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How do you manage to be a regular gaffer and still maintain a life?

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Its hard, man.

Every time I get a new girlfriend I sit her down, open up my laptop, and say "Look, this is GAF; she comes first. ALWAYS!"
 
Simple. Cut all ties with family and friends and go into permanent seclusion. Do not answer the phone, do not answer the door. Board-up all windows so no one can look in. Store cans of food in your basement.
 
I spend somewhere from 10-16 hours a day in front of a computer, a big chunk of that is spent on GAF. I just multi-task at work and post when I can in between projects.
 
Simple. Cut all ties with family and friends and go into permanent seclusion. Do not answer the phone, do not answer the door. Board-up all windows so no one can look in. Store cans of food in your basement.

I will just add actually: this doesn't sound like you're maintaining much of a life. I would argue you are maintaining a life; a life on GAF.
 
I wonder the same thing, especially when I see guys like Wario breaking news on everything do many items. I thought he was employed by GAF for a second.
Yeah, when I was on the gaming side it was crazy sometimes how involved/up to speed etc people were. I remember breaking news like that but you had to be on the dime. :lol

Those were the days. Now I don't even find time for gaming tbh.

Just when I thought I was going to log out, Gaf pulls me back in.
Just checking this damn thread is time consuming!
 
Thread made me check my profile.

Seems like I just passed 10,000 posts a little while ago. I think I should take a break.
 
You're not healthy.

That's nothing. I know people in my company that start working at 6am and don't stop until after midnight. I don't know how they do it without something else to waste time on.

I do ok though, I wish I had more time for exercise but this'll do for now.
 
you guys ever hiss at people IRL

It happened once. Someone pulled off the wood nailed to my window and shined a flashlight in my vicinity. I believe my eyes glowed red due to lack of sleep.

I solved that problem though by nailing wood to the window from the inside.
 
I don't really have a social life right now, outside of my two best friends and my girlfriend. And still looking for work. Live with my parents... yeah. Fair bit of free time I guess.
 
I work 8-5 and I never go out anywhere and don't have any local friends and don't really have too much of a desire to make any. I've never really enjoyed it. I prefer to stay in with my computer, books, video games, and beagle.

this is sad :(
 
I never had a life in the first place so it was simple.

I only read like 10 different threads and use the mobile version a lot
 

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I check on my phone between classes and check a couple times throughout the evening. Doesn't seem like that big a deal to me even with school and work.
 
No kids/love life. No real social life. Student, so day ends at 2. No job. Means I'm on here all the damn time with no real problems (mainly just lurk though).

Oh, and an iPad that I have with me all the time helps too
 
I hardly think you're the type of person the OP has in mind with your 1 post per day. I feel like I'm here a ton and I can't even snif the 15 or 20 posts-per-day some people have.

1 post per day, yet I've been a member of GAF since 1999. I'm here quite a bit just reading threads and I reply to a few. I'm probably here more than you think I am.
 
this is sad :(


Different strokes for different folks. I can understand how some could see it as sad, but I am content with it. Occasionally I will get lonely or stuck in a depressed slump but I think that's probably normal. Iunno. *shrug(
 
Why blame yourself for not doing anything to improve your life when you could blame a random, commitment-less internet message board instead?

What a weird fucking post, honestly.
 
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