Just have regular tea breaks. do something else for a half hour every now and then. Obviously this time of year isnt the best for outdoor stuff either. Honestly spending your free time gaming over christmas is hardly crazy. and it wont damage your eyesight unless perhaps you continued doing it for months... 3-4 weeks over these holidays is doing no harm. That said, dont play until you are exhausted at like 6am!
Is gaming all day bad for your eyes.
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Guitar is a great thing for people like me & you (I'm not so awesome with meeting girls/socialising either). With my free time, I just alternate between playing video games, and playing guitar. It's a good way of resting your eyes, as well as engaging your brain in a different way.
Obviously I also do other stuff like badminton, pool, hiking etc and I do have plenty of friends, but gaming and guitar are ridiculously important to me. Life would be completely different without them.
Agreed that almost everyone takes something for granted. It's easy to do, especially in a culture like ours in the UK, where most people are shallow and think only of what they want for themselves.
Obviously I also do other stuff like badminton, pool, hiking etc and I do have plenty of friends, but gaming and guitar are ridiculously important to me. Life would be completely different without them.
Agreed that almost everyone takes something for granted. It's easy to do, especially in a culture like ours in the UK, where most people are shallow and think only of what they want for themselves.
True points. I dont really enjoy or like crowds or large groups of people. Therefore that rules out parties and pubs and clubs etc...once in a while its ok... So what else can one do? Well thats why I just play video games and guitar mainly.
You are studying physics at Edinburgh, interesting,,,do you have aspergers or on autistic scale?
What type of guitar music do you play? Do you make your own stuff?
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Don't think so. I've never been diagnosed anyway. I don't really have a problem talking/socialising with people if I have stuff in common with them. The thing is, my interests are gaming, badminton and guitar, and I don't find many girls who share these interests. I'm terrible at "small talk", talking about random crap which tbh I don't give a toss about, to people I'm fully aware I will never develop a friendship with because I don't share any interests with them.
All types of rock/metal. I write a lot of stuff with my band and also solo stuff, but progress is slow as I'm naturally appallingly bad at music. It takes me five times longer to write or learn a song then it would for someone who was musically talented.
lol plus its guys with like x000+ posts on an internet pc/geek forum lol
That sounds like aspergers though. Its easy to talk about things that we are interested in and find small talk hard...though thats part of aspergers diagnosis I think we could say the same for many people on this aspect surely?
but If talking and being around people feels natural to you then you prob dont have aspergers. And if you dont have eye contact or staring issues also.
So, how long have you been playing? And do you do lead or ryhthmn (sp). Im great at learning things fast and playing the guitar well but my imagination for making songs especially chords/lyrics sucks. I just prefer to play lead tbh lol.
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I like being with people but generally just if it's enjoying a common interest, like I'll play games with someone, or I'll go play badminton with them. But I don't like just sitting talking to someone for hours. Sometimes if I'm drunk I'll philosophise about life with people though lol but I think everyone does that. I don't like looking people in the eye for longer than a second or so, unless they're not looking at me. Maybe I do have slight aspergers. Meh.
About 5 years but I'm not amazing technically. I can play chords and do melodic/rocky solos etc but I can't really shred or sweep pick or anything like that. I just enjoy writing stuff and cba putting effort into practicing properly lol, although I'm pretty decent at fingerpicking. I play and write a lot of acoustic stuff (of varying quality) aside from my main band. For lyrics I just write about the usual woman-related crap but also have written a few deeper and more depressing songs. Don't think I've written a single happy song yet lol. I play rythm with my band, but have a few solos as well. I can't sing to save myself.
You got a band? If not, you should consider it. It's good fun and will help your guitar skills a lot. Also it's a good way to make some friends over a common interest. My uni social life has been pretty much a complete fail except for the 3 good friends I've made from my band and we just met randomly through a live music/bands society.
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I am very much the same and Id say Im on the lower end of the autistic scale. I mean not fully blown just somewhat aspergers. Perhaps you are somewhere there also? I prefer to socialise for a reason usually, pool, sport, video games etc..Sitting in clubs/pubs just drinking usually bores the hell out of me.
