How do reclusive geeks like me adapt to a social internet?

We won’t! We can’t… we we we… Perhaps not all of us. Let me rephrase. I won’t! I can’t! Social networking is awkward.

Facebook is bloat, Twitter is useless, news forums are worthless. Youtube is only fun for watching, but not for actual using. IM is handy for the few friends i have. IRC is full of idiots.

People often are boring. And i don’t feel comfortable with most of them. Even though i sometimes want to. I lack the capacity to take an interest on why your cat smells like garbage. And why do you think i should see this bloke getting punched in the face by a girl. Or even that you ate pizza, again, because you were too lazy to cook. Or better yet… time the interval of your tweets to find out your average time you spend on a toilet on a daily basis.

Cloud computing is not for me. Many say it’s handy. Sure it is, if you need it. But i have my own server. I can reach my whole network all my files and email, as long as i have interweb. Why should i be forced to adapt to cloud computing? Because it’s cool and hip and social and it allows me to share things with my friends.
Great! Bring me friends, then we’ll talk! Oh wait, i’m not good at making friends…
Or keeping them, or staying in touch with people.

Flickr has nice images though. If you look around for a bit. But also there, the community thing they have. Boring!

I like Eve online! But that’s a bit of a geeky game. Spaceships and lasers! Woot! I play it every day for a bit. Or try to. I like it a lot. I even have some buddies on there… We fly around, shoot at things and have fun. How social am i! I’m so proud yay!

I have a spaceship! I have a spaceship!!! And i’m a millionaire! Fuck yea!

Perhaps not all is lost… Perhaps it’s just me who is lost.