How about the people for whom doing something 'exciting and new' it just isn't worth the risk?
How about my roommate with anxiety problems who has days where she can barely go to the grocery store without feeling overwhelmed? How about the friends I've known in abusive family situations where the computer is the only outlet they get to make friends and even that is heavily controlled?
How about the people who don't have the money to go out to movies or dinners or stuff like that? How about the people who just DON'T LIKE dealing with being in public with crowds and cars and strangers everywhere?
But really, none of the above matters that much because no one should have to JUSTIFY doing what they like to do with their own time.
I'm willing to bet the number of people who are going to venture out of their comfort zones to appease what YOU think they should do with their lives isn't all that high either. There's nothing WRONG with people who embroil themselves in fandom.
Maybe it's not particularly healthy to talk entirely in Star Wars quotes or something of the like, but that doesn't mean that I should feel ashamed or like I have less of a life because I like to spend my evenings comfortably at home on my computer talking to people I like about stuff I like.
I shouldn't have to be ASHAMED of how I live just because it's not what you would consider a good life if you were me. You're not me. So... go live your own life and don't talk to me if you don't like mine.
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How about my roommate with anxiety problems who has days where she can barely go to the grocery store without feeling overwhelmed? How about the friends I've known in abusive family situations where the computer is the only outlet they get to make friends and even that is heavily controlled?
How about the people who don't have the money to go out to movies or dinners or stuff like that? How about the people who just DON'T LIKE dealing with being in public with crowds and cars and strangers everywhere?
But really, none of the above matters that much because no one should have to JUSTIFY doing what they like to do with their own time.
I'm willing to bet the number of people who are going to venture out of their comfort zones to appease what YOU think they should do with their lives isn't all that high either. There's nothing WRONG with people who embroil themselves in fandom.
Maybe it's not particularly healthy to talk entirely in Star Wars quotes or something of the like, but that doesn't mean that I should feel ashamed or like I have less of a life because I like to spend my evenings comfortably at home on my computer talking to people I like about stuff I like.
I shouldn't have to be ASHAMED of how I live just because it's not what you would consider a good life if you were me. You're not me. So... go live your own life and don't talk to me if you don't like mine.