Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy.
How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This time around, as we prepare for Valentine’s Day, I try to look at the trends of relationships during this weird time. Are more people getting together despite the pandemic? Are there more single people just ready to hook up? Well, if you looked at the title, you’ll notice that yes, it’s about how it’s all about the single people.
Dating, marriage, and coupling up is no longer a thing. Or maybe we just don’t see it. Maybe we live in a hook up culture. I try to break it down, compare it to my own experiences, and maybe find some clues as to where relationships lie.
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Intro Music By: Kevin McLeod – Acid Jazz
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Before your livestream on Sunday why don’t your SO and you join us: https://www.meetup.com/SoCalBronies/events/276078813/ ?
I do have dinner reservations though but your planned livestream time fits between the event and the reservation time. See you then online.
I hope you and your SO can spend time together in person PM Sunday.
The internet, when is there not a time where one person is not upset about something?
Why procreate when there is so much media to consume? Lots of it potentially more entertaining than engaging in a carnal pleasure? Also aren’t there people who are in a relationship with someone not physically there or with a artificial personality in a computer program? During a power outage in the American Northeast, 9 months after that event, birthrate spiked. Wonder if there is a correlated spike to the power outage that occurred in the American Southwest in the early 2010s?
When does society create the erotic connection thing in Demolition man? Is that a net positive for society if it is realized?
Do you practice White Day on March 14th?
I can only imagine that the goal/purpose of dating, and the type of available individuals, differ greatly ones early 20s compared to ones in their late 30s, if one dates within their equivalent age group.
Thanks for responding to my comment. If I respond to your response it would create an extended comment section, which would expand with each response to a response.
But I will say this time, no worries about not being able to attend the meetup, you gotta manage your time the best way you see to spend it. There will be other opportunities to hang out in the future, like going to Red Lobster with your SO and yourself.
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Ok, so the topic of being lonely hits very well for me. The reason that it does is because as a 46yr old, I’m STILL dealing with issues of loneliness & depression stemming back to when I was 14 & not being able to deal with rejection well.
When I was a kid, & up to I was 14…..I was a very socially outgoing child. I never met a stranger &I had a few good friends in my life…..even myself, because I considered myself to be my own best friend. Sometimes, but not often I still feel this way about me.
However, when I turned 14 I got bombarded with loads of things from the realization that I couldn’t handle people saying no to me….this included: girls, jobs, my peers, etc. I went from a socially outgoing child, to a child that was scared to death to even be spoken to…or much less looked at & even finding out that I am a type 1 diabetic.
It took me many years, with my Aunt Raynell’s help to relearn who I am & how to communicate with people at their level….that & finding out that tee-shirts with funny pictures & sayings on them can cause other people to stop what they are doing & have a conversation with me….thus leading into other topics if the discussion went any further.
So, what have I learned in all of this? I seemed to have realized that A LOT of people are superficial & self centered. I can’t stand superficiality & self centeredness, both things to me are very demeaning, degrading, & belittling. It may not be to them, but it is to the people that they have to deal with. It stifles growth on so many levels to the point that it’s empowering to some, & makes it a vicious cycle of rejection & stress to others.
Why can’t we just go back to the days of Mister Rogers? Mister Rogers accepted anyone & everyone because he wanted everyone to just be his neighbor and loving them because they are just being you.
Sadly as much as Mister Rogers is still valued in America & probably other places, I don’t think a lot of people are truly living by his message….even more so now since you hardly ever see him on PBS anymore.
I don’t think I’ll fully understand that not everyone is going to like me, I can accept it….but I don’t think I’ll fully understand it. So, in a bittersweet way I can deal with it.
Anyway Francis, I’m loving Online Friendship Simulator. It’s becoming a staple of my listening throughout the week & I’ve also been promoting it out on Twitter when I see someone asking for a recommendation of a podcast to listen to.
I’m also still uploading it to my Archive.org account. You can find it here:
https://archive.org/details/OnlineFriendshipSimulator
Talk to you soon,
Anthony Davis