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14 Feb 2007, 1:00 pm

en_una_isla wrote:
acquaintances I had IRL too.


Yes, because everyone else is virtual, does not exist, is simply a figment of your imagination. Unlike 'RL' :roll: :roll: :roll: </sarcasm>



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14 Feb 2007, 1:25 pm

Anubis wrote:
Heh, I don't favour real or online friends.


Same here.


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15 Feb 2007, 3:16 pm

no preference. online friends are fun cause they don't judge you by how you look, talk, behave and all the rest of that. and you can tell them even very personal info and be sure that it won't leak (after all, whom will it be leaked to?). but finally when i have real friends, it's so much more fun when you can actually meet your friends



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16 Feb 2007, 1:40 am

online friends.. but i'd prefer that i knew them 'IRL'.



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17 Feb 2007, 7:36 pm

Online.

But that is only because I havn't had any real life friends for the last 4 or 5 years or so.

I'm sure I would get on quite well with some of the people I know over the internet in real life.



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17 Feb 2007, 7:44 pm

Online, I can stop easily stop talking to them at any time.



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17 Feb 2007, 8:32 pm

Tequila wrote:
I always prefer real-life friends. At least you can go and arrange to meet them face-to-face and see what they're about. Internet 'friendships' are just words on a screen and it would be very difficult to make a proper emotional bond with someone.


I think me and Star, as well as RedMage and Anubis, have shattered that theory! Ah, God bless webcams! :D


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17 Feb 2007, 9:32 pm

I don't want to hear about your exploits with the ladies using webcams. ;)



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18 Feb 2007, 9:58 am

I think that it's better to make friends in real life, because it's easier to know how the person acts, and how that person functions.



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18 Feb 2007, 10:03 am

Tequila wrote:
I don't want to hear about your exploits with the ladies using webcams. ;)


I wish I had a webcam right now, so I can show the people in the chatroom what I look like, with my clothes on.



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19 Feb 2007, 6:40 pm

Online



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20 Feb 2007, 2:49 pm

id rather have real life friends. but online friends are easier to make


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20 Feb 2007, 6:22 pm

Don't have either.



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21 Feb 2007, 8:49 pm

I have lots of "aquaintances" online and a few offline. I only have one real friend according to my shrink.

the shrinks think i have my definition of friends mixed up and most of my percieved friends describes "aquaintances"



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21 Feb 2007, 10:54 pm

I'll never have friends offline, so online is better for me. :)



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22 Feb 2007, 6:38 am

I've got a fair few friends offline, not as many some people, but they're good, close friends.
Mind, i do have a fair few long-standing online friends who i hope to meet (intending to meet one this summer), so it's a bit of a balance. Would still prefer to know people rl mind.

Now there's a thought. What are people's views on meeting up with online friends? Worth the risk of going off them once you've seen them RL?


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