bad scenarios while you go on enjoying life.

[Anthrobus]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('camefromthecorn', 'I') find it hard to particpate in regular activities because the fun comes from any unsustainable ilogical way of of life. I can't get away from thinking along those lines not that I really wanted to because this perception of only looking in practical usage is so important.

This way of thinking has slowly over the last few years alienated me from most of the people I want to high school with and Im getting the feeling that my social life will not resume until a post peak oil practical world reveals itself.

Has anyone else hit peak lonely?