SW hasnt changed, every1 is superficial and still only grasping at the tip of the surface

@Archetype He doesn't want to put in that kind of effort.

@MarkPaul why are u speaking for me? thats wrong, and also close-minded to assume

@Archetype are there any websites similar to teh old experience project?

@random1232 Yeah, but I was just trying to help...

@MarkPaul thats obviously not true, clearly u have some bias against me based on the other comments on this page. i dont see why you are deceiving yourself/me about that but ok

@random1232 Well, I just mean from your actual behaviour it seems like you are not sincere and that you want everyone to do all the work.

@MarkPaul what seems insincere? i never said i want people to do all the work, is that projection or maybe u see something im doing that i dont

@random1232 Not really, reddit is pretty good but that wasn't the point I was trying to make. You can make friends anywhere you go, even here... It's more about how you approach the issue of finding meaning than where to find it.

@Archetype sure, my approach is not right, makes sense

@random1232 I don't mean it in a nasty way. It is an issue I have faced as I'm pretty socially inept.

@random1232 Well, you waltz in with your complaints and grievances, offer no acknowledgement of your own shortcomings, and express regret over not having any meaningful relationships. Stop criticizing, condemning, and complaining and then expect everyone to beg to be your friend. What must your neighbours think of you?

@MarkPaul i didnt expect people to be my friend because im complaining. ur just projecting onto me so hard dude.

@random1232 I'm just relying on the words you are using to describe your grievance. Maybe you don't like seeing yourself in the reflection I am providing you. Could that be it?

@random1232 I know what it is like to feel a lack of connection to people and to feel like others have no depth, it's lonely. I hate small talk and insincerity but the thing is everyone has depth, even the most plain seeming people. You have to make it past the surface to make connections.

@MarkPaul youre not 'reflecting' on to me. actually , what u are doing is gaslighting me by telling me that what youre doing is not projection but mere analysis. its not, you came out of nowhere with accusations and assumptions and conclusions that are wrong, and still pushing those ideas even after i refuted them. how is any of that a reflection? its gaslighting and its clear u are bias against me lol

@random1232 Simply denying a profile you find unflattering isn't refuting it... unless you are a 7-year old with a temper tantrum. Own your words and be accountable for your behaviour. This is how you are coming across and I am letting you see it because obviously you lack self-awareness. And, I don't mean that as an insult. I am literally giving you the gift of insight so I don't understand why you are fighting it with such aggression. What are you trying to accomplish?

@MarkPaul You're becoming a troll. I remember I got on with you when I was posting very emotionally charged stuff on here years ago. You were posting about anxiety related stuff and how you were finding it difficult to make meaningful connections with people yourself. I would ocassionally theorise with you ways to overcome mental health issues we both seemed to share...

Lately though, you just seem to make posts hating on Trump and comment as to annoy or provoke. It might get more attention but I don't believe it is the real you.

@Archetype Now, you're the one acting like a troll. Why...?

@Archetype it seems like most people are operating at surface level all the time, but i feel different, i cant even do it, it goes against how i am naturally.
i dont necesarily want to force people to dig unless they can do it on their own to some extent, and if they are naturally not like that, then i feel like i am imposing this process onto them. and i think for alot of people its also painful, they dont want to engage, they get disturbed. also i find some people, if u dig inside, sure there is depth but it is still empty-ish. may find that after all the digging, there is nothing really, time that could have been put elsewhere

@MarkPaul its not hard to take someones words literally and misinterpret them in a negative fashion if u choose to do it, and im pretty sure thats what youre doing even tho u are trying very hard to maintain an air of impartiality. i really feel like u are not understanding me at all, and u are predisposed to thinking of me negatively. im not fighting u aggressively, im actually pointing out how u are basically acting towards me and ur denying it when its obvious lol

@random1232 All any of us are doing is spending time. How it is spent is no more meaningful or less meaningful however it is spent. After all we live, then we die.

You can't force a person to reveal their depth. There isn't a one size fits all approach to connecting with people.

@random1232 It's true, based on your behaviour and attitude, I am biased against you. You seem like you are lazy, easily offended, lacking in discipline, and acting like you think you are a cut above. After all, I only have your words to go by. I am trying to help you see how you come across with the words you are using and the way you are presenting yourself. I'm sorry if you don't like what you are seeing, but I understand why you don't like it.

@Archetype i think trying to understand hte idea of god/reality/truth would be the way to spend my time best. but i agree that ultimately it is just time spent with no ultimate conclusion. but since each day i am living and in this confusion, i feel like i have nothing else real to do besides continue the search and try to be present/enjoy the moment.
i have a deep desire to understand people depths cuz i guess cuz i am alone but i think itll also help me understand myself. but it seems like peple r not even trying?? theres too many blockages between each other, i think every1 is guarded, i am too especially

@MarkPaul atleast u are being honest about ur bias now. you assuming all those things about me from just the words im writing on a website is crazy. i see how u see me, i see how the other older people on this website see me too. theyre putting me in a box, the same way u did

@random1232 I have been honest from the start, but you haven't. Older people may see through you because of life experience they have (that you don't) that allows them to see through you. It is startling you seem surprised that your words are being used to form an impression of you. Do you realize you are on a text-based website? All we have are your words from which to form an impression of you. We are all subject to our words here. Do you realize that is how a text-based online forum works?