It's not that easy to disconnect yourself from humanity as you make it up to be. Covering your running costs without a steady job is hard and takes planning. Also I don't believe you can get a "house" for 20k anywhere. Maybe a cabin in a forest with no electricity and running water but that doesn't count.
That said, there are tons of people living like that. And claim to be happy with their lives. So either they are lying or your assertion that "everybody works like this" is wrong and some people just doesn't want to be around other people.
Your algorithm for detecting addiction seems it would have a very high false positive rate. Consider this restatement:
Like I said, I mean this in the best way possible, but you probably have an air addiction that is stunting your social growth. You might want to try something like take 1 month and never breathe. Stop breathing for a month just to find out. And if what I just said about going without air at home for a month sounds impossible, then that's probably the proof you have an addiction.
There is one problem with your restatement. Breathing, even non-stop hyperventilation, does not interfere much with other activities, so it's hard to imagine how it could stunt social growth. Aside from that, it is of course true: everyone is in some sense "addicted" to breathing, though it might be more accurate to say that air is an essential nutrient.
Re:Love People, Not Pleasure
by fred_durst on Monday July 21, 2014 @03:04AM
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Maybe I'm misunderstanding this, but you are saying a person would die without the internet?
I'm saying there are reasons other than addiction why one might not be able to disconnect for a month (e.g. they are a remote worker).
You are probably just addicted to the internet and it has caused you to not be able learn the right social skills to enjoy the people around you so you just attach to some idea that you are some "misanthrope". It's like alcoholics that believe they just naturally depressed people when its really just the alcohol.
Like I said, I mean this in the best way possible, but you probably have an internet addiction that is stunting your social growth. You might want to try something like take 1 month and never go online. Get a flip phone and cancel your internet for a month just to find out. And if what I just said about going without a smartphone and internet at home for a month sounds impossible, then that's probably the proof you have an addiction.