StringJunky

You asked what 'ghosted' meant. I answered.I think you need to look at what you've just said and the way you said it, perhaps, you will realise why you don't have a girlfriend. Adios. Edited.

You've taught me a new word. Yeah... it's not very nice. Going to have to master taking that one. Plenty more fish in the cyber-sea though so it shouldn't have to bug you for too long. As a matter of principle I shall never do it. I'll speak my mind then tell them "That's it... We've hit the deck...etc" then virtually walk away or cut them off, as appropriate; as one would do face-to-face. It's more mature. When somebody drops you suddenly without saying anything and blocks you. It stinks and is a spit-my-dummy-out-juvenile way to behave, imo, but hey-ho it's the internet!

You don't need to think what are typing if you are fluent at it. You don't think of what you speak. It's your thinking that is getting flimsy and lazy with age. Slow it down.

Yes, it seems to me your experience at typing is going faster than you can think now. Fingers still need a brain sychronised to them to write stuff that makes sense... they can't think for themselves

Slow down your thinking. Your hands are only writing what you think. That example there suggests to me you are not saying the words to yourself clearly but saying them too quickly. 'Opposition', spoken quickly, could sound like 'option'.

I resemble that remark. I think the internet is great because I can interact with the sort of people I like that aren't available to me locally. I don't see my internet relationships as any less valid as my face-to-face ones. The only downside is they can end too abruptly and more so than face-to-face ones.

Take it one day at a time, then look back every so often and you will realise you have improved. Keep saying to yourself " I know more than I did yesterday". Personality is about how you interact with people and if you feel you are lacking in this department observe those you admire and see how they interact with others. You've made the first steps, you are doing it with us right here. I think you are more sociable and likeable than you realise at the moment. Keep at it and you'll realise you are where you want to be in the not far distant future.

Creamy.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nJYZSrufjM

I know, there were some real heroes in that disaster and they knew they were going to die doing it.

I would have thought remote-control everything was the de facto method of dealing with most things nuclear.

My ZX Spectrum is working on it now... might take a while...

...or, the person you were then is not the person you are now. Human experience is a continuum of change and at some point we need to realise that we are not the same person; after every few years or significant personal event or realisation we need to check this and not hold our past against ourselves.

QFT

Time and experience with the members reveals who knows what they are talking about. The letters after their name is just a starting point that they may know what they are talking about. Genuine Intellectual authority comes from acquiring respect through providing good information that stands up against scrutiny and the test of time.

I think you have convinced yourself that just just because a particular woman doesn't look at your or give you a positive signal you are inherently unlikeable. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and some will fancy you and some won't. The most socially attractive people are the ones that are themselves, I've noticed, because one feels they can be trusted.

Sounds like you've caught yourself in a mental trap: If > Then > I Must be.

The Sandbox forum is a place where you can try out and play with the various forum controls to see how they work.

You think it would push it to unsurvivable levels?

Yeah, you said it.

Caused by...?

Indeed, but that's the best scientists have to play with; measurements.

No we can't know, completely. With measurements, it's the closest scientists can get to describing reality.

Yes, it crossed my mind too but I don't know what I don't know. He's certainly a good written communicator.

I made sure I didn't have my headphones on before I hit 'play'... good job I did. I must be getting old. If I was going to start a genre like this I'd call it 'Deaf Metal'.

Yeah, they don't like warming seas.