I am not a furry or a wolf, that said I can enjoy your statement about living on the edge of a social system. I'm not gonna be outbreeding anyone with my strange habits and stranger ideas, without watching 'the stream' I may never know intimacy again unless I find the woman every sane man wants. I never *wanted* to be a hermit. I wanted to participate. However, take a look around and give me one reason I should 'see it through'. Somewhere past 30, I did not lose the will to live, I did not lose hope for myself and my happiness. I did however, completely lose hope in the society I was born into, and most of my supposed countrymen. I think I may have become a hermit now specifically because I have let that go easily. If something is broken... why do I need it? Because the broken thing claims I do? pshaaaw On your metaphorical take on this, I agree.