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The Natural Way
15:15 / 16.04.02
I remember Haus, ages ago, muttering something along the lines of "I'm not sure whether or not I'd like to hang out w/ Grant Morrison" provoked by one of GM's harebrained ideafests, which included the zany notion that we could sort out the Bin Laden problem by shipping him off to the Playboy mansion. Now, I don't know whether GM would make a less than irritating mate or not, but I'm not sure I'd write him off over something like this when, IRL, I have many friends/aquaintances/colleagues/blah who come out w/ stuff far, far worse and yet I still like them, don't really find them that irritating....etc.

So, is it just that many of us expect something better from Barbelith (and those that inspire[d] it)? Or do some of us just expect something better full stop?

How are you w/ people IRL? People who'd look at you as though yr brain had sprung a leak if you started cranking out the most basic politics/philosophies that inform the special Barbeverse.....

This isn't a "Hey, aren't we so much better!" post - I don't think we are - s'more along the lines of "How adaptable are you?" and a kinda "Where do you find yr pleasure in people?" type thing.
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
15:22 / 16.04.02
I find that I'm a lot more eager to like people on Barbelith than in real life. I'm less snobbish here, I think.
 
 
Kit-Cat Club
15:27 / 16.04.02
People who'd look at you as though yr brain had sprung a leak if you started cranking out the most basic politics/philosophies that inform the special Barbeverse

Well - apart from my parents, I don't really know many people like this (taking into account that I don't go in for the Magick side of things). Some of my acquaintance might not agree with the more radical left politics and philosophies, but I don't think they'd fail to understand them...
 
 
The Natural Way
15:35 / 16.04.02
I don't mean that they wouldn't "geddit", just that loads of peeps aren't used to/interested in talking about...umm, barbestuff (and like ilk) and can often find it a little alienating.

Are you seriously telling me you've never experienced this? Or felt uncomfortable revealing yr interests, ideas etc in the workplace because you weren't sure how people would take them? Or.....

A general question:

Is it a common thing amongst lithers to surround themselves w/ the sort of people they'd hang out w/ here?
 
 
w1rebaby
15:37 / 16.04.02
I'm less whiny IRL, but I say pretty much the same things. Particularly in terms of politics. It's just that I don't really have the arena to discuss Barbeloid matters IRL.
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
15:37 / 16.04.02
Mm. I don't think that most of my real life friends are all that far off from the people who'd be on Barbelith. A lot of them, I wish they would post here. I can think of a few who would be very useful and interesting folks to have around here, particularly for Head Shop and Switchboard threads.
 
 
deja_vroom
16:52 / 16.04.02
All my friends are silly. I can't talk with them about any serious issue. They'd embarrass me if they ever showed up here. Still they're nice to have around if you're into mindless goofing.
 
 
Rage
18:49 / 16.04.02
It's obviously easier to find people here. Some of my friends would "fit in" here. Others would get banned. (and have) This is The Haight Street of the net. You start to feel like quite the justa-number. You don't need to rely on subliminal cultural/philosophical signals to find people to talk to here. You already know that you can talk to everyone.
 
 
Rage
18:55 / 16.04.02
"Is it a common thing amongst lithers to surround themselves w/ the sort of people they'd hang out w/ here?"

Sure. Unless they're on some I'm-so-alienated trip like I once was. Or maybe they live in the suburbs and are still on the IRL weird-psychic-connection-friend-prowl after all these years of severe isolation?
 
 
Utopia
23:11 / 16.04.02
yes and no. some folks i know would be brilliant on the site. some would fit in. others would sink. there's simultaneously less and more diversity here than IRL. let me explain: joe schmoe who has never had any experience with many of the things that draw us here (politics, spirituality, philosophical inquery) would never discover the joys of 'lith. on the other hand, someone who can engage and challenge another in these areas is one in a million; there's diversity here as compared to the sometimes uniform outside world. the value system for each is incomparable, because of the variety and types of people one meets here and outside. but i assume that if i had met some of the 'lithers IRL first, we could be good friends. likewise had i met some of my outside friends here i'm sure we could engage in great conversation.
 
 
The Natural Way
10:12 / 17.04.02
Think I generally agree w/ everything you say.
 
 
BioDynamo
10:18 / 17.04.02

I'm in a RL-posse. We like each other the same way Barbelith-people like each other, I think.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
10:21 / 17.04.02
You are in so much trouble.
 
 
The Natural Way
10:22 / 17.04.02
Most of my friends are lith material (a few definitely aren't), and I'm w/ Flux: I do wish they'd post here. But, apart from Sauron, Plums and Hindermate (and occasionally glassonion), they don't. Some of them'll surf the place, but most of them just find the messageboard thing a little...boring(?). Arseholes.
 
 
Bear
10:27 / 17.04.02
I've been thinking about this sort of thing recently, well kind of. Barbelith has changed me, before when my someone would say something racist/sexist I would just think "What an arse" and ignore them but recently I've caught myself telling them not to be so stupid and try and get them to think about what their saying (granted this in only my flatmate) but its a start right?

I just wish I could get involved in the Head Shop more.

My friend back home aren't online but it they were they would probably think "what a bunch of nerds" but thats what they think about me

Long live Barbelith !!!

or maybe actually now that I think about maybe your all brainwashing me, someone pass me the foil....
 
  
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