[POTW] 'Is it pointless to make friends?'

[RYOUKI]

I am not very good at tiles, I think the rule was made...because of em, well I never visit OVP very often but...

Anyways, I thought of this last night, I mean...
There always has a time when you'll be always busy with your school work and jobs that your only options is to leave PC, making all people who you consider as friends just a distant memory like the number one question in your math pop-quiz which you answered quickly xD.
So, Is it pointless to make friends in the internet? Discuss.

 

[Nacon]

I say no because I'm always down for meeting new people.

the problem I have with meeting people from the digital world is that, odds are, that they are different than the real world person whom they really are.

I know that typing out words is a harder means of communication because of the lack of emotion, and that's also a big downfall...


but all in all.. I'm always down for meeting a genuine person, a person that doesn't change in spite of the means of communication. I have met a few of my digital friends, and you know what, it was quite cool in the sense that they were the same person and it did feel like I actually knew 'em. on rare occassion do I choose to meet 'em, however.... that's because of my trust issues... lol.

 

[Firebird306]

@Audy: Important internet friends eh *buys tickets to the US, Audy hides away and says "Damn it FB, I didn't mean you!"*? XD

No, because it gives me chance to meet other people with common interests (Pokemon, computers, otherwise) that I wouldn't be able to meet normally. It links you with the rest of the world and gives you insight into the way of life in other cultures/countries.

My E-friends have lasted longer than any of my RL friends, sounds kinda sad but who cares. My E-Friends are some of the coolest people you could know. At least to me. XD

 

[Romance Hero]

Oh, what? What kind of silly question is that? xD Of course some actions of who you call your friends can mislead you to take full reliance on them, but nonetheless, you need social accomplice to stay sane. If I stayed home, shut out from the rest of the world, I'd rot in it. Hell, I go crazy even without my cell to call up some girls, and joke around with the guys. I don't think it's possible to live without friends.

 

[Johnny3]

Yeah of course it's important, it's your social life and how you mange talking to others.
And that's how we met :D so it is important.

 

[Miyu-chan]

Hmmmmm.... Well, I wouldn't say that it's pointless... I met alot of friends in college through facebook, lol. I would say that in order for a successful mutual friendship - honesty is key. So no major editing... and type it like how you would say it. But I also met some very good friends through the internet and they have kept me going on through some hard times.

 

[Hakeen]

At times I think it's pointless and start saying "it's not like I'll meet them" (that's a negative mood/pissed off mood) and then other times I'm like "my friends are like so good" (that's a past/bored mood). So... I'm going to have to say it's not (considering I'm in a semi-happy mood now, but I'll disagree with this response later. XD;)

 

[Amoeba]

I sometimes find it pointless when people say things like "can I be your friend?!" in the internet and you've never even spoken to that person before.

Otherwise, even if it were pointless, it's not really a big deal if you do have online friends. I mean, sometimes for some people its just nice. Though I wouldn't really know, I've never had an online friend.

 

[Chibi - Dalgia_X]

-_- thats the whole point of joining a forum is to make friends and post

Who ever doesn't have friends here is obviously a loner or an Emo/Goth.

Ive been here 3 days and already I have a friend xD so it shouldn't be so hard

 

[Ayce]

Friends always make things more enjoyable. Even if they do stop being your friends somewhere down the line, the duration of time while they were your friends would've added at least some value to your life, unless you never really considered them friends. Looking at it that way, I can't see anyway it would be pointless to make friends here or anywhere else. Soak up all you can from PC whilst you still can!

 

[Amoeba]

-_- thats the whole point of joining a forum is to make friends and post

Who ever doesn't have friends here is obviously a loner or an Emo/Goth.

Ive been here 3 days and already I have a friend xD so it shouldn't be so hard

That is the most rediculous and foolish statement I've read here yet.

Just because someone doesn't have online friends, doesn't mean they must be emo, goth or a loner. And one can still post and have a nice time here without having to actually know anybody.

Oh, and for some people, making online friends is the most difficult thing in the world.

 

[Sammi]

I don't think it's pointless. Sure, you can't say "let's go to the bowling alley and have fun", but they're still friends all the same. They're people that can give you support at the best and worst of times. Just because it's over the Internet doesn't mean it should change anything.

