The offline life
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- jagara
I recently overheard these two twenty-something hipster types having a conversation in some coffeeplace (in Copenhagen), about how Facebook and Twitter are for retards, how people are unable to live outside their computers and phones (they both had Iphones...). A conversation about intellectual-sounding books nobody ever heard about ensued. The volume of the conversation was loud enough, so we all were able to listen in. How kind.
This vaguely reminds me of how it was cool to brag about not owning a TV some years ago.
I've seen one or two people with John's Phones (you can't even send or receive texts with these):
This made me think:
This made me laugh my ass off:
I'm not about to get a 1988-type cellphone, or start writing paper letters instead of spending time on Facebook, or move to amishcountry anytime soon. I am however, getting tired of years of sitting in front of a computer for work, entertainment, communication and, quote-unquote, socializing. And it always seems, that when you yourself are getting exited about or tired of something, chances are you're not the only one. Is it just me, or is there a (weak, but noticeable) movement towards less technology being the next big all the rage trendy hip indie cool young people thing?
I'm from Denmark. Do you see this happening, and if so, where are you from?
Thoughts on this?
- k_temp0
Louis CK is the best
- freshdude0
20 years ago, computers and forums were for lonely nerds.
Then Instant Messaging became acceptable.
Now everyone's Emo.
- d_rek0
Never underestimate mankind's infinite appetite for distraction.
- cannonball19780
The worst thing for anything that needs to happen is that it gets picked up by the " next big all the rage hip indie cool young people things".
- randomname0
What's an offline life?
- johnny_wobble0
i'm mostly on the computer only during the (work)day, unless i'm messing with my photos.
- scarabin0
the vocal hatred of trendiness is just another version of trendiness.
but worse i think, because they're more concerned about their appearance than the people actually enjoying the trends, who don't seem to give a fuck
- deep thoughts, by scarabin. *scribble, scribble*scarabin
- WRONGcannonball1978
- mg330
I get a little burned out on digital devices, but realize they're just a way of life these days, and I can't really avoid them.
It really just makes me want to camp more, be out in nature more, do some fishing, and make a point of detaching myself from phone and computer for a few days.
- randomname0
Reblogged.
- jagara0
@scarabin I think those two people thought of themselves a being very trendy themselves...
@mg33 true. Acting (making a concious choice) instead of reacting is the always the way to go...
- Iifeinvector0
I don't have anything against what anybody else does, but I like being as "disconnected" as I am. No iphone, facebook, TV, etc. I feel much more connected to real things now.
- define "real thing". cuz everything online is real as well. it's all happening.pango
- I guess I mean things like taking long walks, reading books, playing, meditating, etc.Iifeinvector
- But you're right, real is relative.Iifeinvector
- perhaps "real thing" is the extended information your brain gets.pango
- the feel, moisture and smell of the air. the depth and rang of colour of light, the sound of the wind and vehicle. the interaction is people in person.pango
- the interaction with people in person.pango
- albums0
The offline life does not start as a thread on a forum through your computer, I'll say that much. I'm sure it involves at least 1 piece of paper and a #2 pencil
- jagara0
Heh... i'm aware of the slight irony of posting this online...
#theonlinelife
- detritus0
"This vaguely reminds me of how it was cool to brag about not owning a TV some years ago".
Oh, Christ - if I hear this from some lame arse 20-something again, I'm going to vom down their throats.
Especially when you then find out they're a fucking avid fan of [insert contemporary TV shows], but they watch those on the internet, so that doesn't count.
- < pretty sure I said that when I was a mid-twentysomething, but I can whinge abut it because I'm a mid- thirtysomething nowdetritus
- -twat.. er.. thirtysomethingdetritus
- ah... I didn't have a TV from age 20 to 30 or so... whatever.... I was probably insufferable too....vaxorcist
- hahaha, exactly. Especially about the Internet thing (there were arguments at QBN about that before).Jaline
- dbloc0
is offline life similar to second life?
- mg330
My fiance and I have some huge dreams to open a bed and breakfast in Colorado someday. Somewhere in the woods, mountains, near snow and rivers and all the great natural things in the world. I can't imagine how kick ass it would be to run something like that, be close to the outdoors, help other people have a nice stay, cook out at night by a fire, keep a good selection of Scotch on hand and just meet new people as they come and go.
The only reason I really want to figure out how to start a business or startup of some kind is for it to be a way to make the above happen. Yeah, obviously I want to do it for the thrill of starting some kind of business and being my own boss, but it's all really just a means to an end, to have a completely different way of life someday.
- Sounds amazing. Why Colorado though?randomname
- Only 19 followers on Twitter? What's the point of having it at all?randomname
- Want to be in better nature, mountains, snowboarding, than we have in the midwest.mg33
- And Twitter? I don't post there much, but feed stuff out to it. it slowly grows, but not a goal by any means.mg33
- vaxorcist0
my wife and I sometimes have "analog weekends" where we simply don't check anything email/web/FB/etc from friday eve to sunday eve.... then get lots of surprised people on Monday... she even gave up FB for lent...
There's a recurring story of some NYC burned out web developers who quit and became goat farmers in Vermont....
I do know the cool mother of a cool woman... she and her hubby quit their city jobs and moved to a remote coffee plantation in Hawaii.... they have to go some distance to even use the phone or email... I know it's not all fun.. can certainly be isolated sometimes..
I remember reading about how Jack Karouac was a forest fire watcher for some time, sitting alone on a hill....
- nb0
Every now and then I'll do a "no electricity" night. Around sunset I turn off everything in the house. I leave the fridge on to avoid spoiling food, but I don't open it. I usually have fruit and nuts and sometimes other snacks around the house, but I don't usually end up eating. It's super fun trying to find things to do around the house without any electricity at all. Read by candle light, take a bath, whatever. Most of my friends laugh at me about it, but I tried it with my girlfriend a few weeks ago and we had a great time. Almost as much fun as doing it alone.
The best part is, once it gets dark, you end up carrying a candle around with you every where you go.
- http://i.imgur.com/O…freshdude
- Sounds fun :)Iifeinvector
- I like this idea.
*steals*
Thanks.
detritus - haha, you take a bathBonSeff