Comments on: The Island of Misfits

By: Kid Fleetfoot

Kid Fleetfoot — Sat, 06 Jul 2013 16:41:00 +0000

In high school or before (or after) I’m not sure people wanted to be in an in crowd. They wanted to be themselves and were more secure. To be with a group of friends or acquaintances we could feel comfortable with was the thing. Maybe there was a leader but maybe not.
The same for Home or any place else on the internet where there is some sort of society. To belong.

I liked Dobie Gray’s The In Crowd but I didn’t really agree with the vibes I got from the song. But it said something. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uv2wFPGJ4Y Dobie Gray

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w-YrigOwPo Marilyn Monroe pics from The Misfit set to classical music. Beauty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBllqVm1aJA Is it real or Only Make Believe. The Misfits sing.

People find their own way, their road to travel whether it’s the right or wrong one only time will tell.
Join a club? Or maybe a family? Hang out with friends made? Or walk the road alone. Whatever way, just be yourself.

By: Gary160974

Gary160974 — Sat, 06 Jul 2013 04:42:42 +0000

I suppose for a lot of people it’s a way of making they own happy story, in the case of some it’s about revenge of something that’s happened earlier in they lives. For others its about finding people to adore you or people to adore. For others it’s about the rewards of success and the ability to show those rewards. For me it’s about having people around me I adore. It’s what’s missing in my real life a large circle of friends. Having to fulfil parts of your real life with a virtual life doesnt make anyone a misfit though, there’s very few people out there that have any different lives to anyone on home. In reality it’s what we consider the perfect life to be that’s the misfit more than our lives which are really all too normal

By: Danger_Dad

Danger_Dad — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 22:21:55 +0000

;^) Great article, John.

As for my case, I do not misfit the world, the world misfits me.

By: Dr Edward Barnaby

Dr Edward Barnaby — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 19:50:28 +0000

I’ve been asked to leave the island a few times…

By: deuce_for2

deuce_for2 — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 19:14:19 +0000

I have been appealing to a pack of gum all day and nothing. You are right. Gum does not give back.

By: Jeff_Psn

Jeff_Psn — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 15:07:31 +0000

I really enjoyed reading this and the timing is also good.Thank you! ^_^

By: ted2112

ted2112 — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 13:18:07 +0000

I’m a misfit and proud of it! Who wants to be a sheep in a crowd of sheep? If someone doesn’t like you on Home it’s meaningless. It literally has no weight whatsoever.

With all the toys on the floor, who has time to be negative to others. In fact to be negative in such a place like Home says to me you are a truly miserable person and probably nothing could change that.

To be seeking approval from fellow players in Home is like seeking approval from a pack of gum, it’s looking in the wrong place. However if you are just being your own flawed self and enjoying everything Home has to offer, that’s when it all works!

You mad hibachi skills got me thinking, great article John!

By: SealWyf_

SealWyf_ — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 12:12:29 +0000

One of the concepts that my Beloved and I like to play with is “the group of loners.” We’ve both been part of such groups, and still are to some extent, though our Internet and Home connections. I think the Homeling Collective is the quintessential group of loners. Those who gravitate to the group tend to be a little odd and solitary, and are attracted by finding similar people in it.

By the same token, it’s a common observation that those who get along best in Home, the ones who really “get it”, tend to be those who are somewhat damaged — the misfits, in other words. But perhaps there are more of us out there than we realize. Those who go through life un-scarred and perfectly well-adjusted are a very rare breed.

By: KrazyFace

KrazyFace — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 08:01:23 +0000

Yeah, I liked that. I’d say I was less than a misfit in school, more of an outcast heh. I had a small circle of friends that trusted each other implicitly and from what I could see from there was that the “cool people” lived in a constant kind of paranoia and fear; they’d always be worried about doing something that was deemed unacceptable and would be eaten alive by their “friends” -- not laterally of course! But I was safe in my trustworthy, lovely little group.

Weirdly, I found myself having a drink with some of those “popular” people from those years in my school a few months ago and one in particular told me how uh, fond she had been of me. When I asked why she’d never acted on it she was polite enough to say she just didn’t think I felt the same; which is just ridiculous, she’s gorgeous. I knew what she meant was that if she had, her entire “popular” status would be ruined.

It’s an unfortunate position to put yourself in; to go without something you’d like because the people around you wouldn’t accept you for, well, being YOU!

In Home, things are much more fast-paced and I suppose can be less personal if you’ve only known someone for a few months and therefore easier to terminate or discard friendships. Although, there are people in there now that I’ve known for years and will always welcome if and when I see them again.

And now I’m yammerin’ like a foggie…

Where’s mah rockin’ chair…

By: Jersquall

Jersquall — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 06:58:47 +0000

Positive I am a misfit. One that plans to live forever

I used to think I was the only one who thinks like I do. Be kind, play life cool and enjoy what you have. No time for trolls unless they rack up experience points for me in Final Fantasy. my friends? They think pretty much the same.

Good read here. Appreciated.

Jers