I have not spoken to anyone on the phone or in person in 48 hours

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And probably won't, until tomorrow morning. What is the longest you've gone without speaking to anyone, on the phone or in person? I have sent IMs, and some texts.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 21:00 (twenty-two years ago)

I talked to myself around 6, after cooking dinner. I made a smart comment about the griddle pan.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 21:03 (twenty-two years ago)

I am now eating a pot noodle.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 21:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Longer than that, this Christmas - I was ill and cancelled most of my social plans. I didn't speak to anyone other than shop assistants and one or two phone calls for eleven days - I think there was a 4-5 day period talking to no one at all.

I do not recommend this.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 21:04 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't even hack 2 days, it is terrible. I wish I was working tomorrow, to be honest.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 21:05 (twenty-two years ago)

God, I must have spoken to about 40 people today at work and on the phone. I feel sick of people. Can we trade places?

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 21:09 (twenty-two years ago)

I would! I was meant to watch football with my friend tonight, but the plan seemed to dissipate into nothingness.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 21:10 (twenty-two years ago)

I had a period last year when I managed not to speak to anyone else for three and a half days. It was very odd hearing my voice at the end of it.

Working from home can have its disadvantages.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 21:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I've done some mountain solo backpacking trips where I haven't spoken to anyone for a few days. I make up elaborate BBC radio plays about survivors trying to repair humanity after some vague apocalypse, and end up babbling to myself incoherently. Very therapeutic.

― andy, Tuesday, 15 June 2004 21:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I would go for a pint with Peter Schmeicel at this point.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 21:17 (twenty-two years ago)

get a hold of youself man!

i've gone 3 or 4 days i think

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 21:32 (twenty-two years ago)

I do this all the time. Maybe I wish I were doing solos?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 21:33 (twenty-two years ago)

(stevem, was that a masturbation joke?)

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 21:54 (twenty-two years ago)

A couple of weeks. I had the internet the whole time, so it wasn't so bad. Actually, wait, no, it was about a week, because I had to go to the shops in the middle of it. Talking to people and interacting with them was really strange, I was slithering off the walls and stuff.

When I was young, my mum used to go to these silent retreats at monastaries, and I used to hate them, but now I really can understand and see the point of them.

― Apostrophe Catastrophe (kate), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 06:51 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't imagine what it would be like not to talk to people every day. I talk to anyone and everyone - not just the daily chit-chat at home or with work colleagues, but I strike up conversations with complete strangers at bus stops or in supermarket queues too. My Bloke thinks this is an odd way to behave - he'll watch me havng an animated conversation with someone in a shop and ask me afterwards "Do you know that person??" and look quite amazed when I say that I don't.

If there's nobody else around, I talk to the dog. He always looks genuinely interested in anything I have to say.

― C J (C J), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 07:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I've done it for a couple of days. I end up having to switch on every radio and telly in the house. Last time I did it I ended up screeching and yammering at myself all day. I vaguely remember shouting in a Brian's-mother-out-of-Monty-Python's-Life-Of-Brian type voice "WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR TEA? PIZZA OR 'OMATO?" over and over again. It was fun.

― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 07:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh yeah, I forgot about the Imaginary Friend. I developped one of those to talk to. When people finally came round to see me, I insisted them talk to him, too.

― Apostrophe Catastrophe (kate), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 08:05 (twenty-two years ago)

i've done this for at least 3 or 4 days in years gone by when my girlfriend has been away. it's not so bad.
best part is the funny stuff you say to nobody, the songs you catch yourself singing, the arguments with the tv/monitor.
i live on my own at the moment and i keep saying "HELLO MOTO!" like a serial killer to nobody/anything, like when i find something, or turn on the TV/computer. this is in addition to talking to people. should i worry?

― g-kit (g-kit), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 10:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Did you also put cake decorations on your nipples?

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 10:21 (twenty-two years ago)

no, but only because i ran out of hundreds and thousands.

― g-kit (g-kit), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 10:22 (twenty-two years ago)

i can't imagine going more than 5 or 6 hours. i talk to my stuff anyway-- 'oh hello socks, i was looking for you!'

i never notice this is strange until someone is in the room and starts laughing at me...

― colette (a2lette), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 10:28 (twenty-two years ago)

then you pretend you were singing?

― g-kit (g-kit), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 10:29 (twenty-two years ago)

You guys are amateurs.

I've gone as long as 2 weeks while in the middle of nowhere, save for the odd McDonald's order.

― Fr4ncis W4tlingt0n (Francis Watlington), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 12:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Sadly this is no option: As I work 7 days a week I am forced to speak to people on a daily basis. When I was single, I used to talk to myself when I was @ home.

― jesus nathalie (nathalie), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 12:44 (twenty-two years ago)

HELLO MOTO!

― g-kit (g-kit), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 12:45 (twenty-two years ago)

xpost: Not that it's done me any good AT ALL...

― Fr4ncis W4tlingt0n (Francis Watlington), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 12:46 (twenty-two years ago)

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