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djDMS
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 Posted - 2007/03/25 : 10:32:44
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Originally posted by dee_licious:
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Originally posted by Hard2Get:
I think you can know people well. I can always grasp the essence of someone's personality if i have been talking to them for a reasonable amount of time. I've met a lot of people from the net, within the Hardcore community, and a lot of these people are now my best friends. For all those people i would have said i knew them well before i met them, and meeting them in person proved me right about that.
So assuming that everyone is being honest i think you can know people essentially online as well as it's possible to know anyone in person (the key word here is 'essentially'). There is always going to be small details you can't pick up on, or that take a long time to pick up on, but those aren't really relevant since they aren't the defining points of the person.
Firstly....i corrected your spellings :-p Secondly, i think you can get a grasp of what people are like when talking over the net, even though you can call them a friend before you meet, it takes the meeting to actually secure the friendship. Thirdly, when are we meeting Matt? ;-)
I think you just need to use your common sense :)
And i think you need to learn to quote!
I wouldn't say you could (or even should) be really good friends with somebody you've never met, but there can still be a sort of bond between people who meet online.
Over the years i've spoken to some great people who i'd love to meet in person, others who i've rumbled as ********ters fairly early on (uncanny judge of character me) and others who i've met and found to be every bit as special (needs) as i'd imagined.
So in short, the answer is...dunno!
Got to go now, off to meet my new mate from the Ivory Coast as soon as i've got my bank details ready.
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Underloop
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Posted - 2007/03/25 : 10:39:11
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Originally posted by dee_licious:
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Originally posted by Underloop:
Depends who it is tbh. Some people come over as someone that they are not. They set out to become a different person for whatever reason. You meet them and they seem like the same person, then over time cracks start to show and you start to see the real them.
Then some people are totally genuine, and exactly what they seem like online - complete headcases ;-)
Not talking to you......
Thats fine coz I wasn't talking to you in the first place. Stop butting in! :-P
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Squishy Star
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Posted - 2007/03/25 : 16:18:21
I totally agree with the bond bit and whatever else djDMS said.
dunno...because like out of all that i've come across on the net, there's only one dude i've stayed in contact with for mad long - despite having had fallen out for some time..
Obviously, there are loads of other lovely people and most I think are nice to have a little chat here and there, but then there are those who are subjet to the little cute oh so generous block button by the 2nd day. =)
So I guess it really depends on your own judgment and who you are yourself that determines how well you get to know someone and if there's a connection or not, even if you haven't met in person.
[thought it was funny when that dude said something to me like, is there a person you feel like you've know forever but technically you don't?--so clearly i wasn't the only one at the end of a "bond stick" =P]
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