Subj : Failure of.. (reading/tv/blu-ray)
To   : Arelor
From : Ogg
Date : Mon Feb 06 2023 23:07:00

Hello Arelor!

** On Friday 03.02.23 - 04:15, Arelor wrote to Ogg:

 A> It is not a matter of being bothered by what they think of
 A> you, as much as a matter of having a harder time building
 A> networks of friends to support you because you are a
 A> cultural misfit.

Let them have their Botell¢n and get drunk. The next day  
wouldn't matter what they thought of you.

 A> I have been told in a very serious manner I must be an
 A> emotional-cripple because I don't want to partake in Big-
 A> Bottles.

"emotional cripple" is hilarious. And that is from the people  
who participate in big-bottles? If they need a bottle for  
enjoyment, I would think they are the cripple.

 A> If you don't immerse yourself in the culture of
 A> the place you are located you are bound to be left cast
 A> aside by virtue of not thinking like everybody does. Like
 A> it or hate it, for a long time the TV has been the only
 A> opinion generator people considered and thus people keeps
 A> only the canned opinions the TV gives to them. If you exist
 A> outside the box you are a weird entity.

Sounds like TV plays a big role in grooming attitudes in your  
country.  That sounds sad.

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