Tch. Life’s too down to Earth. Where’s the fantasy ?
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Loading...(I wrote this note, on an impulse, this afternoon.)
Do you see this picture ? Do you know this game ?
This is a sort of 3-D Connect Four, sold by Ikea.
One week ago, my kids found the box in which it was put away so that adults could play with it, and of course, they were very fast in losing the “beads”, spreading them all over the apartment.
I collected all the wooden pieces I could find, over time, save one.
Seven (7) days later, I finally found the last wooden piece to complete Ikea’s 3D Connect Four, soon I would at last be able to put it back in storage.
And I feel very disheartened.
In just a pair of minutes, I’m going to place back the last missing wooden piece.
And nothing will happen.
No fanfare, no merry music, no event, no cheers, no reaction, no change in the course of events, no, nothing at all. I’d even feel too ridiculous if I were to strike a victory pose.
How sad is this 
Maybe I’ve become too much of a geek and of a gamer with the passing years, but I can’t help feeling real life is too dull, too dishearteningly down to earth, sometimes, don’t you also think ? :-/
(fast update, I should be working *cough*, this picture, sent by a kind visitor called Jonesy, thanks, nicely reflects my feelings)
No victory music? Play your own victory music!
I feel ya man. In today's world where "we know everything"(?) thanks to modern science, the common man just seem to have stopped bothering to think. Where are the philosophers? Where are the debates? Where is the excitement that tickles the mind?
Dude, don't feel silly about striking a victory pose if it would make you feel better. We need to hold on to the little things in life, to every little victories we can find. And don't be afraid to let your mind soar through the skies. Stories have always existed because humans need them as they need their daily bread. They exist to make one dream, to coax out his fantasy. Our mind is the only thing we have that can exceed all boundries, don't shun that part of you for the sake of the material that binds us "down to earth".
Amen to that.
Screw reality. Dream away, and let your mind soar free. Wings only evolved where they were needed, but we can dream them where they are wanted.
I understand you too well. I have trouble with socializing and constantly feel out of place when i am around most people. All the people my age are out drinking (which i refrain from), so i use games to live out my fantasies and social needs, and I use hentai as a supplement for a love life i will never have. I have come to accept many of these issues as a curse for people who are "different" (like myself), but yes real life is dull and sad, so games and other works of fiction help to stimulate life.
Wow. You've just described exactly what my life is like as well.
I find life to be too much of a hassle for so little reward. I guess it's just good luck to those that don't have the handicap of being "different" and are able to enjoy it more.
You should change your name from "LongOtaku85" to "LongHikikomori85".
Since you just described what a hikikomori is, not an otaku.
I should know… Considering I am one as well. Welcome, brother.
Wow you just made me really sad, bro…
the sad thing is that it is true the excitement of real life just isnt there anymore and if it is it's way too hard/far/money consuming for it to be worth it that is most likely why we turn to games or the net since its easier to access and its always something going on
Thats why i have the boss music for sephiroth on my computer..and the victory music for the ff7 battles. When I am trying to do something that wont really change anything I play the boss music and when i succed i play the victory music…just so i can feel accomplished.(that and a random victory pose make it all worth the trouble of doing whatever it was)
It’s like you just describe my life, i don’t like what the world, life is games, manga, hentai, anime is my way to be outside of the world now nothing really matters, everyday looks the same, the sun goes up and then go down, you woke up, eat go to work or school then you’re going back to your house. everyday is the same.
I’m not like people of my age who are drinking and smoking like crazy to have “fun” or buy clothes every single day to be cool or “swag”. But i have to say thank you Oliver because your website, it’s a one of the things i like to look at everyday !
well you could go do something extreme that you wouldnt do normally or are afraid to do and believe me the music plays itself
when you are afraid of something try it once because it will probably add to your life and there is the adventure that we all can afford
See, what I do, is make a big deal out of everything, but not to the point of being annoying. I exaggerate the importance of the event, like,
"OH MAN I CAN'T FIND THE LAST PIECE! Dude, you gotta help me, it's killing me, WE MUST DO THIS! It is our MANLY DUTY to find this LAST PIECE and restore it to it's proper place on the peg! UNTIL WE DO SO, THE UNIVERSE IS INCOMPLETE!"
Then I go about looking for it how normal people do, but when I find it, I go,
"HELL YES! AT LONG LAST I HAVE FOUND THE MISSING PIECE! The world is whole! Time can go on! WE ARE SAVED"
I guess it helps that all my friends are as crazy as I am, and half are stage actors in their spare time. Another half play D&D recreationally.
