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General Discussion / penspinning and social contacts
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Date: Sun, Mar 29 2009 21:48:32
have you ever had the impression that penspinning lowers your motivation to interact with people? for me its like penspinning has replaced a lot of things, and sometimes i get the impression that i do it too much...as it gives me satisfaction i often think i dont need much more and even sometimes have the feeling that it kind of makes me a stranger in this world cuz its really something that pretty much noone does and that you cannot talk about to people...it just feels like an addiction that demotivates you to do other things, eg. social activity, which imo is a very negative experience...
have you ever thought about anything like this? -
Date: Mon, Mar 30 2009 15:55:52
That sounds a bit weird! So do you wanna tell us that instead of going outside or sozializing with your friends you spend most of your time at home spinning pens? Thats kinda strange.
Now, if you replace the word penspinning with computergames or something similar in your text that would make more sense to me, but Penspinning?! -
Date: Mon, Mar 30 2009 16:15:48
um i think what you're getting at is that penspinning reduces your social life and makes you less motivated to hang out w/ others and stuff because of this loss of a connection with others with your addiction? um...no i have a normal social life and i consider myself as obsessed with penspinning (even though i've kind of lost interest in it). Penspinning, i think doesn't change your social life from before in a positive way, but i guess you do feel a bit weird by having a hobby that you can't really relate to others about. IMO though, if you have friends already, you'd have plenty of other stuff to talk about anyways
although some ppl do disapprove of my penspinning...