# Why I Choose 2 Live In The "Wilderness" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 21, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-choose-2-live-in-the-wilderness/616373 "2012-03-21T04:06:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-choose-2-live-in-the-wilderness/616373/41 "2012-03-22T05:28:34Z")
> [@Faruiza](#): > > STOP IT. Just STOP it with the letter substituting. Even if you have something relevant, interesting, or clever to say, it’s going to get lost in that noise. > KNOCK. IT. OFF. Don’t be 8n. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-choose-2-live-in-the-wilderness/616373/42 "2012-03-22T05:37:13Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Now, I am off to Elizabeth Arden–I hear they have a new supply of _you_s and _four_s in. Naturally. They’re always on clearance after Valentine’s Day. I can’t imagine why the OP has trouble dating girls who aren’t escorts. Who wouldn’t love to sleep in a tent of discarded newspaper under the stars? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-choose-2-live-in-the-wilderness/616373/43 "2012-03-22T06:53:25Z")
Reading the OP’s posts makes me sad because of how close I could’ve come to ending up like him if I hadn’t spent money on things I needed instead of things I wanted. And because it makes me realize how hollow I ended up feeling the times that I _did_ prioritize the wrong things, and makes me think about how much better off I might be if I hadn’t. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-choose-2-live-in-the-wilderness/616373/44 "2012-03-22T12:20:04Z")
> [@Yakuza](#): > > My video games are kept in the storage and I go get them when I wanna play my games at a public plug in As well as the [flat screen](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14858599&postcount=241) tv, > [@](#): > > I play the Playstation 3 on a portable flat screen TV How large is the screen? See, anything which is portable isn’t going to be large enough for most city folks, so that may be why less people people live in the woods. ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-choose-2-live-in-the-wilderness/616373/45 "2012-03-22T22:15:34Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Don’t be 8n. _digs out eyes_ ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-choose-2-live-in-the-wilderness/616373/46 "2012-03-23T01:39:48Z")
> [@Yakuza](#): > > I’m not afraid of the life I live. I’m afraid 2 live a boring life with no girl, no video games, and not being able 2 go out. Yeah I used to think the same then I turned 13. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-choose-2-live-in-the-wilderness/616373.md?page=2)