Instead of developing social skills and staying in shape you committed heavily to a hobby that doesn't help you in real...

>instead of developing social skills and staying in shape you committed heavily to a hobby that doesn't help you in real life in any way

Why'd you do this to yourselves Sup Forums?

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Because i live in brazil, and "developing social skills" means becoming some sort of criminal.

>committed heavily to gaming
Where do you think you are?

I didn't want to. vidya just became the only thing I could squeeze into my schedule that gave me a small break from the pain. i don't know how to get out now

Because

Because it's all meaningless in the end, so why not spend time on something that you actually like

You just posted a .gif of a movie that is almost 2 decades old

I'm 31, and only last year did I realize that video games were never my passion, but rather a means to distract myself from my own failures.

So in reality, I don't even have commitment to video games. I have nothing to show for the years I've squandered.

What do you think "real life" even is

Our whole deal, as organisms, is doing whatever shit we need to trick our brains into releasing endorphins. That's the only thing that anyone does. People play sports and compete for success because that makes their brains dump the chemical that creates happiness. People work for a high payign job so they can afford lots of fun things because that makes their brains dump the chemical that creates happiness. People go out and try to sleep with opposite gender because that makes their brains dump the chemical that creates happiness. People join religions because their brain recognizes this as seeking safety in a group of like-minded peers, and that makes their brains dump the chemical that creates happiness.

Playing video games is no different to any of these things.

I really like drawing furry girls. And no amount of social skills will fix having an absolutely unlikeable personality, others are better without me around.

Need to get fit, though. Family has always been reverse genetic lottery of illnesses.

But it does. Video games and anime made me realize I have an interest in graphic arts and probably wouldn't be an artists if it weren't for those two interests.

Because real life sucks and nothing I can do will make it better.

nah I'm plenty social enough. Not much of the drinker nowadays, so that is also an excuse.

>Playing video games is no different to any of these things.

Sounds like some prime delusion user.

I was as NEET as it gets up until this year where I finally landed a full time job.

After going to a party where I felt up the tits and made out with a girl I like from work, I realised that nothing compares to the affection of a woman, nor can you replicate it.

I mean shit I don't even know if I like games anymore. I'm playing Arkham Knight right now and it just feels like the compulsion of clearing the screen of all the quests is keeping me going in that rather than actually having a fun experience.

Winning Dota games and playing well makes me feel good, but even if I had stayed home and won 10 games in a row while doing amazingly in them it couldn't have compared to that party.

Because it's fun.

Touch a couple more tits to get that virgin thirst out of your system and you'll be capable of thinking about other things again.

Because I don't know why. I'm afraid of people.

>he doesn't do calisthenics in between online matches

>real life
>he fell for the meme

>developing social skills

I have all I need bro, college educated with a cozy desk job that I've been at for 2 years now.

>staying in shape

Yes I'm not doing great on that end. I'll have to get back into soccer but being a lanklet it's hard to motivate myself to life knowing how hard it will be to make any gains. Being short is much better for working out and transforming your body.

hes talking shit you should of worked it out on his second line saying he has full time work when hes was a full on NEET, No body would hire a NEET full time unless they were given a government incentive to do so

Life is short and meaningless. embrace hedonism and escapism however you wish. Vidya is my preferred method of escapism.

>former neet trying to tell others what's real in life

If video games have become less engaging than honking some sluts tits then the industry really has gone to shit.

Because I like them.
They haven't prohibited me from getting a job so now I can just pay for them myself. The few non work social interactions were a chore and made me wish I was at home instead of there.

This is exactly what idiots who have no experience in the real world think.

>durr I touched booby now I only want life with wamen

If you can't find meaning in a life on your own than you are not worth being with in the eyes of a woman.

>user literally just left neetdom
>went to one party
>got to second base
>"best day of my life"
That's just sad, mate
That's shit I was doing when I was 14

>hang out with friends 1-2 times per week
>spend time with family most every day due to living close to them, as well as help them around the house (dad is getting older and they have a big place that needs maintained outside)
>have a girlfriend
>work M-F from 8-5
>still play the shit out of some vidya

Guys it's not hard

>tfw have no social skills without alcohol

What do anons, how do I channel my drunk self better?

I learned english, at least. Isn't it social skill?

>so much of a virgin that touching a tit is the best day of your life
Look forward to your future thread about the normalfags lying to you on the robot.

What the fuck is a little bit of calisthenics going to do for you?

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>tfw no longer interested in vidya because of life

Because, in life, we are born self-destructive and must learn to choose an enlightened path.

I'm in great shape because I work out more regularly than anything else I do, and I do a few social things once or twice a week. My problem is I'm just weird.

video game helped me make my English much better with speaking and reading

25 here; similar situation

I do love videogames and I like to play them for different reasons (sometimes I like mindless grind or shooting shit, some others I like to pay attention to the creator's vision, etc), but having re-runs of old ones that I like just to "kill time" kinda falls into the same thing as you say

Trying to get my shit together now, been like that for a year. It's nice, and whenever you legitimatelly have some spare time to play, it feels damn good because I'm not burnt out from them

Because it is easy. Easy as fuck.

