Feel very sad

Sometimes, Hell really is other people.

I just cling to my faith, rather than the Bread and Circuses of modern society.

I'm a Catholic Christian. All things are possible through Christ. 

I feel your pain lol

I hear you. I feel the same way. But to me interesting almost equates with abnormal, or at least querky. You know when I was younger I found a girl and some others handing out heart shaped balloons outside college. I asked her why and she told me it was her birthday and they'd brought balloons for everyone in her class and had some left over they were handing out on the street. ... and an almost giggling boys voice behind her tells her to stop lying, that lying is bad. Apparently it was actually part of an STD awareness campaign. She felt that was too boring and made something up ... now that's interesting. My friend waking up his housemate by holding a jousting match involving two trolleys and a pair of mops under her window, to defend her honour don't you know, that's interesting.

All the things they say you shouldn't talk about in polite company, politics, sex, war, odd crimes, rare surgery, obscure diseases, bizarre legal cases, extreme body modification, that's interesting. Friends having a heated argument about whether, if dropped from sufficient hight, an elephant would explode on impact, that's interesting. 

You know the maths of string theory and chaotic orbital dynamics, that's interesting. Weird old or foreign films and media that don't conform to modern western values, that's interesting. The problem with interesting is the definition can be very very variable from person to person.

I can relate to this

Well you’ve inspired lots of chat on here.

where’s the pub garden where we’re all meeting for lunch?

Yes you do Roswell, you fit in with the people on this site mate. Cheer up. Why don't you pick up metaphysics? That's alot of food for thought

Turtle said:

Lack of educational credentials shouldn't stop you meeting interesting people or getting on in life. 

My uncle left school at 15 with no qualifications and is one of the most interesting people you'll ever meet.      He's a very old man now and I'm, apart from his wife, probably the only person that knows he's aspie and dyslexic.    He's struggled his whole life - but he felt comfortable enough with me to open up completely.       He has lived a magnificent life.         I don't think his own son knows the full story..      

You seem very articulate to me. What's more important for me is what kind of a human being someone is. Not everyone is academically minded anyway and I have met some ' educated ' people who couldn't boil an egg in real life. Lack of educational credentials shouldn't stop you meeting interesting people or getting on in life. 

Whatever your interests are, you will always find others who happen to share some of those with you. Some of the most interesting people are those who have educated themselves or experienced tough times. You don't need to live your life through any one else's standards only your own.

The internet is a fantastic place to explore. You have to ignore the trolls and find your corner. Formal education is only one indicator of intelligence. Do you like reading? Watching documentaries? There are forums dissecting tv shows even. I found I used to use free dating sites just to chat to people when I was bored. Anything from the best way to catch mice, someone's sexual addition, why their lifelong dream of being someone's bridesmaid is not all it was cracked up to be. Stay safe online, explore, and after lockdown venture out to one of the public meet ups where you can have a chat in person and see if they're interesting in real life. It's hard to maintain a permanent state of intellectual conversation though and sooner or later, your intellectual friend may well just be complaining about the daily commute and the cost of council tax :)

Thanks, appreciate that. I think it would be a great time. My mother has just gone off on holiday with my sister and dad and she's my best friend, we spend time together every day, it suddenly feels very quiet without her.

I agree with that, I'm better at listening to people talk about themselves and their interests than talk about mine

To be honest, I'd happily spend an afternoon in a pub garden with either of you - I'm really interested in people who know stuff  - and are passionate about whatever it is - the wackier the better.      

I don't need to talk about the weather - I can see it - but if people have niche interests, I find them fascinating.