Being here is much more productive than taking care of a meatball, feeding it, taking it out etc and it will die without any sort of return. You learn nothing from having pets, you dont gain anything from it, no knowledge, no experience outside of taking care of it
Reading a novel is better, being here is better too There have been all kinds of people here, people as old as 60, with famililies, wife, kids, inmates have been in this community. you thinking theres nothing to be learned from them is already enough proof that you are a naive knows it all teenager
So you only have transactional relationships. You're not going to have any meaningful relationships that way.
He thinks he's "above that", and largely demonstrates this "strength" through externalizing his issues towards other people.