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Favourite ways of pretending you're not lonely!
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I like to leave the curtains open and the lights on and walk around naked as the day I was born. Always hear people banging on the door soon after
Consider some human card board Cut outs and some side lighting to Giventhe neighbours a look at some riding with the silhouettes on the action on the bedroom ceiling ?0 -
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If you have any knack for marketing, it's become incredibly easy through social media to make it look like you're living the dream on a constant basis.
It's funny, I didn't have a great year at all in 2011 (actually "not great" would be a serious understatement), but out of interest I had a glance at my 2011 Facebook timeline and it honestly looks like I'm an absolute f*cking legend
It makes me wonder though - so many people when you have those late night drunken "deep meaningful conversations", or DMCs, will tell you they sometimes feel like everyone else is having a great time while they're sort of bored. I'm now wondering is this in part because people try to put their best foot forward on social media - no one is going to put up a status saying "Having a banana and just chilling at home" (well, unless it's instagram in which case you'll get 2400 photos of the banana from 14 different angles) so in fact, when you look at social media and it makes you feel like you're own day has been rather dull, consider that the people who seem to never put up anything mundane probably have a LOT of mundane stuff - they just don't advertise it.
I half wonder if this is something that makes people feel lonely in this day and age. When you're bombarded with stories only of the big, exciting stuff in friends' lives, it's easy to feel like they never have a lonely moment while you're seriously lagging behind in the craic department. In all probability, it's simply an optical illusion caused not by how much they tell you about their lives, but how much they don't tell you about them.
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hatrickpatrick wrote: »If you have any knack for marketing, it's become incredibly easy through social media to make it look like you're living the dream on a constant basis.
It's funny, I didn't have a great year at all in 2011 (actually "not great" would be a serious understatement), but out of interest I had a glance at my 2011 Facebook timeline and it honestly looks like I'm an absolute f*cking legend
It makes me wonder though - so many people when you have those late night drunken "deep meaningful conversations", or DMCs, will tell you they sometimes feel like everyone else is having a great time while they're sort of bored. I'm now wondering is this in part because people try to put their best foot forward on social media - no one is going to put up a status saying "Having a banana and just chilling at home" (well, unless it's instagram in which case you'll get 2400 photos of the banana from 14 different angles) so in fact, when you look at social media and it makes you feel like you're own day has been rather dull, consider that the people who seem to never put up anything mundane probably have a LOT of mundane stuff - they just don't advertise it.
I half wonder if this is something that makes people feel lonely in this day and age. When you're bombarded with stories only of the big, exciting stuff in friends' lives, it's easy to feel like they never have a lonely moment while you're seriously lagging behind in the craic department. In all probability, it's simply an optical illusion caused not by how much they tell you about their lives, but how much they don't tell you about them.
Very good post. I agree with the social media thing. I very rarely post anything on facebook. Maybe I should post a status update tomorrow morning saying I have a huge hangover after a great night out. That seems to be a popular thing to do. I would post a selfie of myself standing in front of a mirror in a mini skirt, but I don't think I have the figure for it.0 -
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FizzleSticks wrote: »I live alone and in work I'm alone most of the time when I'm sent on my break no one else is. Part of my job is "interacting" with customers, I'm not even trying to sell them anything.. just having the chats.
Sometimes they're great chats but I doubt they realise that some days they're the only people I've talked for more than a few moments that day.
I sound like I live the life of a very old lady, no I'm 22 so what do I do about this? Go on facebook and pretend I'm having a grrrreat aul life
You could go on POF instead. 0 -
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MRnotlob606 wrote: »when im a bar il sit at a table with two chairs and bring a jacket to put over the other chair to make it look like my friend went to the toilet
That's actually a good idea. One time I hired an escort and got her to accompany me to a nightclub so I could pretend she was my girlfriend. It was working well until she started giving me a hand shandy under the table. I'm not allowed in there anymore.
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Daveysil15 wrote: »That's actually a good idea. One time I hired an escort and got her to accompany me to a nightclub so I could pretend she was my girlfriend. It was working well until she started giving me a hand shandy under the table. I'm not allowed in there anymore.
how much did she cost and is she barred still........research questions.0 -
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hatrickpatrick wrote: »If you have any knack for marketing, it's become incredibly easy through social media to make it look like you're living the dream on a constant basis.
It's funny, I didn't have a great year at all in 2011 (actually "not great" would be a serious understatement), but out of interest I had a glance at my 2011 Facebook timeline and it honestly looks like I'm an absolute f*cking legend
It makes me wonder though - so many people when you have those late night drunken "deep meaningful conversations", or DMCs, will tell you they sometimes feel like everyone else is having a great time while they're sort of bored. I'm now wondering is this in part because people try to put their best foot forward on social media - no one is going to put up a status saying "Having a banana and just chilling at home" (well, unless it's instagram in which case you'll get 2400 photos of the banana from 14 different angles) so in fact, when you look at social media and it makes you feel like you're own day has been rather dull, consider that the people who seem to never put up anything mundane probably have a LOT of mundane stuff - they just don't advertise it.
I half wonder if this is something that makes people feel lonely in this day and age. When you're bombarded with stories only of the big, exciting stuff in friends' lives, it's easy to feel like they never have a lonely moment while you're seriously lagging behind in the craic department. In all probability, it's simply an optical illusion caused not by how much they tell you about their lives, but how much they don't tell you about them.
Ah facebook, everyone's favourite platform for fearful, deluded self absorption! 0 -
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