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Originally Posted by spunkywho
You do have to admit that it is a bit funny and 'different' - not 'wrong'.
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Well I know it is, I already said how I know I'm a bit 'different' though I don't do things in a way to stand out or attract attention (quite the opposite in fact, not much of an attention seeker)
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Originally Posted by spunkywho
I guess a big reason to my original post was that you seem to view people who go out to bars as unresponsible heavy drinkers engaged in indiscriminatory and casual sex. While there are plenty of people fitting that picture, not all people your age that do go out get drunk every night and sleep around. IMO, it is equally wrong to paint an alernative of heavy drinking, drug taking and sex as it is to think folding sheets of paper into flowerpots indicates a a-social personality and troll.
Both are extremes and far fetched.
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I know, I just used the extreme example because it's easier than trying to list dozens of milder alternates. I have friends who will go out drinking at night, with the sole intention of getting drunk and pulling, and that doesn't appeal to me, for many reasons. That is why I used that end of the spectrum for the example, because I see it in people I know. I also have friends though who, like me, prefer a quiet night in and will socialise during the day, with a drink or not, because we prefer to be able to talk, not shout. Or there is a mix of both of course, and many in-between.
I do often feel like the odd one out at uni though because it seems more of a majority of people I know there do somewhat over-indulge, and if they like it then I'm not going to stop them, it can just be a bit boring for me when they're all talking about how they got pissed and pulled at the weekend, because I don't find it interesting.
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Originally Posted by spunkywho
By all means, knock yourself out with crafts and origami, but don't neglect some other aspects of growing up in healthy doses.
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It isn't something I neglect, just certain things that don't interest me, so I don't partake in them. I suppose to some people it might look like I'm 'missing out' on things, but it's not like I haven't thought about it because I have, and still there's many things that I'm not even remotely interested to try. Some things I know I'll never do, like smoke or take drugs, and I'm not totally adverse to drinking alcohol, just that at the moment I don't feel that I want to.
I have plenty of other interests just like anyone else, I don't sit with reams of paper, building an origami army
hehe though that sounds interesting
muahaha
Anyway, aside from the things mentioned I'm not really all that different from anyone else my age, just that in this case I have 2 hobbies that led to me making this thread (origami and photography) so it sort of emphasized that about me. If I posted a photo of my DVD collection that might show a slightly obsessive side too
or my messy bedroom would show me as a quite stereotypical student
etc etc