22 replies to this topic

[dasmeaty]

You can meet up and go out with your real life friends, you can touch your real life friends .etc

With Internet friends you are limited to chat, video and online gaming, whilst this isn't a bad thing and I think people frown upon people that let their Internet friends become their only friends or take priority over real friends.

I see no problem with it and have made some friends online.

[gisellebebegirl]

I think people worry so much about it because there are extremes to every situation
I mean you dont see the people who live normal lives and balance everything out on the 6 o clock news
you only hear and see the people who are "loners" and do not know how to communicate in real life
people are terrified or are not even capable of carrying a conversation with someone in person, because they do not know how to, or are not used to it

i mean lets face it, it is so much easier to talk and speak your mind over the net
there are no commitments, you can say only as you want.. because over the computer
avoiding uncomfortable situations is as easy and clicking the "block" button, or even turning your computer off

I am sorry if there are any hardcore video game players reading this.. but i think it is mostly them who have the big issue, they are so addicted into their video games, actual human contact gets lost, and the years past and they are still living with their parents, with no job, no significant other, real friends, sometimes they do not really have education


Eitherway i agree with you @Unwanted_Flower, friends are friends, no matter where you find them.. i might only be 18, but i can say i have amazing real life and internet friends.. ive actually met several of them in person, and i think it is completely healthy!

[gwizz]

What's the difference. Sometimes, you have "real" friends for years...after some incident you find out you never actually knew them anyway! Internet and real friends are the same....you never really know someone and sometimes you do! They're both really fine, i think.
and I agree with @gisellebebegirl that it is completely healthy!