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44. This is an ironic post for me about how I feel about DU

Reply to undergroundpanther (Original post)

Sat Apr 6, 2013, 10:56 PM

Apr 2013

I have tried to have conversations with other members of DU on a random introduction kinda of way. To be ostracized in a thread sort of hurts my feelings, but I try to persist, be polite, and honest to get a response. Being new still (less than a thousand posts) means to me, that others try to avoid folks on DU who are new. I liked the welcoming committee I first got when I had less than a hundred posts. Now I realize that I was being monitored for inappropriate behavior by DU. Of course I had no fear that my political beliefs were not inline with what DU represents, I just did not realize at the time how important this website is and has become to my life. I would not knowingly try or do anything that would get me banned from this website, but I would leave voluntarily if I felt that I have been mistreated by to many members at once. Peace.

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why do we ignore our lonliness? [View all] undergroundpanther Apr 2013 OP

Wow. That is an incredibly powerful piece with a profound message. _/|\_ WheelWalker Apr 2013 #1

Talk to the other person in line with you Duer 157099 Apr 2013 #2

When I am out and about I always look a person in the eye and say hello and even give a smile. southernyankeebelle Apr 2013 #27

I find that to be the attitude of both coasts, and large cities, MadHound Apr 2013 #3

I found the opposite Trajan Apr 2013 #26

Love this! redstatebluegirl Apr 2013 #4

Some of us want to be left alone. darkangel218 Apr 2013 #5

Totally agree. LancetChick Apr 2013 #7

Same here. I have been labeled a hermit. n/t RebelOne Apr 2013 #8

Well, we're surronded by pets. Not complete hermits darkangel218 Apr 2013 #9

Yep TygrBright Apr 2013 #10

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2013 #21

Introverted, eh? YoungDemCA Apr 2013 #28

I like to be left alone sometimes, not always, and I can be RKP5637 Apr 2013 #29

Another introvert checking in MadrasT Apr 2013 #43

The individual pursuit of an individual happiness is the pursuit of loneliness. WheelWalker Apr 2013 #6

and loneliness undergroundpanther Apr 2013 #11

Sounds like you've read Phillip Slater WheelWalker Apr 2013 #13

It is our continuing evolution into becoming just like machines. Rex Apr 2013 #12

... eventually synaptically connected into the internet ... and eventually, "The Matrix." n/t RKP5637 Apr 2013 #30

I run into people who start ranting about Obama, when I have said nothing to set them off. Manifestor_of_Light Apr 2013 #14

I went in a U Haul recently and all the clerk did was rant and rave about taxes ... it was RKP5637 Apr 2013 #31

You realize some people hate everybody else all the time. Manifestor_of_Light Apr 2013 #34

Yep, exactly! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2013 #42

NYC rule #3: Energy attracts like energy KurtNYC Apr 2013 #15

Love it, Kurt! Can I ask..... bettyellen Apr 2013 #24

They're not rules so much as something like the laws of physics KurtNYC Apr 2013 #32

Thank you! All true, but #3 is so important to keep in mind. bettyellen Apr 2013 #35

That was awesome ismnotwasm Apr 2013 #16

One sidenote about eye contact: Long ago I developed the habit of mostly avoiding it with men Arugula Latte Apr 2013 #17

I just came across this article talking about this very thing: Arugula Latte Apr 2013 #20

Same here. treestar Apr 2013 #39

All my life I have conversed with strangers SoCalDem Apr 2013 #18

Thats not how I was raised in Kentucky. William769 Apr 2013 #19

I embrace my loneliness. Apophis Apr 2013 #22

People have different personalities but we all need some form of interaction or we wouldn't be liberal_at_heart Apr 2013 #23

I am guilty of that Urban solitude. I love it. pink-o Apr 2013 #25

don't you mean 'buy *less* shit'? HiPointDem Apr 2013 #33

Thanx! Edited. pink-o Apr 2013 #40

It's a breakdown in our Social Structure and Fragmentation of us KoKo Apr 2013 #36

I chat with stranger all the time. MineralMan Apr 2013 #37

I think it is just mere numbers treestar Apr 2013 #38

I believe that the bigger the population the more lonlieness there is . olddots Apr 2013 #41

This is an ironic post for me about how I feel about DU GiveMeFreedom Apr 2013 #44

We're taught to mistrust each other. That keeps us weak. :-| K&R n/t DeSwiss Apr 2013 #45

I'm very shy IrishEyes Apr 2013 #46

You did the right thing, although at the risk of Ron Green Apr 2013 #47