"We found ourselves holding our breath almost in expectancy, as though we might stand on the threshold of a great event, transfixed in the portentious moment of waiting, although inwardly we were perturbed since this new, awesome, orchestration of time and space which surrounded us might be only the overture to something else, to some most profoundly audacious of all these assaults against the things we had always known." ~Angela Carter
I'm calling Fark on this article. What they're basically telling us is that people who spend most of their time gaming online are social misfits. Does this really come as a surprise to anyone?
Not to mention the fact that if one is persistently in touch and interacting with others on-line, that should constitute actual social relationships. Thus, it should come as no surprise that the sudden loss of access to friends and social activities would cause anger and depression.
If you locked a traditionally socially active person in their house and said they couldn't leave or call or maybe even watch television, then I'm sure anger and depression would be noticed.
Of course, for them it would be normal reactions and not mental illness.
I'm sure you could get meds for it. But you'd probably have to order them online, which seems counter productive.
ReplyDeleteI'm calling Fark on this article. What they're basically telling us is that people who spend most of their time gaming online are social misfits. Does this really come as a surprise to anyone?
ReplyDeleteAgreed.
ReplyDeleteNot to mention the fact that if one is persistently in touch and interacting with others on-line, that should constitute actual social relationships. Thus, it should come as no surprise that the sudden loss of access to friends and social activities would cause anger and depression.
If you locked a traditionally socially active person in their house and said they couldn't leave or call or maybe even watch television, then I'm sure anger and depression would be noticed.
Of course, for them it would be normal reactions and not mental illness.