I feel out of place if I'm gone for even a single day, but maybe that's because I'm just too addicted to PC, haha.
PC's really nice, and I like it how it is. Albeit there's things I would change, it's not unlivable at all as it is. You just have to eye the positive and ignore the less desirable parts of the forums. :)
I wonder where you would get such a notion.I find that's the case on a lot of the internet - like I mentioned that shorter amounts of time are longer for the internet on the virtual relationships thing, just something about the internet means that relationships form and develop and break on a much faster timeframe than in real life.
..................probably experienceI wonder where you would get such a notion.
It's still rather variable, isn't it? All relationships are different, so it's really hard to attach a judgment to all or part of them based off of any one's experience...................probably experience
A few weeks ago I took an old friend and former crush out for lunch after not seeing her in over a year. Time was so quick, but fun nonetheless :oI strongly agree with the faster timeframe regarding to friendships on internet
irl it's hard for me to even find the time to meet up with people.. you meet up with one person and time flies by for about 3 hours or so, like for instance today i went to starbucks to see my friend and time flew by because i hadn't seen her in so long
mocha cookie crumble frappicunnos are so god damn good
Those sorts of experiences seem more applicable to social immaturity than simply their method of function, it seems. I most certainly didn't become best friends with Geoff or Khilia in a week, lmaoWell the experience of myself and everyone around me, as well as every social website I get involved with and every online game I've played. There are some exceptions, as there is to everything, but in general the internet moves quickly in everything, relationships included. Relationships that are months long are treated like years and people you met last week regularly become your best friend that you talk to every day (general you).
My speculation is because it takes much less to maintain an online relationship - if you maintain a real life relationship by just talking to them online, the relationships will falter because you're expected to see them in real life. But online to maintain a relationship you just have to type to them, maybe skype sometimes, certainly never get out of bed if you don't want to. The effort is minimal so then you end up building the relationship as if it was real with less effort than in real relationships, so it builds faster.
Then the downside is people go from friends to enemies in the blink of an eye, but that's more common in games where there are game reasons to become enemies.
Those sorts of experiences seem more applicable to social immaturity than simply their method of function, it seems. I most certainly didn't become best friends with Geoff or Khilia in a week, lmao
Balance is key. Holding value in your online life as well as your physical one and giving them equal treatment and devotion is what makes for a really happy life IMO. I wouldn't give up either of mine :pWell, there is a pretty strong correlation between social immaturity and being super intense about the internet, so maybe you've got a point there...
Balance is key. Holding value in your online life as well as your physical one and giving them equal treatment and devotion is what makes for a really happy life IMO. I wouldn't give up either of mine :p
Why not? It works for me.woooooooah there. I really wouldn't think that holding your online life at an equal value to your offline one is a good idea at all. @_@