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[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

Gaddafi.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

LOL

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

What? Are you drunk again? ;-)

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

No. I'm admiring your insightful example that also has a dark twist ending.

All of my neighbours are a very distracting bad influence on me. I was a hermit for 8 of the 9 years I've been here. While my neighbours aren't rich or smart, almost all of them are generally truth-aware even if they don't know specifics, history, or all the conspiracies, and most are open to hearing new ideas, if not necessarily agreeing. Also most of them are more authentic than "fancier" people who pose a lot. Yet I'm utterly bored by their banal taste in most things, from music to culture to fashion to style to whatever. And their humour is very basic, like young teenagers level, but with old people. I'm the youngest by far, and I'm old at 49. It's interesting. I guess the "productive" younger neighbours don't have time for socializing.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Ah, thank you. :-)

And I hear you on the neighbors. I myself am a bit of an hermit, and a bit of a snob, but finding people to talk about REAL THINGS (tm) with, that is worth a lot.

The nice suburb in which I live is populated by people who are as likely to give you the middle finger, spit at your feet, scowl or nod if you dare say "hello".

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It's only briefly refreshing to talk about real things with them as they can't speak deeply about much at all.

I'd been withdrawn for years, and now my presence is admittedly overwhelming to some. They like their drinking. I'm trying to motivate them to participate more in actually doing more things. I've got plans for building to mobile gardens on wheels for the community, making a large outdoor chessboard table for the community, composting, an indoor garden this winter and maybe year-round, grow a bunch of pot plants, and making our own beer and wine - in order from top to least priority.

Community used to be something more as a kid. Since then we've all retracted into our little lives with nothing more in common than the shows we watched, and now with infinite options instead of 4 channels we don't even have that.

I preferred the artist community in Oakland, younger, diverse, clever, much more active, sexier, and progressive. But these guys are okay. Instead of just cat herding, I'm herding all old cats now.