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11 Mar 2012, 12:35 am

Of course~!



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11 Mar 2012, 12:43 am

The best friend I've ever had is purely an online friend


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11 Mar 2012, 12:57 am

yes


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11 Mar 2012, 6:16 am

My online friends ARE my friends.

Social media has been my social salvation.


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11 Mar 2012, 12:38 pm

Of course!



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11 Mar 2012, 1:51 pm

ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote:
Gnade wrote:
Just a simple question.

Well, it just depends. That might seem like a simple question but it takes some consideration to answer it. I tend to think of people online as distant so I don't consider them to be the kind of friends I would have in real life whom I talk to on the phone and see on a regular basis. I don't make an effort to create intimacy online but if I did, I would consider people I created such intimacy with friends if they felt the same about me. So, friendship with people I only talk to online isn't completely out of the question. I just don't go out of my way to nurture online friendships.

So, in my mind, it is possible to have friends I have only met online. I just don't happen to have any.

However, I can understand the point of view of people who think it's not possible to have online friends. The knowledge that only comes with meeting someone face to face one on one is lacking so it might be difficult considering an online acquaintance a friend.


Yes, I'd second that.

I don't have any online friends but that's not to say it'll never happen. I have a small number of real life friends.

There have certainly been occasions when a particular post or poster has resonated with me here and then I think about what that person might be like in real life. But I've never taken it further than that.


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11 Mar 2012, 3:02 pm

Self-aware organic constructs utilizing technological marvels to interact socially with other self-aware organic constructs

isn't all that different to

Self-aware organic constructs utilizing biological marvels to interact socially with other self-aware organic constructs