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Strapples
Strapplius, God of straps!
Joined: Dec 01, 2007
Age: 18
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Location: Chicago Area IL
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internet friends are great and everything... but i would really like to have physical friends who i could let hug me tightly and lay on top of me and things haha... its not really a social aspect of physical friendship to me... more of a sensory aspect 
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blakehaven
Tufted Titmouse
Joined: Feb 07, 2008
Age: 21
Posts: 33
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Strapples wrote: | | internet friends are great and everything... but i would really like to have physical friends who i could let hug me tightly and lay on top of me and things haha... its not really a social aspect of physical friendship to me... more of a sensory aspect |
yah that's true strapples i miss the physical side of having real life friends. having online friends makes me feel kinda crazy sometimes. It's like i'm living my life entirely in my head. |
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Strapples
Strapplius, God of straps!
Joined: Dec 01, 2007
Age: 18
Posts: 18418
Location: Chicago Area IL
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| blakehaven wrote: | | Strapples wrote: | | internet friends are great and everything... but i would really like to have physical friends who i could let hug me tightly and lay on top of me and things haha... its not really a social aspect of physical friendship to me... more of a sensory aspect |
yah that's true strapples i miss the physical side of having real life friends. having online friends makes me feel kinda crazy sometimes. It's like i'm living my life entirely in my head. |
exactly... its hard not having physical friends or not being able to see what you do have (i have both issues... i have very few and cant see them) i cant wait till my powerchair arrives so i can go see people again... CABIN FEVER!!!
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sodarktheshadows
Velociraptor
Joined: Nov 06, 2007
Posts: 422
Location: Toronto, Canada
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| Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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hell, i fail equally at both kinds of friendship...
or so i'm told.
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kitschinator
Snowy Owl
Joined: Dec 17, 2007
Posts: 156
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Hard question. I prefer real life friendships, but I am always disappointed at their lack of depth.
Internet friendships are deeper, more intellectual, more emotionally honest and intimate - but internet friends can't spend time with you. They can't come over and watch movies, they can't go to concerts, they can't laugh with you.
Real life friendships are more rewarding, but it seems you spend all your time waiting around for something to happen, or you spend a ton of time trying to get close to the person and failing. I think internet friendships are more rewarding that way because you spend all your time TALKING, and you get to the things that matter immediately. But I also think that it is very unhealthy to get fixated on people on the internet instead of making friends in person.
The whole thing just strikes me as really ironic and more than a little disappointing.
If I ever find a person in my daily life that I can make that kind of connection with, I'll be completely happy. Because now that I have had that kind of wonderful connection with people online, I've sort of developed higher expectations for what I want offline. |
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Berserker
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Joined: Oct 30, 2007
Posts: 4545
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| Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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| I had some good real life friends, but when one of then moved, I had no friends. Then again... These were school friends, not actual friendfriends. I still have no real life friends. I turned to the Internet for friendships. |
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Yoshie777
Paragon
Joined: Apr 30, 2007
Age: 22
Posts: 2018
Location: Ellensburg, WA
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I feel for you. 
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richardbenson
Evil Egocentrical Existencialism
Joined: Oct 31, 2006
Posts: 10802
Location: Here snow will always fall
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oh darn i thought sopho was back 
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hale_bopp
All Kinds of Freak
Joined: Nov 03, 2004
Age: 25
Posts: 7502
Location: New Zealand
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| Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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viska
Phoenix
Joined: Jan 27, 2008
Age: 28
Posts: 761
Location: Everytime you close your eyes: Lies, lies.
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| Internet friends disappear the moment you logoff. Obviously RL. |
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harvester52
Snowy Owl
Joined: Jan 24, 2008
Age: 20
Posts: 135
Location: WA
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I've had so many online friends that are still friends to this day, and have been since I started using the internet when I was 10. That's not quite true for real-life friends. It's hard for me to keep the same group of friends for more than a year-- the same unfortunate thing goes for jobs/volunteer positions.
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Kalister1
Phoenix
Joined: Sep 09, 2007
Posts: 2882
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Interaction between humans has yet to be emulated sufficiently through electronic means. The internet allows us to get one step closer to that person millions of miles away. But, there is a disconnect, a piece of the puzzle missing. What is it? Physical contact. The sound of a lover's whisper in the dark on a cool autumn night. A sweet caress when none was expected.
I'll admit some of my internet friends are awesome. I'll also admit that I would love to move our interaction to the real world, rather than having our feelings filtered through a binary communication system. Alas, it has yet to be, or may never be. |
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princesseli
Velociraptor
Joined: Jan 08, 2008
Age: 21
Posts: 470
Location: Honolulu HI/ Los Angeles CA
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| Well I havent had that much experiance with internet friends. I say I really dont know. Im finding when I keep in contact with someone virtually as long as there willing to continue talking to me, nothing really goes wrong. When it comes to dealing with the real life aspect of people and other people, things can mess up. Thats the plus side. The plus side for real life friends, are they're actually there, theres a presence to them but I can mess things up more easily. Well I cant say much rite now cause Ive only had less then a months experiance with internet friends. |
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nomad21
Deinonychus
Joined: Feb 17, 2008
Age: 19
Posts: 305
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I only have a few real life friends, but I have plenty of friends online. It's alot harder for me to talk in real life, because of the typical AS crap. Chatting online seems to be easier for me, but I still stim alot while I'm talking to people on the computer. I guess that's a great thing about having online friends, they don't see those kind of "wierd" behaviors, and I don't have to deal with them trying to figure it out  |
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kiwi
Deinonychus
Joined: Oct 13, 2007
Posts: 349
Location: the GARDEN city..
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internet but haha
real friends are needed too
real life..
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