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Originally Posted by vkkim  1. I am bored, and reading/writing is entertaining.
2. I'm interested in people and how they think. It's a lot easier to just isolate their thoughts in text on a forum than running around trying to meet people.
3. I want to bounce my ideas off other people and have them prove me wrong. I assume I'll meet a lot of people here that think differently than I do, and I want to hear their points of view. My greatest fear is that I might reach a particular conclusion or worldview based on limited information or faulty logic.
4. I'd like to think there are others out there with goals similar to my #3, and that I'm doing them a service. |
I agree with 1-3, but never really thought about #4 to be honest.
I also post because this is my interaction time with others. I am stuck at home most of the time caring for either my mother (who is physically ill and would rather watch tv than talk to me), or my sister (who is odd, a genius that forgets basic daily tasks like feeding the dog, taking out the trash, etc). I don't get to leave the house much besides class (and not a minute more than that), doing the shopping, taking my mother to the doctor's, or other similar errands. I am a member of other forums and spend a lot of time in IRC because I'm starved for interaction besides a cashier. And, once in a while, one of those sources gives me a nice little ego boost.