do shut in neets exist before the internet?

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accord
04/19/2024
11:58 AM
#1
or if they did, did they also exist before tvs? what did they do, just read books all day?
TheSavageDragon
04/19/2024
12:12 PM
#2
Yes, we just called them hermits

As for what they did....be pervs and teach children the Kamehameha
ironman2009
04/19/2024
12:13 PM
#3
Model train enthusiasts
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ProfessorKukui
04/19/2024
12:13 PM
#4
Watching a single episode of American Picker is proof enough that hermits have lived since forever just fine.
#b#reathe out
BewmHedshot
04/19/2024
12:15 PM
#5
Who do you think built ships inside bottles?
rynobot
04/19/2024
12:17 PM
#6
BewmHedshot posted...
Who do you think built ships inside bottles?
Your mom
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LeoRavus
04/19/2024
12:24 PM
#7
I was wondering what people did at home before radio, TV, the internet, even books. I get that most people were some sort of farmer so that kept them busy during the day, but after the sun goes down?
This is where cool people write stuff.
kirbymuncher
04/19/2024
12:31 PM
#8
LeoRavus posted...
but after the sun goes down?
If you're gonna think about this, the real sticking point is probably lighting

it's only surprisingly recently that we've gotten easy access to effective indoor lighting
THIS IS WHAT I HATE A BOUT EVREY WEBSITE!! THERES SO MUCH PEOPLE READING AND POSTING STUIPED STUFF
LeoRavus
04/19/2024
12:32 PM
#9
kirbymuncher posted...
If you're gonna think about this, the real sticking point is probably lighting

it's only surprisingly recently that we've gotten easy access to effective indoor lighting

Lamps and candles have been around for thousands of years.
This is where cool people write stuff.
TheSavageDragon
04/19/2024
12:32 PM
#10
LeoRavus posted...
I was wondering what people did at home before radio, TV, the internet, even books. I get that most people were some sort of farmer so that kept them busy during the day, but after the sun goes down?

Those farmers generally got up at/before sunrise, so they likely went to bed soon after the sun set

kirbymuncher
04/19/2024
12:36 PM
#11
LeoRavus posted...
Lamps and candles have been around for thousands of years.
have you ever tried to do anything particularly complex by candlelight though? key word in my last post is "effective"
THIS IS WHAT I HATE A BOUT EVREY WEBSITE!! THERES SO MUCH PEOPLE READING AND POSTING STUIPED STUFF
thisworld
04/19/2024
12:50 PM
#12
Yeah they do, Collyer brothers for example. Homer Collyer had an unfortunate incident and they both withdrew from society afterwards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collyer_brothers
Ratchetrockon
04/19/2024
12:51 PM
#13
Damn i didn't know my people existed before the internet

i need to get out of neetdom though for sure. i'm so fucking scared of public areas nowdays. idk what point in my life caused me this anxiety. i haven't had many traumatic events really outside of early childhood

i wonder if it was that head injury that caused it? when i fell down a playground and the world was spinning for a bit
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BDSMKane
04/19/2024
12:56 PM
#14
It really depends on how specific you want to get with the term. If you truly just mean NEET without any further assumptions on their life, childless trophy spouses would count. The term could probably even accurately describe a significant portion of all royalty and nobility in the past.
No matter our origin, we are all one family, we all share one planet, and we all need to feel loved and accepted. We are more alike than different.
Corbenik
04/19/2024
01:03 PM
#15
the people that never left the cave
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