Just sit in front of your computer and press some buttons.
I have been doing this since Atari 2600.

Some sort of sport can destroy the body just like repetitive typing can. Solving puzzles and keeping your mind working on the other hand is essential unless you want to become a vegetable like some faggot making threads on Sup Forums.

>real life

5 star post.

>Have a decent job (psychiatric nurse) I enjoy doing
>Got a handful of good friends
>Have a steady gf (10 years)
>Usually play vidya every day, even if it's just 2 hours
>In decent shape due to regular exercise (mostly biking to work) and minding what I eat
>Never drink alcohol, only casually smoke some weed
>Don't care really care about money or fancy things
>Only spend cash on home improvement, my harley and vidya sales.

I was in a shit shape 12 years ago, doing mindless jobs or NEETING around for months and numbing myself with vidya.
But then I snapped out of it and worked for a bachelors degree which opened up a new world and interests for me.

I still think playing vidya is a great hobby but with just about anything you gotta find a balance. Spending all your time and energy on vidya, work or whatever will leave you ultimately unhappy.

That's just how it is for me. I don't judge.

More than nothing you fucking retard. Don't underestimate simple bodyweight exercises.

How are video games outside of real life? The are demonstrably real.

Judging from the "games" you mentioned you were most likely a normalfag who didn't like games to begin with.

Because I'm only comfort when I'm alone because I'm cute and fragile and everyone else is big and scary.

>Male nurse
PFFFFFFFTTTTTHAHAHAHAHAHAA

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not cool man

He wants to start shit because he's unsatisfied with vidya, maybe he should start by playing some better games then seeing how he feels first. Not our problem he finally realized he never liked games in the first place.

I'm a 20 year old current NEET looking to improve my education and live a similar life to yours.
How fucked am I knowing that I'm 20 and haven't done anything up till now.

lmao 20 is nothing you have a shitton of time

>psychiatric nurse
faggot

Fuck off and acquire taste

Social skills are a meme, if you're good looking people will want to be around you and if you're not they won't. I still work out most days but depression has got me in a rut and my workouts are progressively getting worse.

hows it my fault if I was born ugly as fuck?
I have no friends because I got relentlessly bullied for being ugly. Rather just continue to be a virgin when the only girls I could get are 1/10's anyway

It makes me happy to see someone pull their life together and live happily like you. I'm in a pretty shit situation myself but I believe at times I could look forward to a life like yours and manage to be happy.

I do have social skills and don't care too much what shape I'm in so long as I'm not too unhealthy, which I'm not.

With dudes, I'm fine. Many friends. Can't get close to women though. Fucked up shit happened when I was younger. You win some and you lose some... Went back school recently, stem. Getting use to talking to women again after like 10 years of mostly avoiding them. I'm and seemly have more to talk about with my professors then any of my fellow classmates. Not sure what to think about my current social standing. Money is getting distracting as well.

I'm autistic and lost all friends i had back when i was still a bit social

14/112017

Jesus Christ, this. I mean, good on him for honking a tiddy, but fuck me. Get some perspective.

I was way past 20 when I rerolled my life. (27 actually) You've got time. On the how, it depends on where you live.
The state funded my re-education for the most part, since there is a huge shortage of nurses where I live.
If there is any government system in place to help you, go talk to them. Explore your options, that's always a good start

>Go to work
>Spend my day talking to alcoholics and depressed people while playing table tennis, pool, going for walks, ... or in organised group therapy sessions.
>Helping them get their shit together
>Some succeed, some fail and end up coming back
>They are still full of gratitude which makes the job furfilling
>Browse Sup Forums while doing the paperwork
>Come home
>Play the vidya, ride my harley and doing MC related things
>user laughs at me.
O woe is me.

It isn't always rainbows and sunshine but I feel content most of the time. I wish you the very best in any case.
You've got the power to turn things around, no matter how bleak the situation looks. There's always a way out of the mess you created for yourself. And it ain't suicide.

>harley
topkek

what options do I have without a college degree
I don't want to go back to school, I fucking hate it

>good job
>quite capable at almost anything I try
>my own place and vehicle
>pretty good-looking
>very comfortable talking to strangers/women in particular
>but I've got a weird looking, ugly body that I can hide with clothes, so I avoid opening up to or attempting to pick up women besides flirting
If I were fit, I'd be fucking unstoppable.

No one in the real world even considers you an actual adult until 25 at the absolute earliest, and even then you're still seen as a kid and referred to as the "young guy." You've got plenty of time.

>and staying in shape you committed heavily to a hobby that doesn't help you in real life in any way

i'm trying. i dropped from 165 down to 130 then jumped back up to 140s and my weight has been fluctuating around there for months. i want to actually get abs but i like eating garbage too much. i unironically do exaggerated motion controls when playing ARMS and I think it's actually increased the endurance of my shoulders

You look fine in that pic, chicks love that body type.

Forgot to mention, cut your hair though.

I think you should hold that body type if I'm going to be honest. Girls don't like HUGE guys but they love that swimmer type body.

I suppose that all really depends on what kind of girl you'd be going after though.

