Are people bored?

The world is a very strange place - I've not enjoyed seeing some people's true nature over the last few weeks.

It's good that she never messaged you. Haha, it would be easier if we could block in real life

Oh no I'm far from bored. I have way too many books to read, the business to organise, all sorts. I wonder if people are bored as their making trouble in our area. Causing arguments, vandalism, anti social behaviour etc. 

I need more hours in the day lol

Hello, mouse2. I can understand the situation that you are facing. It's a different kind of anxiety. You are so right about the people in your life cycle. Recently I also faced such type of situation when I was depressed and bored with everything. I overcome this situation by taking some steps. Here are some steps I’ve found to help expose the real culprit behind a feeling of boredom and get back to your normal self:

• Figure out what you really want to do
• Nuke procrastination
• Get your compass straight
• Learn something new 
• Find something better to occupy and cut off distractions 
• Socialize with positive people

These are just a few of the methods I use regularly when I have to combat boredom. But these are just suggestions. The best way to combat boredom is to understand why you are bored.

Thank you duck bread. It's nice to hear from you again. For some people we only have an online world. Especially when we've had so many experiences in the past with awful human beings. The world is a strange place, especially right now. Most people are showing their true nature and it's not pretty.

She never messaged me so that's a bonus. And I can still sell on my pages as I'm not at work currently so again bonus. If only I could block people in real life as I do online lol. Life could be so much easier

Hi, mouse2. I'm really sorry to hear you're struggling and feeling suicidal - please talk to someone. The Samaritans are a good place to start.

The way I see it, it's best to ignore requests from people who'll only add to your anxiety levels. If you're not comfortable with them in real life, it's best to avoid them on social media too. I've had to delete people in the past when their toxic posts become too much for me. I know it's easier said than done, but try not to overthink her reasons for sending you a friend request - some people will just add anyone they recognise, and others are just nosy (e.g. they want the occasional sneak peek into your life, but don't want to establish or maintain a friendship). 

The most important thing is to protect your mental health - if these people might have a negative impact on you, it's best to keep them off your social media.

Unable to quit Facebook?......... Your problem, not ours.

Thanks to the extra time I have with the lockdown, I started looking a bit into philosophy and religion. Probably Albert Camus 'la peste' is one I should get reading. 

One of our neighbours are a very loud family. They scream at each other even if they're 3 meters away from each other. They have a dog, the type that gets you in the news when it eats your baby or toddler... it's called Devil. I used to call him my little angel when I could still pet him, but they put up a fence. They shout at that dog, but that dog never listens, so the shouting is pointless. It's also not like he does things you should not expect from a dog. Sometimes I make sarcastic fun and I say: 'devil, spit out that little toddler's hand, bad dog... 

I can still get in the house and relax. So that's rather ok. 

I'd rather talk online than in person. In person causes even more issues than the online world. I think others may feel the same.

It provides a connection you may be missing in the real world. 

Someone looks like their not my kind of person I usually block them. In this case I cant block the person sadly as she runs a group I'm in which I use to advertise my business. Shes inactive but shes admin

Oh plastic I agree. I research and question so much. I notice the majority of people I know follow the news or social media blindly. I'm quite bookish and although I'm terrible at social situations, if I see something online, I research like crazy. I find it hard to detach though sometimes and get obsessed with researching

We have the same here, children going around in groups but the parents wont send them to school due to they may catch the virus lol. We had a group of kids aged roughly 10 to 16 all drinking alcohol and smashing bottles. Their not from our road but a neighbour told their parents and the parents said she shouldnt be spying on children! These kids were screaming and shouting as obviously drunk and smashing glass everywhere! How can you not miss that? I said it's fine, next time we just call the police. They only came back once then!

War and peace so far is giving me another insight into how strange human behaviour is haha

My theory is they live in constant fear that if somebody crosses them on the street and doesn't acknowledge their existence, they might as well not be there. Schrodinger's cat people... 

If it's about the weather, I tend to bring the conversation towards global warming. 

I also have the feeling most NT-people need this smalltalk to constantly have the feedback that they are real, observable, and able to communicate with their surroundings... like they live in constant fear of disappearing when they would pass a stranger without acknowledgment...

Would be an idea, if somebody says hi, reply with: 'I saw you, you're still there, nothing to worry, I heard you, voice still working aok, now carry on!'... 

I love to joke about this, but just giving a standard reply is probably the best thing in this situation. There's lots of people left that like discussing the absurdity of being alive, you can read Camus and enjoy it.

In my family they constantly post warnings that some suspicious looking polish guys are riding around in a white minivan... I unfollowed these people. They can still reach me through messenger, but I don't get their daily doses of fearmongering. I also think it becomes self-reinforcing. 

Yesterday I read from an unsuspected person, an old colleague, a link between the book 1984 and the warning that banning 'dont mention the war from falthy towers' is a beginning of the undermining of our western society... also the fact that people vandalised in Belgium statues of Leopold II. I thought, it would indeed be a nice touch to leave the statues and paint his handpalms blood red... maybe add some statues in every major city where he is shown cutting off the hands of black people he owned. Now he didn't ever go there, like the german dictator never visited Leningrad, but he did manage the place. 

I like the reference I read here, Facebook is the Big Brother of 1984.

That would probably be the end of a nice friendship, replying on that post: yeah, Facebook is even more powerful than Big Brother. Leopold II was a jerk, btw... 

I can’t get more murky than hacking the worlds consciousness with evil algorithms that bring out the ‘chimp’ in NT ways. 

Exactly... but all since Facebook groups. 

Youre telling me that Antifa was a household name before 2005??

Its about divide and conquer - as explained in Platos Republic. 

The guys running the platformsare transhumanist. Their aim is to erase in their words - The tyranny of space and time itself. I know that You have the brain capacity to understand Platos Republic. Y NEED to read it. All ten books.  

I know you’ll LOVE it. Plato - Aspie for certain. 

You're being misled - if you want to understand the game and what is really happening, you need to understand Momentum, Sunrise, Antifa and BLM - and exactly who is organising/paying/backing them and for what purpose.   As with all things political, follow the money.

It's a lot more murky than you think.

Wale up guys! 

Facebook is SATANIC. 

The most evil thing ever to come out of humanity. 

Worse than even the Hiroshima Bombing.  Facebook will cause way more damage than even Hitler did. 

If you’re on it - you’re owned by it! It owns your soul whether you know it or not. 

All the problems over the weekend are because of facebook. Tommy (the cxnt) Robinson and his Thugs are a Facebook group. 

Except they have nasty tricks embedded in the platform so people will give it a second though, and third and fourth and over and over. 

I would never friend anyone just because they asked / demanded.       If they are not your actual friend then you owe them nothing.     Reject any unwanted requests and don't ever give it a second thought.