[ SECRET POST #4119 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4119 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

How long do you think you could go without human social interaction?

Let's say you're put in a house with everything you need to survive, but can't leave or talk to anyone. Internet is available, and you can browse online and read what articles or comments you want, or play what single player games you want, but you can't post any comments or interact with anyone in any way. All you can do is watch.

[(Anonymous)]

It would probably take years for me to totally crack. After the first six months I'd probably start getting a bit nutty.

[(Anonymous)]

Can I write things down?

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, but you can't mail them or post them anywhere, and no one else can read it.

[(Anonymous)]

Can they be published after my death?

[(Anonymous)]

You'll never know for sure since you'll be dead, if you manage to stand being by yourself for that long.

[kaijinscendre]

Is there some kind of reward or reason? I could do it better with some kind of motivation.

Probably a month. IF I got daily updates on my family slipped under the door every morning, 3-4 months.

[(Anonymous)]

No, this is just a hypothetical about how long you'd be able to do it.

You could check up on your family's social media accounts, but can't actually comment to them or like their photos or anything.

[morieris]

Can I go outside.

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT

you mean, like, in the garden or something?

[morieris]

Ya.

I don't need human interaction if I can go to the beach or something.

[(Anonymous)]

Sure, but assume there's nobody ever around, including leaving notes or messages. There will never be evidence of anyone else having interacted with anything.

[ninety6tears]

Probably a week before going bonkers, but I'd be feeling pretty restless after less than 24 hours.

(One of the depressing changes in my life is that I've become more prone to loneliness over time. I used to be fine living alone and rarely talking to anyone, now the thought just fills me with anxiety.)

[(Anonymous)]

Probably not very long, but certainly not long after I, say, have a heart attack and can’t contact the paramedics or be treated by a doctor, or some other medical emergency.

[bur]

Two-three weeks, tops. I need SOME interaction. I could probably go a month without being in the physical presence of someone, but I need some feedback from somewhere, and after a couple weeks the dog don't cut it.

Sorry, dog. I love you, baby, but you're not an engrossing conversationalist.

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe a week. I could see myself getting antsy after a few days of only having my inner thoughts for company.

[soldatsasha]

At the worst points of my NEET phase this was pretty much me all the time? I'd manage to post something anon here or on 4chan maybe once every couple weeks, but never as any kind of "conversation" with someone. And when I did have to go out in public I'd do it for as little time as possible and avoid interacting with people at all if I could (so, self check-out only or just ordering things online). I dealt with the isolation by doing shit like listening to Let's Plays while I played games, and pretending I was playing with them, and making up elaborate fantasies about hanging out with characters from whatever media I was consuming at the time. I'd also get super invested in people online who seemed cool. Not quite weird stan-ish levels but close.

I think I could manage living that way pretty much indefinitely, but it REALLY fucks you up mentally so I'd probably be looking at max depression and max anxiety levels within about a week. Basically, I could do it but I'd be miserable and crazy.

[(Anonymous)]

well if you're counting internet chatting then I can't go more than 1-2 days involuntarily. even if I only throw a handful of responses at someone's plurk or discord a day, that's more than zero.

voluntarily, like if I was going camping of my own choice and prepared for it, I'll be happily alone for as long as the trip takes. my ideal retirement, provided I ever have enough money to even retire, is to live alone on a boat in the Bahamas. but living alone or spending a finite time alone is very different from being forbidden to even chat on the internet. hell, as awkward and shut-in as I can be, I can still manage to nod a hello at the mail truck driver every day.

[(Anonymous)]

Pretty long, that's basically what I do now sans the occasional anon comment. I'll just write down my thoughts and talk to myself instead of posting.

[(Anonymous)]

Sounds like heaven to me, so probably.. years? Perhaps the rest of my life?

It's not that I hate people. It's just that people exhaust me, and I'm sick so often due to several chronic conditions that being social is a chore. Give me a computer so I can write, research, and play single-player games, and I'll make up my own imaginary friends who don't mind when I'm down for the count for weeks or months at a time.