Hey, good for you. Always glad to hear from people who really like that work. Thanks for doing it and thanks for taking it seriously

1)Social skills don't exist, maybe what you really mean is social connections

2)staying in shape

I am in shape, exercising almost every day (gym and jogging)

>real life


Games are a part of life

I've been staying in shape pretty well. Still lacking those social skills though. Oh well, at least I have my video games.

I have decent social skills and I'm not overweight. I'm not exactly HEALTHY, but yeah. Gaming helped me a bit, I got good at a fighting game and joined the community which are now my friends, I've met up with them multiple times in different countries and also won some cash at a few tournaments. Some games are fun/interesting/challenging to experience and consequentially bolster your cultural knowledge a bit. Otherwise yeah, not much help.

>tfw attractive, fuck bitches, and always very above average in everything I play

Speak for yourself.

My local FGC community is literally the only reason I have any friends.

DOG = GOD

You act as if "life" was a game we should win... it isn't, games are a part of life, deal with it normaloid

quality shitpost

It's not 100% gaming that caused this but gaming was the reason I ever focused on my PC at an early age which resulted in me meeting the love of my life on chatango.

Recently met her and got rid of my kissless virgin status. Came home and finished divinity 2 with her.

Glad you have them user.

Give me a motherfucking 2.

I like fighters, but have no close community, I really wish I did though. I've tried since I was a freshman in high school but I'm not the most charismatic person so trying to start anything has been hell.

>implying i don't lift
>implying antisocial introverts want to interact with people for fun
Real life is kinda boring desu, and vidya is more engaging than books, generally speaking. Can I wander around a post apocalyptic wasteland scavenging for pork and beans or shitty sausage? How about drinking radiation away with vodka? Or being a vampire?

RPGs are a fun way to play a story. Survival games are fun for their own sake. Call of Duty and the like are replacing cheap action movies. Online games are replacing sports for 'casual social activity' for young guys.

Vidya is just a fun hobby, same as anything else. You don't get anything out of social drinking or most other normalfag hobbies.

It can be frustrating at times but overall it's very satisfying work. I'm glad I made the switch in any case, wouldn't choose anything else.

I seriously hope you didn't fall for the ricebucket meme.

basically born into it, started playing obsessively since young age and now is so deeply ingrained in my mind and personality that i really can't get out of it. Also i don't know any better

suffering if you're not connected. I'm not saying you have to go to college but without some kind of skill you're very fucked. I'm without an education and pulling 400-1K a week doing delivery work and it's fucking awful. The hours a typical unskilled worker has to pull to make decent money is insane. The actual benefit of going to college or learning some kind of skill is work that offers vacations, weekends, consistent schedules and reasonable hours.

As nurse user mentioned check your state programs and see what's available. If you're unmotivated I wouldn't recommend anything online based, if you're like me you need to be in a classroom or you'll find excuses to weasel out of your own success.

Thanks. I intend to cut my hair this week. I basically just want to look like myself in good lighting when the shadows aren't nearly as friendly

>you CHOSE between videogames and a social life
>you don't play a shitload of videogames, because people bullied you throughout your whole schoollife and you're now a nearly friendless loser
I love this meme, my dad tries to use it on me too.

I don't need to check programs, I got into a really good school but I don't give a shit
I fucking hate school, I hate having homework, I hate having to study, I hate writing pointless essays and taking subjects that I'm not interested in cause I'm forced to
I hate having to pay thousands of dollars for this shit on top of that, I hate being forced into a dorm with a stranger, I hate the academic environment in general and the type of people who are in it
It doesn't matter if it's online or not, I couldn't give a single shit less about any of it and the utter lack of good school did me up until now is all the proof I need
I'm not going to fucking school ever again, I'd rather starve to death on the street

Actually how you feel about women, being needy or apathetic or whatever, barely matters. What matters is that you're attractive in their eyes and is the most important thing.

>implying I haven't developed social skills
>implying I don't enjoy talking to people and getting to know them as much as I enjoy picking apart a good story or a videogame

Lad, as someone who's closing in on 30 and never went to college, just suck it up, get your diploma/degree, and walk away laughing. Putting the time in now will make the rest of your life easy mode.

t. someone who's 27, working in the oilpatch, out of town for 3 weeks at a time, working outside in the -40°C Alberta winters

I actually like my job, but given the chance to do it all again, it's a no brainer that I'd be attending every class in high school, doing every assignment, and actually caring about my education in order to get into university.

>even a male nurse can get a gf and you don't

>touching boobs
lol
let me know when you finger a girl while she breastfeeds you and jacks you off. then maybe you'd have a point, fag

why should I do things I don't want to just because other people think it's best for me?
I've done that my entire life and look at where it got me now
how many different ways do I have to say I'm not going to fucking school again

Best post and of this thread

this, true red pilled

DUDE

This. My parents were even paying for me, but I just couldn't motivate myself to give a shit and told them to stop. I wasn't doing my assignments and I was barely attending class. I didn't want to waste their money anymore.

I work at the post office now. It pays the bills I guess.

I became a normie for like 2 years back in high school and I quickly went back.

It's not even that great.