When Real Life Meets the Internet - Page 2

***Jonathan*** · 03-28-2005, 09:35 AM

I hear you Nurv, I'd think it would be awkward too if my parents were present. So I understand you well. We can have that fika online in the Teacup Café instead

vollyana · 03-09-2009, 07:58 PM

No cause of PARENTS.

But it sometimes isn't a good idea with or without the rents saying NO, NO WAY, ABSULOTY NOT, and OUT OF THE QUESTION. So yeah...

sisterandcousinandaunt · 03-10-2009, 06:38 PM

Dozens. Many of my best friends I met first on the internet. And I use the 'net to communicate with people I knew first irl who are far.

I think skills for being friends irl are poorly communicated online. I'm fortunate in having some pretty warm friends I met in online environments, but I'd have to say not all the people I thought would be friends wound up that way.

As katya said...they smelled bad.

**Nurvingiel** · 03-17-2009, 10:12 PM

I'm glad this thread got bumped, because here's another aspect of when real life meets the internet. I wonder what other meme's will go bizarrely mainstream.

brownjenkins · 03-18-2009, 09:37 AM

I often feel closer to many online friends than I do to many real life friends, though certainly not all, because it is usually a common interest (i.e. Tolkien, etc.) that brings people together on the 'net. Real life, by comparision, is more about proximity in many cases. There are a lot of "forum friends" over the years that I would consider "real" friends.

You can be my friend on Facebook!

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pr...47&ref=profile

Miss Cassandra · 03-19-2009, 04:07 AM

I have never met anyone I know on the internet, Although I would like to someday. I remember some of you from years ago, and would love a chance to finally meet you guys.

shesabrandybuck · 03-26-2009, 08:14 PM

I think people feel that they can connect with people easier on the internet. You can find people that are like you, or share similar interest, just like entmoot. We all love the works of Tolkien, so here we are. So people feel that they can talk to each other over the internet, because there is nothing to judge, just the words you type.

I've met one person over the internet in real life, and it was awesome. Though, I didn't have much time cause I was in Ocean City, and I had a curfew so I had to hop on the bus and get back to my street, but it was still really cool.

I think there isn't a problem with having online friends as long as you are smart and mature about it.

03-28-2005, 09:35 AM	#1
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	I hear you Nurv, I'd think it would be awkward too if my parents were present. So I understand you well. We can have that fika online in the Teacup Café instead __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

03-10-2009, 06:38 PM	#3
sisterandcousinandaunt Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4,535	Dozens. Many of my best friends I met first on the internet. And I use the 'net to communicate with people I knew first irl who are far. I think skills for being friends irl are poorly communicated online. I'm fortunate in having some pretty warm friends I met in online environments, but I'd have to say not all the people I thought would be friends wound up that way. As katya said...they smelled bad. __________________ That would be the swirling vortex to another world. Cool. I want one. TMNT No, I'm not emo. I just have a really poor sense of direction. (Thanks to katya for this quote) This is the best news story EVER! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26087293/ “Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint.”...John McCain "I shall go back. And I shall find that therapist. And I shall whack her upside her head with my blanket full of rocks." ...Louisa May

03-18-2009, 09:37 AM	#5
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	I often feel closer to many online friends than I do to many real life friends, though certainly not all, because it is usually a common interest (i.e. Tolkien, etc.) that brings people together on the 'net. Real life, by comparision, is more about proximity in many cases. There are a lot of "forum friends" over the years that I would consider "real" friends. You can be my friend on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pr...47&ref=profile __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

03-19-2009, 04:07 AM	#6
Miss Cassandra Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Northwest USA Posts: 160	I have never met anyone I know on the internet, Although I would like to someday. I remember some of you from years ago, and would love a chance to finally meet you guys. __________________ DIMMU BORGIR Antichristus Spiritualis

03-26-2009, 08:14 PM	#7
shesabrandybuck Hero of Hyrule Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hyrule Posts: 1,052	I think people feel that they can connect with people easier on the internet. You can find people that are like you, or share similar interest, just like entmoot. We all love the works of Tolkien, so here we are. So people feel that they can talk to each other over the internet, because there is nothing to judge, just the words you type. I've met one person over the internet in real life, and it was awesome. Though, I didn't have much time cause I was in Ocean City, and I had a curfew so I had to hop on the bus and get back to my street, but it was still really cool. I think there isn't a problem with having online friends as long as you are smart and mature about it. __________________ Ho! Ho! Ho! to the bottle I go To heal my heart and drown my woe. Rain may fall and wind may blow, And many miles be still to go, But under a tree I will lie, And let the clouds go sailing by. twitter

03-09-2009, 07:58 PM	#2
vollyana Sapling Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: PA city kept private for privacy duh Posts: 4	No cause of PARENTS. But it sometimes isn't a good idea with or without the rents saying NO, NO WAY, ABSULOTY NOT, and OUT OF THE QUESTION. So yeah...

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