# Are you aware of any networks for people shut in their home? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 13, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-any-networks-for-people-shut-in-their-home/743073 "2016-01-13T21:35:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![dizzee\_dee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@dizzee\_dee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dizzee_dee)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-any-networks-for-people-shut-in-their-home/743073/221 "2016-01-21T15:57:36Z")
What is so horrible about work or making any kind of effort? Like most people, there are aspects of my job that are not enjoyable. But there are aspects that are very good. One of them being the satisfaction that comes from being damn good at what I do. Another being the freedom it gives me to live my life. Yes, freedom. I look around me, and what I have built is mine. Others may have better and more, but mine is mine. I earned it. Change takes effort. Making friends takes effort. No one here has been cyberabusing you. If you have such a thin skin, God help you in the comment bloodbath that is youtube. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-any-networks-for-people-shut-in-their-home/743073/222 "2016-01-21T16:19:54Z")
Your other thread pretty much makes me not want to be friends with you: > [@](#): > > The Gender of Political Correctness. > > * * * > > The rules of Political Correctness as applied to gender are simple: > > VIDEO. > > Basically, any negative generalization about men is acceptable and respectable. Any negative generalization about women is a Moral Crime. These rules were in force since late 1980s. > > The rise of Social Media generated a whole submedia where the only rule is Anything Goes. The question is if Social Media will continue to be for all ideas? Sorry, I am a woman so I don’t think I’d be interested in talking to you. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-any-networks-for-people-shut-in-their-home/743073/223 "2016-01-21T16:42:58Z")
For someone that’s 46, you sound like a teenager. I would hardly describe your living situation typical of Jewish and Asian culture. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-any-networks-for-people-shut-in-their-home/743073/224 "2016-01-21T17:04:38Z")
> [@ddsun](#): > > Have you ever studied the importance of flexibilty > [@Fenris](#): > > Sez you! As previously noted in the thread you can’t just be dropping new colors on us. What does purple mean? > [@Rigamarole](#): > > The word you meant, Robert, was _voila_. It’s French. Please don’t ever type “Whala” again. Thanks. > [@Acsenray](#): > > As noted above, it’s “voila.” The preferred language of this board is English. So **Robert163** was correct in his spelling. We also would have excepted “Whalla” as a correct spelling. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-any-networks-for-people-shut-in-their-home/743073/225 "2016-01-21T17:24:37Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > As previously noted in the thread you can’t just be dropping new colors on us. What does purple mean? purple means the opposite of Orange. Now that this silly color nonsense is all cleared up, I’d like to know what’s going to happen to the OP when his mommy and daddy get older and need care. If he won’t work because it’s teh stoopid and stifles his super-creativeness, how’s he going to go out and, say, buy groceries, or take them to doctor’s appointments, etc? ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-any-networks-for-people-shut-in-their-home/743073/226 "2016-01-21T17:25:38Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > For someone that’s 46, you sound like a teenager. > > I would hardly describe your living situation typical of Jewish and Asian culture. Jewish and Russian, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-any-networks-for-people-shut-in-their-home/743073/227 "2016-01-21T17:43:34Z")
In Russia, friends make _Jew_! ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-any-networks-for-people-shut-in-their-home/743073/228 "2016-01-21T22:19:00Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > For someone that’s 46, you sound like a teenager. > > I would hardly describe your living situation typical of Jewish and Asian culture. > [@bobkitty](#): > > Jewish and Russian, I believe. Nope: > [@CCitizen](#): > > I have helped and continue helping my parents in many ways. Our partnership is good for both sides. Most adult children and elderly parents in Jewish and Asian families live together and help each other. ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-any-networks-for-people-shut-in-their-home/743073/229 "2016-01-21T23:14:37Z")
> [@dizzee\_dee](#): > > What is so horrible about work or making any kind of effort? Like most people, there are aspects of my job that are not enjoyable. But there are aspects that are very good. One of them being the satisfaction that comes from being damn good at what I do. Thanks – from this thread I realized that finding a job is a must if I want any freedom and respect. ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-any-networks-for-people-shut-in-their-home/743073/230 "2016-01-21T23:15:40Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I don’t think I’d be interested in talking to you. Thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-any-networks-for-people-shut-in-their-home/743073/231 "2016-01-22T00:26:35Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Nope: I think he was giving examples, unless he randomly learned to speak Russian and [his 'ancestors’](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17161908&postcount=42)were [Jewish Asians living in Russia.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18779457&postcount=9) That, or he can’t keep his facts straight. ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-any-networks-for-people-shut-in-their-home/743073/232 "2016-01-22T00:29:18Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > I think he was giving examples, unless he randomly learned to speak Russian and [his 'ancestors’](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17161908&postcount=42)were [Jewish Asians living in Russia.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18779457&postcount=9) > > That, or he can’t keep his facts straight. I lived in USSR until age 12. I never said I did not. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-any-networks-for-people-shut-in-their-home/743073/233 "2016-01-22T00:29:21Z")
It was a pretty bad example. In Asian families sons stay with their parents in order to take over the responsibilities of the household, not just to live in the basement and play video games. ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-any-networks-for-people-shut-in-their-home/743073/234 "2016-01-22T00:31:29Z")
Sadly, the OP can not close their thread. Too much uninvited attention to my persona. ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-any-networks-for-people-shut-in-their-home/743073/235 "2016-01-22T00:48:39Z")
> [@CCitizen](#): > > Sadly, the OP can not close their thread. Too much uninvited attention to my persona. ask if a mod can close it ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-any-networks-for-people-shut-in-their-home/743073/236 "2016-01-22T01:04:07Z")
> [@Robert163](#): > > ask if a mod can close it I will pm them – unfortunately some people take my difficulties as an invitation for abuse. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-any-networks-for-people-shut-in-their-home/743073/237 "2016-01-22T01:17:15Z")
[I thought you liked it when people talk about your difficulties.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18749286&postcount=42) ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-any-networks-for-people-shut-in-their-home/743073/238 "2016-01-22T01:17:47Z")
> [@CCitizen](#): > > I will pm them – unfortunately some people take my difficulties as an invitation for abuse. What abuse? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-any-networks-for-people-shut-in-their-home/743073/239 "2016-01-22T01:24:39Z")
> [@CCitizen](#): > > Sadly, the OP can not close their thread. Too much uninvited attention to my persona. “Uninvited attention”? I thought you _invited_ the attention when you opened this thread (the latest in a series)? ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-any-networks-for-people-shut-in-their-home/743073/240 "2016-01-22T01:40:51Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > “Uninvited attention”? I thought you _invited_ the attention when you opened this thread (the latest in a series)? I made a mistake. Hence the consequences. Actually many adults make huge mistakes – like [motorcycling](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oI33EF5c04). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-any-networks-for-people-shut-in-their-home/743073.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-any-networks-for-people-shut-in-their-home/743073.md?page=13)