Does anyone else think their life would be much better if they

Being totally serious here - discovering r9k in 2009-10 was probably the best thing in my life. Discovering that there were other people who'd gone through the things I'd been through (like greentext threads mentioning walking around highschool during the lunch hour and hiding for periods in the bathrooms to avoid being seen sitting alone) actually brought me out of my autistic isolation to a huge degree. So it's not terrible for everyone.

Probably the main issue is your porn addition. I use a hosts list full of porn sites, and leechblock addon with firefox to keep me from viewing porn. I'd bet that constant porn is your biggest problem. If need be, you could set things up so images on 4chan don't automatically load, and you can hide threads with keywords that might provoke you to try visiting a porn site you don't have on your hosts list.

You can also use leechblock to ban you from visiting 4chan for more than say, an hour a day. After you've exceeded that limit, it locks you out of the site and you're forced to go to productive things.

>>38057293
On one hand, 4chan gave me friendships and and a sense of belonging I've really appreciated over the years and having lived through it I don't regret it

But also, a lot of the worst days I've experienced have been because of this place and the majority of my current life choices would be a lot different without spending the last ten or so years here

>>38057438
Well I'm sure a community like this is helpful for some people, but I feel many of them are people with potential who just gave up.

I have tried using site blockers a few times but I could never last for too long, I have kept trying to quit 4chan and reduce watching porn and I could never last for longer than 2 weeks.
I just need to keep trying

>>38057293
Thanks anon. We have a very similar story, and I enjoy this heartfelt advice. Take care.

>>38057499
Of course nothing is 100% good or bad and I have learned some interesting things here, but I feel it has done way more bad than good for me.
I actually found only one friend here on /mu/.

>>38057501

So what happens when you give up? Do you just disable the blockers?

When I do what i've mentioned above, I lock myself out of my admin account, put the password somewhere where it'll take a lot of effort to get to - and that makes it easier to avoid relapsing.

4chan is good in small doses, don't get into the state of blaming all the depressives for 'infecting' you.

>>38057595
Yes, and I usually spend the whole day there due to feeling of abstinence.
I could try protecting the block with password next.
I have not even enjoyed this site at all in the last year, so I would already leave if I could, but I have nowhere else to go.

>>38057554
I think my life is a lot worse off than it would have been otherwise but sentiment and nostalgia are bitches

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Yeah, the greatest problem is that eventually all your get all your socialization from here, and develop habits that harm your normal socialization capabilities.

If you don't find any other form of socialization to replace it you will always come back, but you can't get it because 4chan has made you anti-social.

Anti-social, not asocial. That's the correct term in this case.

>>38057709
God I remember that screencap, it's still accurate as hell

>>38057293

I think I would've been better if I didn't know the internet existed at all.

>>38057293
Is there anything of value that can be gained from browsing here. I think I can tell when people talk shit better and its helped my sense of humor.

Thats what I tell myself so I dont feel shame browsing here. If someone can convince me Im wrong I welcome it.

>>38057293
>Does anyone else think their life would be much better if they never discovered 4chan?
>better

How do you quantify that?
It would be different, but I don't know about better.
I'd be a better fit in society, probably, but then again I'd effectively be what I hate now, so I am not sure thats a victory.

>>38057839
Literally anything is more fun and productive than browsing this place, even watching TV and playing video games.

You do realise there is a middle ground between a normalfag and complete outcast.

Irrespective of whether I ever found 4chan or not I'd still be on my computer so I doubt I'd be much different.

>>38057882
Anything is better than watching fucking TV. If by TV you mean watching movies or series online that's different, but actually sitting in front of a TV and soaking up all the adverts and bullshit and watching all the shit programmes is worse than 4chan imo.

>>38057882
I do watch TV and play video games. I also browse this place.
You can do multiple things, at once or one after the other.
I fact, talking about movies or video games, which you can do on 4chan, can help you find new ones to enjoy and broaden your views.

I still don't get your concern.

>>38057293
Why is this guy so ugly? Does he have AIDS?

>>38057963
I meant watching movies, not shallow adverts and reality shows, that's all I use my TV for.

>>38057974
Well, not all people are as good at managing time as you

>>38058004
Managing time? Just play vidya when you want to play vidya. Just see a movie when you feel like seeing a movie.
Its not time management, its doing what you want. And I doubt anyone wants to browse 4chan at all times of the day.

>>38058047
Well the problem is that I lost my self-discipline and can't manage between work and play, I have been considering making a fixed schedule.

>>38058004
Fair enough, movies are good. Actual TV can pollute your mind just as much as certain websites can if you're not careful.

>>38058064
I am forced to go to work, because I pay my own rent and taxes, as I live alone.
This ensures that I will at least pretend to work, and at least be at the office.
Its all the productive labor I do, the rest is lazy fun.

>>38057882
If I never found this place I would end up like my parents and friends. Their sjw degenerates. I wouldn't know who jordan peterson is, I would still go to a psychologist. I would know nothing outside what I was told.

Maybe, but I don't know what I'd be doing without 4chan. I don't have any friends and I rarely do anything but browse this site. If I never found this place, what would I be doing? Staring off into space all the time?

Since I came to this place I cant enjoy any way of normie humor. I cant stand their memes and that make me lose a lot of friends and make dont want to talk wiht anyone because I feel theya re stupid .

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>>38057293
Nope, I fucking love 4chan. Made going through high school easier and funner. Theres a shit ton of stuff I learned about in here, more than I would have just sitting at home quietly in a Saturday night watching TV with my parents. This site has given me the push to quit being a recluse and be the person I want to be.

>>38058078
It's weird how YouTube is the new television for many young people

>>38058089
Well then you have it harder than me because you can't rely on your parents support, good luck.

>>38058139
As I said, some people didn't have very bright future in the first place so they gather in commnities like these, but some of them could do much more with discipline and support.

>>38058190
Is there a point though where you've gained all of value that 4chan offers and should move on?

>>38057293
I think I'd ultimately be a nicer person if I hadn't discovered 4chan, but I can't say this website has really impacted me negatively.

>>38058464
You don't decide to move on, it just happens

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>>38058896
Kek that's pretty accurate

Correlation not causation. You happen to browse 4chan because you're a socially retarded autist, not the other way around.

I meet my wife here...so maybe