Anyone else ever think like this?

[Jextin]

I don't want to sound like a matrix crazy guy, but lately I been thinking what if this whole world is just a fake prison for me, and I had a real life and life is my prison.

Like I went to subway restaurant the other day and I just can't help but wonder, like what if after I leave the restaurant, everyone in there just disappears or just goes off to the side to take a break - but are there when I am there just to make me think that I live in a world with billions of other people?

I guess its also pointless to ask or make a thread like this, because if I was in an artificial environment designed for me the first few posts would prolly reply along the lines of "wtf is your problem," "you are stupid" "go see a doctor" - but I guess thats what frustrates me the most... can u imagine what its like to be in a world where you know its not real, but not a single other person listens to you because they are designed to try to keep the illusion going, and sporadically you get that person that tries to empathize and it just balances out the moment - but in the end I just feel 100% alone and trapped in this world and there's nothing I can do about it, and no one is going to understand.

so that kind of brings me back to the age old question, what happens after i die? will i ever die? what if when i "die" my mind just resets and its the same endless life over and over? how do i know that i have not died hundreds of times already? what if dying is my only freedom and i am meant to think that after i die i stop existing so i fight to keep living, but unknowing keep myself imprisoned?

is there any philosophy about this? is it like solipsism?

[Thumpalumpacus]

Are you a musician?

[Jextin]

Are you a musician?

Not really, I love music and singing but I sound terrible, so I just sing in my car but have the music loud so i can't hear myself lol. I used to play guitar for like 5 years and was pretty good but i got really frustrated with a song i was trying to learn and pretty much quit ever since.

[The Grand Nudger]

Nope.....Just you.

[abaris]

Nope.....Just you.

Not quite.

No, not that I seriously considered it at some time, but there's this mindgame I'm playing off and on. And this goes something like this, I can't prove that the world is still going about it's business when I'm not actually there to witness it. Kind of like in a video game, where the screen reloads when you progress with your avatar.

Like I said, only a mindgame, but it kind of shows how limited our individual perspective actually is.

[Minimalist]

Psst.... you keep him talking and I'll call 9-1-1.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Well, I don't cotton to solipsism, at all.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

No, there's nothing to worry about. I repeat - there is NOTHING *beep* to worry about. Things are exactly as they appear to be *beep* and any concerns you have to the contrary are ill-founded.

But for safety's sake *beep*, try to put off visiting any amusement parks for at least a month. We're having a bit of trouble with the coding.

Oh, damn....

Boru

[polar bear]

whoa trigger, lets put you back in the barn

[dyresand]

i thought about it at some point..... but why bother being the same or variant of a person over and over again...