elemental
isn't telling
Yes. I value my internet friends as much as real friends because even though I don't know them in person doesn't mean they aren't nice people. I have some very good friends here that I really enjoy talking too. Some of them I even like better than my friends around home because we have more in common.
Piacere
boxed cat
No way. I don't value MINE, that's for sure. Not one of them! Buncha weirdos...
What's nice, though, is that you can pretend to be a respectable individual and they. have. no. idea. Whatso. ever. Unless one would come and visit me...
Nah, I'm kidding.But, I don't chat with anyone I haven't met in real life, anyway, so I haven't actually 'made friends on the internet.' Just thought I'd josh around a bit, for once
Magwheel - Chairer of the Bored
a playa in a world of NPCs
Barring the possibility of deception, internet communication seems to be a fairly solid basis for a relationship. It's kind of like writing letters, except with slightly more anonymity. While it's important to learn to communicate with people in person, sometimes it's cool how it's easier to express your true feelings in text.
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Jizzyboobgirlkury
Yup. Friends are friends. I never get too chummy with anyone (on or off-line) usually, so it's the same.Originally Posted by Fieryone
Last edited by Kury Wagner; 11-22-2004 at 04:18 PM.
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I don't have any real life friends so I can't compare the two. I do communicate with a woman I met on the internet though. Do I value her? Absolutely.
Bonehead
I'm treated better on the internet than I am with my supposed best friend. So yes, I value all of you guys.
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"I'm not Smiley! I'm a real cow! Moo! Think I'll chew me some cud!"-- Smiley Bone a.k.a. the Mystery Cow in Bone: The Great Cow Race.
"I knew we made a mistake the minute I saw that little bologna loaf in the hospital bassinet," Calvin's Dad from Calvin and Hobbes.
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Why else am I glued to the monitor screen browsing toonzone all day?!:anime:
"Don't forget us when you're famous!"
I would have to say I don't treat the friend's I've made online any different from the friends I talk to in person. Granted, I have meet all of the people I really only talk to online in person at some point, but I have had internet-only friendships before.
"So, as my final thought, steal from your parents"-Lewis Black
...is bored out of her mind.
Same with you.
I value all my friends here. I even am friends with a member here that I met last year over help on a fanfiction story I was writing. I was going to post here a (horrible) poem I wrote about my feelings about it, but it might get me in trouble (my mom's going to find out and I might be banned from the computer).
"You're a cold, calculating woman, Maytag...I like that. Most people associate the words "cold and calculating" with villainy. But in truth, it is that sort of person who capable of the greatest good. In contrast, people who let their emotions rule over them are usually the ones who do the most damage."
-Shepard, Flipside, Book 1, Chapter 9, pg 27
Thin Man Fan
Yes and no. I've met some very cool and interesting people online that I enjoy talking to. Still, it's sometimes hard to really know a person on the internet, even if they're not really a fifty-year old fat man in a basement telling lies on a message board for cartoons.
"As I bit into the nectarine, it had a crisp juiciness that was very pleasurable, until I realized that it wasn't a nectarine at all, but a HUMAN HEAD."
~Jack Handey
...is bored out of her mind.
Yes. This was my mom was afraid of. Even though my pen pal admitted in one post he was 18 and his birthday was on his bio and I know where he lives now, she might not even trust him.Yes and no. I've met some very cool and interesting people online that I enjoy talking to. Still, it's sometimes hard to really know a person on the internet, even if they're not really a fifty-year old fat man in a basement telling lies on a message board for cartoons.
"You're a cold, calculating woman, Maytag...I like that. Most people associate the words "cold and calculating" with villainy. But in truth, it is that sort of person who capable of the greatest good. In contrast, people who let their emotions rule over them are usually the ones who do the most damage."
-Shepard, Flipside, Book 1, Chapter 9, pg 27
isn't telling
That's a good point. Although I value any friendship, I'm still cautious. You never really know do you?Yes and no. I've met some very cool and interesting people online that I enjoy talking to. Still, it's sometimes hard to really know a person on the internet, even if they're not really a fifty-year old fat man in a basement telling lies on a message board for cartoons.
Piacere
Yeah, I've met people on the Internet I consider my friends. They are just on a different... "level" than real friendships.
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Came, liked Ike, and left.
I appreciate and enjoy the friends I've made online, but I wouldn't put them anywhere near the level of "real" friends. Internet relationships are a poor substitute for the real thing.
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I second that!
I have my friends in real life, who I value (though some of them I wonder how much they value me), and then I have my online friends. I have a fair number of online friends and we talk alot, because we have a lot of things in common. I love my internet friends because we can talk about things I can't really talk about with my friends in real life cause they have no idea what I'm talking about (What is this "You You Hackushow"?
Counting down the hours
Agreed.
I value you my internet friends and would be extremely sad if anything happened to any of them but there's no way they can really compete with my real friends. Talking on AIM or a message board just doesn't hold a candle to sitting around listening to music, hanging out at IHOP at midnight, going to concerts together, and all the other experiences I've had with my real life friends.
I could deal with trying to process
Pigeons acting like they're doves
But not with interference
From the power lines above
Dressing for success?
Though I'd call most of the people I "talk" to on the internet acquaintances more than friends, there are a select few whom I consider close friends, so I do value the internet for communicating. But as for pure chatting, I actually know the people I chat with for real, and it's a nice way of talking over long distances. Meh, this post turned out pretty bland.
You can't take a picture of it
Same here. Real friends are an important part of my life, I love going out with them, being able to TALK to or SEE them... can't say the same for online acquaintances. Sure there are some people on this board I respect A LOT, they know who they are, they're my closest online friends, just not my close friends... I've always thought you only really get to know people once you've met them. A nick name and an online behavior are no substitute for real-life personality...
Senior Member
exactly... I especially agree with "poor substitute for the real thing." plus I'm not a trusting person, and there's absolutely no way to spot a lie from reading words on a screen.
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