you're getting so defensive because what I am saying directly threatens the validity of what I assume is the majority of most of your friendships. I'm not trying to insult anyone here, I'm just giving my opinion.
The way I see it, I could never become friends with someone over the internet in the same way that I have become friends with my closest friends; kids I have known since I was 5, who I've been in classes with and who I hang out with each and every weekend.
I wasn't getting defensive at all, lol. I probably have more friends in person, I just like long-distance ones more.
The way I see it, that's stupid.
EDIT: Now I might be. :I
But more because you're annoying than because I feel like you've invalidated any of my beliefs.