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"The film is set in the year it was made; 1995. It's a sweet movie about two young people who meet on a train and then spend one day and one night together in Vienna. The charming simplicity of the story would be impossible to set in the present day. Two people just talking.

Even the start of the movie feels highly unlikely. They meet on a train -- they're both reading. No headphones, no movies, no games. No iPhones, no texting or email or Twitter or... you get the picture. They're just reading their books and occasionally looking out the window when they both overhear a weird and amusing conversation in their train carriage. Dramatically, this is a great opportunity for two people to start talking, but it would never happen these days. I've been so engrossed in watching 'The Bridge' on train journeys that the person sitting next to me could be on fire and I wouldn't notice. Unless they were being noisy, or if some of the flames started to leap onto my belongings, in which case I might shoot them a look.

In the movie, these two charming young people start chatting, get along well, jump out at a train station and go for a wander. No Google Maps, no website that suggests a café with an average user rating of 4.5 stars -- they just walk aimlessly and find their own way through the city."

TheMostFrench posted:

Someone shared this saying that they totally agree -
http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/sarah-kendall/technology-has-made-so-many-old-movies-impossible-to-watch_a_21903806/

Heres a quote:


I'm so sad that there are people who think that talking to strangers or wandering around a new place 'never happens' or is 'impossible'.

ZHamburglar posted:

Ulillillia wishes me Happy Birthday every year. Is that good enough for this thread?

Pvt.Scott posted:

Right? "Oh hey, wanna hang out a bit once we get to X? " Truly a tale no longer possible in our complex and harrowing times.

I talk to strangers quite often, and I've got social anxiety problems. The way I see it, that's my problem not theirs, and being sociable is worth the stress. How else do you make friends and meet people outside of work? This person just seems kinda sad.

The best part is, both characters had their faces buried in books to begin with. Totally different from checking your email or watching something on YouTube. Yep.

garfield hentai posted:

i like that he always mentions your big smile when he's doing bday wishes

Candlelight Virgil posted:

Is the stress related to your being social, like, leaving a conversation and thinking you said something stupid and stuff like that?

Pvt.Scott posted:

It used to be when I was younger and depressed and hated myself. Right now just going outside and being around people builds up anxiety. The more people and the more activity, the worse it gets. A crowded restaurant will put me on edge a lot of days, whereas someplace busy and chaotic (like a crowded retail store where people are going 50 different directions at once) will wear my nerves raw in ten minutes or less. Activities where people are focused on one thing, like movies, bowling or a concert are much less stressful. I enjoy talking to people and listening to their stories and trading opinions and stuff, it's just something that I find incredibly exhausting. Making small talk with a few clerks or strangers and doing an errand might be enough to wipe me out for the day.

This is a vast improvement over even a year and a half ago where even leaving the house filled me with a creeping existential dread, and being around strangers for five minutes was enough to make me frazzled to the point of uselessness. Funny thing is, I was shy and nerdy and bullied in grade school, but started to peek out of my shell a tiny bit in high school because it was a different group of people and they were cool. Then in college I made it a point to meet people and work on my social skills. When I started drinking and partying a few years later, I had blossomed into a chronically depressed but still jolly social butterfly. A few years later, my mental illness decide to kick it into high gear and I went through crazy manic life-burning poo poo. My brain decided to settle back on depression after that, but with crippling anxiety as a new bonus!

I talk to randos because I genuinely like to even if it is uncomfortable (same goes for running/playing D&D) and I know it's good for maintaining and improving my mental health. Ad astra, per aspera, even if the stars in this case are being a normal boring person.

Pvt.Scott posted:

It used to be when I was younger and depressed and hated myself. Right now just going outside and being around people builds up anxiety. The more people and the more activity, the worse it gets. A crowded restaurant will put me on edge a lot of days, whereas someplace busy and chaotic (like a crowded retail store where people are going 50 different directions at once) will wear my nerves raw in ten minutes or less. Activities where people are focused on one thing, like movies, bowling or a concert are much less stressful. I enjoy talking to people and listening to their stories and trading opinions and stuff, it's just something that I find incredibly exhausting. Making small talk with a few clerks or strangers and doing an errand might be enough to wipe me out for the day.