Well Ive played music with a few people and had jamming sessions in studios. Though Id say I prefer to do it alone kinda. Having people was just like having a live backing track rather than using youtube kinda lol.. I also made an album for my old mate on my pc. Actually that was more fun. Hed come up wed hang about and then hed record his vocals and guitar. Wed play about with Eq and effects and what not. Then when hed leave Id enjoy farting about with his tracks and making a nice production. He made some cds and then sold them at his gigs. In fact, hes pretty ''famous'' in the folk singer pubs type scene in scotland now. You prob know or have heard of him if you have played about live bars in Edinburgh.
Very true but at same time can't jump the gun and make wild assumption, from other discussions here I recall theres a couple in the community that game a fair bit because medical reasons prohibit them from doing much else
Don't fall into that category personally, but my own experience encountering people in that position was one of lifes little lessons not to be too quick to assume such
OP theres more reasons than your sight (though an important) to be taking regular breaks, its bad for your circulation. If you are having one of those long sessions try to be up and about as much as you can wether its stopping after half an hour to make a cuppa, go for a pee etc... whatever reasons you can come up with... as the guy i quoted stated it is bad in general to over excess
Especially when its a cold snap like thursday
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Very true but at same time can't jump the gun and make wild assumption, from other discussions here I recall theres a couple in the community that game a fair bit because medical reasons prohibit them from doing much else
Don't fall into that category personally, but my own experience encountering people in that position was one of lifes little lessons not to be too quick to assume such
OP theres more reasons than your sight (though an important) to be taking regular breaks, its bad for your circulation. If you are having one of those long sessions try to be up and about as much as you can wether its stopping after half an hour to make a cuppa, go for a pee etc... whatever reasons you can come up with... as the guy i quoted stated it is bad in general to over excess
Especially when its a cold snap like thursday
Sure actually as for the 1st part I really disagree to say that theres more to life than being a hermit. Well it really depends on the person doesnt it.
I dont like to read books so is it right for me to tell someone who stays in and reads books all day that there life is so wrong and messed up and they are wasting their days reading books. etc..
I mean if the person enjoys to be in their house and their own company so be it. I dont really see the problem. I guess people like me are more rare and as a result viewed as abnormal by mainstream society. But the way we feel is the way we feel and if we prefer this type of life and enjoy it then it doesnt really matter if other people think it bad thats their thoughts and their problem isnt it.
For the guys I know who go out to bars, clubs and get drunk every day/night or often that life would kill me. Id want to top myself after 1 week. But I dont slate them for it.
Its all about individual choice and I guess hermits are rare as are intorverts. But having aspergers and agoraphobia is a disabilty as well I guess. And I much prefer to be in the safety and comfort of my own home and see little reason to go out at all tbh barre sex and food. Functional needs.
I guess some writers and musicians were similar? jimmy page? Pink floyd dudes, I dunno just guessing?
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Says the guy who makes useless/random threads on said forums
But I admit to staying indoors on pc all the time so whats err your point?
Guys who are telling me its not good and to go out is a bit ironic/hypocritical
The majority of people I know who use computers for a long time have glasses, me included (note: I said majoirty) so I would assume it isn't exactly beneficial lol. Although I read somewhere that FPS'ers and racing games can improve hand eye coordination
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I imagine it just depends on the person. My parents always told me it would ruin my eyesight if I played games so much or watched too much TV.
I've been sat in front of a computer for work and leisure for about 20 years now and still have 20/20+ vision so it isn't guaranteed to do you harm.
I've been sat in front of a computer for work and leisure for about 20 years now and still have 20/20+ vision so it isn't guaranteed to do you harm.
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You're right. Not sure about those specific examples but it does tend to be that the most creative and original people are a bit abnormal. I don't mean that in a bad way at all, just that they often are reclusive, or eccentric, or whatever. "Normal" often just means "bland" lol.
I've played a few gigs, what's his name?