Basically, make everything fun & games. Much more interesting that way.
first thing that went to my head was
TYLER DURDEN:
"Man, I see in fight club the strongest and smartest men who've ever lived.
I see all this potential, and I see squandering.
God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars.
Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need.
We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression.
Our Great War's a spiritual war… our Great Depression is our lives.
We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars.
But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact.
And we're very, very pissed off…"
Not gonna lie, y'all are hella depressing. It's a damn shame, 'cause you're probably all relatively decent people.
As Kami-sama said in "The World God Only Knows", Reality is a shitty game (or Kuso-game)" or something around to that effect. But hey, at least we do got nice stuff to entertain ourselves with~
shoulda struck a victory pose just for the hell of it. but i feel you. It was like this GRAND undertaking in your mind, and you were like "HELL YEA." then you're like "Why the fuck do i care"?
You just got a Platinum trophy.
Collect all the missing beads of the puzzle
OK….I can really understand your point of view. People are too self obsessed with them selves and succes, governemnts seem ineffectual and the world seems to slip more askew every year it would be hard to look at reality. Games provide a small measure of control in someones life and an outlet for frustration built up from problems seemingly too big to solve
CONT – but sometimes real life aint so bad…ever look at the complexity of the human eye or marvel at the clock works that make up the universe or smell a flower thinking on the evolution (sorry creationists) that took place to get that flower to smell that way. I find taking pleasure in the small things get me through and parents who taught me that most things you want aren't what you need in life. The funny thing is I don't currently perscribe to any currently founded religion. So you found a small bead that completed a game and by the sounds of it, finding that bead meant something to you…don't think about what value others would have placed on finding the bead, give yourself a congadulator nod for being determined enough to find it and humble enough to understand its just a bead and maybe teach your kids to play
You should play with it with someone. This game is really challenging and when you manage to get 3 or 4 strategies in place and win or lose the game due to an error or simply a better placement you will feel the music.
Then let's do it for you Oliver : ALL HAIL THE MISSING WOODEN PIECE !!!
Seriously, I (also) feel the way you do. Nowadays, few things are important and there's barely ever a congratulation or stuff. Sometimes, I feel sad by thinking that what's only important are studies, professionnal success, and so on…
LongOtaku85 really reminds me of myself. I ain't quite right with alcohol and parties, and I'm not that much interested in sympathizing with people of my age. It looks like the only thing that's great to 'em is getting drunk 'n' fucking chicks, whoever they are… To my eyes, there's something better than this, but it ain't never gonna look "cool" enough or people don't give a damn shit… In the future, I'd really like to go abroad with an association or something like that for humanitarians missions… Right there's no epic music, no kind of reward, except maybe some "Thanks" from the natives… And finally, what's a better reward than a simple thanks from someone ? (Yeah it's been said before ^^)
So, that's 'cause I'm a lil' bit depressed by the world I see (and thanks to a Vegan Straight-Edge friend) that I started listening to fuckin' Punk Hardcore ! ANGER ! "OUT OF STEP WITH THE WORLD !!"
I imagine my life narrated by Morgan Freeman. It helps enjoy the smaller things in life.
Well I have the MLP Steroid Pony's "YEAAAUGH !!!" as a Text-Message-RingTone …I guess this would have been ideal *g*
Just don't feel too embaressed to strike a winning pose.
Go for the "Freddy Mercury" Victory Pose.
At least that's what I'd have done given the chance.
What, no one cheered for you? then I'll do it. *ahem* WOOOO!!! You the man Oliver! Making sure that you got that last piece shows that you're a real man (or that you have an OCD, but we'll stick to the former). Although you can't see/hear it, I'm clapping for you. *clap clap*
Nothing to do with boring reality, it's just boring IKEA
We all live to die… and pay taxes (58% of my income here in the good'ol USA).
On that note, GREAT JOB OLIVER! WOOOHOOO!!!
You don´t know yet.
But one day someone may find that game (may it have been long forgotten in between). And your effort made the difference between “Aww man it looks interesting but I can´t play it, parts are missing” (argh how I hate that) und “Oh, looks fun, let´s give it a try”. So it gives positive feelings and maybe so the mood changes and the consequences unfold.