This is a vast improvement over even a year and a half ago where even leaving the house filled me with a creeping existential dread, and being around strangers for five minutes was enough to make me frazzled to the point of uselessness. Funny thing is, I was shy and nerdy and bullied in grade school, but started to peek out of my shell a tiny bit in high school because it was a different group of people and they were cool. Then in college I made it a point to meet people and work on my social skills. When I started drinking and partying a few years later, I had blossomed into a chronically depressed but still jolly social butterfly. A few years later, my mental illness decide to kick it into high gear and I went through crazy manic life-burning poo poo. My brain decided to settle back on depression after that, but with crippling anxiety as a new bonus!

I talk to randos because I genuinely like to even if it is uncomfortable (same goes for running/playing D&D) and I know it's good for maintaining and improving my mental health. Ad astra, per aspera, even if the stars in this case are being a normal boring person.

Pvt.Scott posted:

It used to be when I was younger and depressed and hated myself. Right now just going outside and being around people builds up anxiety. The more people and the more activity, the worse it gets. A crowded restaurant will put me on edge a lot of days, whereas someplace busy and chaotic (like a crowded retail store where people are going 50 different directions at once) will wear my nerves raw in ten minutes or less. Activities where people are focused on one thing, like movies, bowling or a concert are much less stressful. I enjoy talking to people and listening to their stories and trading opinions and stuff, it's just something that I find incredibly exhausting. Making small talk with a few clerks or strangers and doing an errand might be enough to wipe me out for the day.

This is a vast improvement over even a year and a half ago where even leaving the house filled me with a creeping existential dread, and being around strangers for five minutes was enough to make me frazzled to the point of uselessness. Funny thing is, I was shy and nerdy and bullied in grade school, but started to peek out of my shell a tiny bit in high school because it was a different group of people and they were cool. Then in college I made it a point to meet people and work on my social skills. When I started drinking and partying a few years later, I had blossomed into a chronically depressed but still jolly social butterfly. A few years later, my mental illness decide to kick it into high gear and I went through crazy manic life-burning poo poo. My brain decided to settle back on depression after that, but with crippling anxiety as a new bonus!

I talk to randos because I genuinely like to even if it is uncomfortable (same goes for running/playing D&D) and I know it's good for maintaining and improving my mental health. Ad astra, per aspera, even if the stars in this case are being a normal boring person.

Candlelight Virgil posted:

Tiny speck of dust on a speck of dust floating around in another universe anyway gently caress it YOLO get in where you fit in lmao

ZHamburglar posted:

Ulillillia wishes me Happy Birthday every year. Is that good enough for this thread?

Dexie posted:

He unfriended me sometime in the last few months so I didn't get the yearly birthday greeting from him. I'm not even sure which of his rules for his friends I broke.

ZHamburglar posted:

If you leave a negative review on Walmart.com he will track you down and unfriend you. I don't think there has ever been a person at Walmart who has wanted to succeed more than him.

Candlelight Virgil posted:

Ok, well I guess just keep on trying to interact socially and then find a healthy way to get the corresponding anxiety out when you get home or something. Get a good rest and do the same the next day. Don't get stuck in the house for a day straight ever if you can help it. Don't be hard on yourself. Another great piece of advice to hear is that no one else takes you as seriously as you do, and people are usually just thinking about themselves. Don't worry about what others think of you, they probably don't think about you anyway! You aren't that important.

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ProperCoochie posted:

Any updates on lipstick on a pig guy? Please and thank you.

TheMostFrench posted:

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Tyson Tomko posted:

Guarantee you the people that use the sticker are giant self entitled poo poo heads

Waffle House posted:

friend of mine.

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KomodoWagon posted:

Dude what happened to the tiger pic I like tigers