Sure, you might lose contact with them, but you have that chance in real life, too. I haven't kept any of my offline friends once I've moved away... ever. I almost did, but I lost her address. </3

 

[Loyal Arcanine]

That is the most rediculous and foolish statement I've read here yet.

Just because someone doesn't have online friends, doesn't mean they must be emo, goth or a loner. And one can still post and have a nice time here without having to actually know anybody.

Oh, and for some people, making online friends is the most difficult thing in the world.

Yeah lol ... I've been here for more than 2 years now and I have zero friends here, lol. I supposed it would have been different if I'd been more active though.

 

[Razer302]

I have been here just over a year. I only talk to Suki. I don't talk to any others. I will if they PM me but I don't normally just PM someone.

 

[Cherrim]

Online friends are no different whatsoever in my books. I've moved around a lot, and when I moved five years ago, it was the first time I'd kept real contact with my "RL friends" after moving because of the internet. So does that mean that now they're internet friends, because I only talk to them online instead of offline? Only one of them is someone I see once a year. So since I talk to them online exclusively... does that make them online friends? Are they more of a friend than an "online friend" because I've known them in real life before? I don't think so.

Furthermore, my best friends from high school. I only see one of them on a regular basis now because we went to the same university. So the rest are in the same situation as my friends from before I moved. I only talk to them online since we're all over the place and it's hard to meet IRL again. This doesn't make them lesser friends, though; I can talk to them and pick right back up where we were. Just because I don't see them everyday doesn't mean we aren't friends. So I apply the same philosophy to all friends. If I speak to them, and have fun with them, they're my friends. Online, offline, it makes no difference to me. Honestly, I'm a lot closer to some online friends than offline ones.

Sometimes I will have to avoid the internet to concentrate on real life things. Does that mean that since I'm not talking to my online friends, that we'll drift apart? No, of course not. It's like a vacation; you just aren't seeing them for a bit, but you know they'll be right there when you get back. I mean, the first time I'd moved when I had the internet? It was ONLINE FRIENDS who helped me through it, for the most part. Sure, everything around me had changed, but the internet was the same and it gave me such a sense of normality that it made me feel better. :P I don't know what I would've done without my online friends back then because I was absolutely miserable in my new city.

lol essay post.

 

[sims796]

I agree with Lady Lightning.

In reality, I'm an awfully shy person, but "apparently" very helpful. (I refuse to believe that, but that's what I'm told. Jerks). Still, I go about things without TRYING to make friends, but if they come, nice. I get along perfectly fine on my own, but having friends is cool, I guess.

Unfortunately, I am a tad, um, "distrustful", I think thats the word. As such, I prevent myself from getting TOO close, makes goodbyes easier.

However, on the internet, I don't have to worry. Are they fake? Who cares? I don't really know them, but some people (Anti-pop, Azonic, Name, Waffle Lord, Midnight, etc) are good friends, that I'll be sad if they left.

 

[viridian doubletongue]

Oh absolutely no!

Making friends on the internet is just the same, to me.
Some people find it harder, some find it easier.

For me making friends offline is easier.
But some of my favourite favourite people, I have met online.

I like to think that all friends are real. Some of them just live further away than others.

 

[˚° ﺎ ﮟ סּ ﻛ °˚]

i think its nice to make friends on the internet, cause they dont know or care what you look like, they judge you better on your personality and as a whole person

 

[♥~*Abby*~♥]

I once strongly believed that the answer to that is yes. But I voted for "I don't care" cause that's closest to the "eh, um, uh..." that I'd normally answer that question with. But I totally agree with Reaper, because it's so true. I'd like to give thanks to Waffle-San, Midnight Winged, Azonic, and Lady Nicole, (maybe I missed a few, or a lot) because they by some miracle managed to put up with me.

 

[Waffle-San]

Ya, friends are what keep me coming back here. It's nice to know a pm will be waiting or someone to talk to. I'd like to think I treat all my online friends the same as the offline ones, they're both just as important to me. (even though the loss may seem greater offline, but truly, I may know some of the people's personalities on here better than I do some in real life. Wow what a crammed together sentence. O woops still in parentheses)