Also I think of Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou right now. It´s about normal boys spicing up there live with fantasy (or just being idiots). If you like, see the fun that can come from a stick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqgVTrSBmU0
It´s up to your way of thinking^^
"real life blablabla ….." everyone talks about real life … but who speaks or at least know the "true life".
bro, maybe these words touch you or not, but remember
"nothing is true everything is a lie." in a "society" that think they know everything, they have forgotten the simplest things in life, like breathing, run, jump, Figth, or that it vibrates the depths of your being.
This synthetic form as "live" (if you can call it that) is not natural ….. that's why sometimes you feel a void, which is only half filled by the "fantasy".
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thank you, thank you, I've thought of something important
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sometimes I just want to live in the jungle, feel, hear and be one with nature, the universe ….
bro keep on moving, keep moving,
the purest water is moving playing in the river.
greetings from mexico
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and apologizes for the translation, I do not speak English very well so I used the google translator
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“The real trouble with reality is that there’s no background music.” -Anonymous
"real life" is what's going on. it isn't an ideal, it isn't something you are far from. You can attempt to hide from it, or think that you are out of its grasp, but life is always moving around you and pulling you forward. You can't escape time, and you can't escape life. You'll never stop moving in a linear path through life, so you might as well make the best of it. Rather than getting caught up on how you wish life could be, just accept what you have and let the current pull you.
For instance, you accomplished something today, and wish there was more of a reward for it. To quote the Tao, "Work is done, then forgotten. Therefore it lasts forever". Expect no reward from your work except for the obvious natural outcome, and you will never be disappointed. Instead of wishing that the things you do mattered more, accept the effect they do have and expect nothing else. You'll be much more content and it'll be easier to carry on.
It's a less mainstream way of thinking of things, but it really leads to contentment and self-fulfillment.
this is basically Taoism, I suggest checking it out if you haven't.
and holy crap, I just wrote one the deepest things I've ever written… on a porn site. I love Hentairules
it may be true, …. but I prefer to sweat until the last drop of blood (mine, of course) to stop being "a leaf in the wind" even if I have to burn all my spirit, soul and body.
I know it's selfish, but I do not mind.
……
life is external or internal?
and if it is neither internal nor external.
if both you and I are life itself?
and if so, it indicates that you push yourself toward some particular goal (consciously or not)?
Sorry, but i dont think that everything needs to be "share" or blogged or whatever. Everybody is feeling blue sometimes, get over it. Don't overthink this.
After all, you have accomplished nothing important, and if it was important for you, then the reward should be exactly that: you have accomplished something important for yourself. Why do you need applause, a fanfare or anything for this? Can't you reward yourself?
Don't teach your children that behaviour, they will become very unhappy and hard to satisfy-people over that.
How do you know nothing occured ?
The bank send me my creditcard new pin number, and then boom ! the four digits formed a date and that date was the one at wich i quit smoking ! It was 5 years ago !
My daughter made me cry when she asked me what was my job and i was just unable to explain it better that "well it's complicated". It was not ! I was just shutting my mouth in front of idiots just to have my money. Two years later i sent them to hell and i came back to school to become a mastered student and be a teacher. And now i'm her hero, best dad ever and best oncoming teacher.
On the site you showd us (9gag) they often make infographics about how our subculture taugh us things and values. For me, it all can be summarized by one sentence. It's Sarah Connors 's voice other the view of a road : " the future is unwritten."
If the world is bad, just change it ! one piece at a time. One fu**ing wooden meaningless piece at a time …
please do refrain from using 9gag. It's an insult to everything living. And everyone using that site should be put down for making us humans look like horrible creatures of pure fuck.
Come to America with me, and we'll go to the beaches, such as Newport Beach, California during the 4th of July. It will look like a pornstar convention on the beach. It'll be awesome.
If you want some excitement in your life…you have to make it. Buy a motorcycle. Take up a bad ass hobby. Thing that usually weighs heavily on my life is my job…but i don't weight for it to change. I'm making the change.
If youre a gamer thats wonderful, games are one of the most exiting things in life. It is wrong to say that gaming is not a part of real life. Please keep enjoying it, and maybe do it with other people to make it even more fun
GAME ON!
agree, im actually been feeling down lately since it's the same boring daily routine.
though at least i have hentairules.net to quench my thirst but sometimes the dullness can be overwhelming.
not to mention my HDD is still not fixed, i'll try the methods this week
The destination is not as important as the journey itself. The most important thing is to always have a purpose, a goal in life. Fight on comrade !!! :))