@Lannes
Thankyou for sharing this with us.


"Now the Field of Battle is a land of standing corpses; Those determined to die will live; Those who hope to escape with their lives will die."
-- Wu Chi's commentary to Sun Tzu's art of war

Life is what you make if it. It is up to you to grab the bull by the horns and take life in the direction you want it to go, rather than just giving in and accepting you'll be stuck in this state forever. Finding solutions to your problem of lack of excitement in your era is one of the many modern day 'era-excitements'. See my "I quit" post for details.

This is the Information Age. We have websites such as Wikipedia, XKCD and of course b3ta. The real world may have been tamed to the point of boredom (although if you go travelling, you may realise that this isn't quite yet the case), but out there in the virtual world, we're constantly exploring new paradigms, making it a virtual Wild-West.

QOTW is such a paradigm. Instead of presenting yourself at your best, you present yourself at your worst. You get to share your darkest and most embarrassing secrets with others. It's still pretty much uncharted territory, but one development is that our sense of solidarity is bringing us together. This pioneering social paradigm can make QOTW the metaphorical Wild-West of open-mindedness.

As for me, one thing I like to do in my spare time is Internet counselling - for me, this is an adventure into not only other people's minds, but my own mind too. That is, I offer advice, and hugs where needed, and just generally helping make others feel good about themselves. I've been doing this on another forum for some time now and have only recently started doing this on QOTW too.

Re your thought on deleting it: DON'T. You'll find that we've been helpful in this thread. There are people out there who not only care, but are willing to offer advice. Not deleting your post will be a permanent testament to this.

And finally, remember, your perception of the world is shaped by your thoughts. If you believe this, you will start thinking more positively and adopt a more positive attitude to life.

And yes, you've found a community that can sympathise (and in some cases, also empathise) with you.

Good luck.


@Ethelred: good reply. Learning something new goes far beyond learning and applying what you learned - it can open up whole new ways of thinking and it keeps your brain oiled.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Tue 29 Jul 2008, 15:40, Reply)