[The Dev]

Heres a poll

You got me there, man.
i could have ticked at least half, since i have an anxiety disorder
but yeah, sometimes past social blunders come back to haunt me when i get to thinking sometimes.

Man you caught me in the middle (hopefully) of a exhaustion-induced depressive state, so I could have kept clicking all of those until I broke my mouse...

In the end I went for the patriotism/love of Govt. option as I see vast amounts of folk here giving tacit (or otherwise) assent to some totally stupid xenophobic decisions our ruling bunch of Right-wing fuckups have taken leading up toward a Federal Election in the next few months...

People confusing patriotism for love of government.

I get more worried with how humanity is running further into stupidity and neglecting what really matters.

Domineering family figures that win by default.

Wow, there are a bunch. My top two would be the people who confuse the true meaning of patriotism and dominering family figures.

However, the patriot dumbasses usually have my blood at a constant slow boil, whereas family members can sometimes make my blood pressure go straight through the roof. So I picked family.

People confusing patriotism for love of government,
but there were a lot i could've voted for. except for blood in urine, which is like deja-vu because i just read that a half an hour ago.. o.o

Well I chose 'Memories of colossal social blunders mid conversation' but really the whole act of conversation freaks me out. Like just looking someone in the eyes and speaking to them makes me anxious. Ditto speaking on the phone. Has anyone else heard of this? I'm a nutcase right?

Oh, and one other thing: Does anyone else ever freak out walking through a shopping centre, for example, feeling that everyone is watching them (SYL - Detox comes to mind for some reason )? I find it impossible to even just *walk* normally, hence why I stay away from such places.

Thank god for being able to order over the internet.

Wook

I hate shopping centers. Living a modern life has become a real sales pitch, it seems a person has to conform to a really strict set of specifications. It's easy to fake but impossible to do properly if/when you think too much about how the world works. You can jump in and sell your soul for a stress free shopping trip or like wookle says, "Thank god for being able to order over the internet." (third way probably has a custodial sentence tagged on for free). Which is worse? Social Cooperation, Social Alienation or the pin ball nether world somewhere between the two. (not sure if I classified those correctly)

The poll needed an "all of the above at some point or other"

I think "anxiety disorder" is the default setting, we all just develop ways of eliminating/masking the pain.

wow, what a heavy thread.

I answered "Memories of colossal social blunders mid conversation" because it was the only one that I could relate to. But honestly, at the moment, what really gets my blood pressure high is Indian fathers who won't let their daughters date me because I'm white and obviously not in the Brahmana caste!

Wow, there are a bunch. My top two would be the people who confuse the true meaning of patriotism and dominering family figures.

However, the patriot dumbasses usually have my blood at a constant slow boil, whereas family members can sometimes make my blood pressure go straight through the roof. So I picked family.

ditto, lol

Out of that list, babies crying. Fuck, I hate babies.

I can't even enjoy the mental distractions of a mall. Kids are freakin aliens these days!

"Memories of colossal social blunders mid conversation", I guess,
since I'm far too good at making those...

Commercials louder that rest of the programme is the one of the most evil inventions in the history of mankind. This is treating people like a sheeps, who bought everything, when you yell them right to the ears. Worst thing is: this works.

But honestly, most of the things in the poll is freaking scary, especially blood in stool. I'm more concerned about my own life, than about governments, nationalists and crying babies. And I fucking afraid of the doctors.

Wookle: I have a similiar thing. Looks like we're antisocial nuts