Open Thread, February 1-14, 2013

OpenThreadGuy

If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post, even in Discussion, it goes here.

It sucks to be an NPC and know it. .

I'm glad that you mentioned that, because it reminded me of something. I frequently feel like an NPC, but I also get a truly vast amount of false alarms on my existential crisis meter for some reason. I mean, I know I've been depressed before, but even attempting to account for that, some of my internal thought processes feel ridiculous in retrospect. Let me give you an example:

"Life has no purpose, I don't care whether I live or die, everyone is going to abandon me when I inevitably fail."

Eats Food.

"Wait, I was just hungry."

I mean, tha... (read more)

2Viliam_Bur13y

I am not sure what exactly you mean by that, but to me it seems that many people enjoy the idea of being an NPC. This is essentially what conspiracy theories are about: that someone else is the PC of this world, and we are not. Yes, people complain about that, but they enjoy the complaining, and they strongly resist being convinced otherwise.

0magfrump13y

I had a conversation about this with my girlfriend last night, and what we felt it came down to was the feeling that it is frustrating to be an unfulfilled enneagram 4.

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