I got to thinking about why I like /out/ so much as I was falling asleep and I figured it out.
I have a whole bunch of problems that young men usually have and when my mind isn't occupied I start dwelling on those sonsabitches that make me want to become an hero, but when my mind is occupied they shut up.
Watching TV and animu and all that shuts em up too, but they come back immediately once my show finishes.
When I'm /out/, I enter a pseudo-survival situation, and I go down a peg in Maslow's hierarchy of Needs. I can't focus on being alone when I need firewood and fresh water or if there's something I need to do around camp. I must focus my physiological needs before all else, and since I'm too busy trying to meet those to focus on the complicated stuff, my brain forbids me from focusing on the complicated stuff.
So, I finally understand why I like out: I get to focus on the fun problems like not dying rather than the complex ones like making meaningful connections.

Anybody else have similar reasons? Or am I just being a faggot?