The internet is (a little) boring

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[–]Hematomato 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

I feel the same way, but I can't figure out whether it's because the Internet got worse or because life is just less interesting once you're out of your twenties.

[–]binaryblob 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

There's nothing left to learn.

[–]LarrySwinger2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

There's a bazillion things to learn. Pick any course from this page.

[–]binaryblob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Those free courses are almost always undergraduate level and as such a complete waste of time.

Also, just because I could learn the name of every plant in existence, doesn't mean I care one bit about that.

Thanks for trying, but it's unlikely we can relate to each other.

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Time to start teaching then.

[–]binaryblob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Would you? Deep down I consider teaching people a waste of time.

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I try. Sometimes it seems futile.

[–]binaryblob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"You can't teach an old dog new tricks" is one of the most depressing sayings, because it suggests a kind of arrogance towards even attempting to learn something, especially in a domain in which they presumably want to accomplish something.

It's like people want to build a nuclear reactor, but they don't want to learn about the atom.