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Hi Stevie

Loneliness is a hard one to shift. It really is, but I guess we are trying not to be so lonely and that's got to be worth something.

I hope you are doing okay.

It sure is. 

Thanks. I’ll probably just read for now. Loneliness is a hard one to shift.

Hi Stevie, no pressure to do anything here. I get a lot of positivity from here but you might want to just browse. It’s hard to be lonely, I know how that feels.

That's ironic given that people here tend to recommend contacting Social Prescribing as an alternative to posting on the forum.

Anyway, welcome :).

I watched Carlo Rovelli's presentation at the Royal Institution on YouTube related to white holes.

One of the most interesting things I'd seem on a while. You need to be able to get your head around distorted spacetime.

You can also get some good quantum physics lectures for free from MIT, along with others physics courses. I watched a load a few years ago. It's amazing how much really good information is available.

Even if the maths gets a bit much you can follow along to grasp the concepts 

One of my current favourites is the notion that time is an emergent property of the laws of physics. Carlo Rovelli has a few books on it, but it's kind of mind-blowing, so I'm not sure I fully grasped the concept (which might mean I'm doing OK).

Yes I think I do

It must have been hard.

Maybe you need a new interest, something to spend time researching.

Thanks. It’s not always easy, but he’s a good person. We’ve managed.

I'm sorry for your loss, Stevie. How is your son getting on these days?

I don’t really have active interests at the moment. My partner died in 2017, three days before our son turned three, and most of what I was into dropped off after that. I used to like industrial and goth music, retro computing, and physics, but I find it hard to engage with any of it now.

There is no artificial time pressure / implied expectation to engage with replies.

We are here (when it feels right to you).

You could just browse around and reply with an occasional "Me too!" and nothing more. We all like to hear a "Me too!"; it makes us feel validated. A lot of us are struggling a bit with impostor syndrome, so knowing someone else can relate is very helpful.

Also, I like (in no particular order): rockets, bumble bees, AI, black holes, wild flowers, the moon (Hey, me too, profdanger!), trees in leaf, history, counting steps, cooking, F1, helicopters, AP tank shells, biographies, science podcasts, autism, sharpening pencils, opening and closing my hands, science fiction, seeing nature through polarised sun glasses (more colourful), lining up the glassware in the cupboard, fixing things, finding out how things work (hence "fixing things"), and several hundred other things that are currently out of my short-term rotation (I'm polypassionate).

You could, if it floats your boat, start a new thread with the subject: "Calling All Moonies". You'd get at least two people who'd join in.

Hey there Stevie. One thing you could try is listing things that you are interested in or not interested in. A lot of us find it easier to connect when we know that, since many of us have strong passions.

For example: I like disco culture, video game music, greyhounds, the moon, information/research on Autism, and etc.

Do you have anything you’re passionate about?

I read the replies. I don’t usually do communication (online or in person), so I don’t know what to do next. Thanks for replying.

Hello.

Hi and welcome to the community. In your profile you say you're not very social - that's why many of us are here, so you're not alone. Hope you enjoy chatting with us.

Hello Stevie and welcome.

Hope you can find some posts of interest.

We are a diverse bunch, so all sorts of obscure things can be of interest to somebody here.

Hi and welcome to the community!