How many friends do you have?

[Night Fox]

i dont really have any "online friends" lol, i dont really think those count unless you ACTUALLY no the person, seeing as no one really acts like they do online irl. not to mention half the time you just communicate through text.

I'm pretty sure that people generally act more like themselves online. js. and how does the text thing even matter
a lot of people communicate with their "real life friends" through text half the time too

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[Apex]

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[RedGajin]

I'm pretty sure that people generally act more like themselves online. js. and how does the text thing even matter
a lot of people communicate with their "real life friends" through text half the time too

yes but you have actual social interactions with them, you dont only communicate through text or a microphone or some crappy webcam. imo only having "internet friends" is just not being able to make real friends.

[Night Fox]

yes but you have actual social interactions with them, you dont only communicate through text or a microphone or some crappy webcam. imo only having "internet friends" is just not being able to make real friends.

what defines an "actual social interaction" lol

[.:FancyPants:.]

imo only having "internet friends" is just not being able to make real friends.

i always thought that was more of a fact than an opinion, hm

[RedGajin]

what defines an "actual social interaction" lol

talking to them irl? doing stuff together that ISNT fake? be honest, you cant have the same bond with someone over the internet that you can irl. sure, you can have like buddies you'll talk to online regularly in a game or something, but i honestly couldnt be anywhere near as close to some of my friends if we had met on a lego video game or something lol

[MrKitKat]

online friends: forget popular social networking
but on steam i'm good friends with everyone on my friends list
real life: 12 or so

[Night Fox]

talking to them irl? doing stuff together that ISNT fake? be honest, you cant have the same bond with someone over the internet that you can irl. sure, you can have like buddies you'll talk to online regularly in a game or something, but i honestly couldnt be anywhere near as close to some of my friends if we had met on a lego video game or something lol

being verbal doesn't matter, like I implied. there is nothing more valuable about spoken words than written ones. and what do you think is fake?
be honest, you can. well, maybe not you, but still

[.:FancyPants:.]

there is nothing more valuable about spoken words than written ones.

come on that isn't true at all
for people who disguise their emotion behind words such as myself by avoiding capitalizing letters properly, it's very different talking over a microphone than it is pressing keyboard buttons.

[RedGajin]

being verbal doesn't matter, like I implied. there is nothing more valuable about spoken words than written ones. and what do you think is fake?
be honest, you can. well, maybe not you, but still

there is are you kidding me lol? break up with your gf through a text, huge difference. quit your job through a text, i dont even know if you can do that. comfort someone through text, nowhere NEAR the same as in person. thats not even opinion right there.
no not really, if you met up with one of youre online friends irl i can assure you it wouldnt be just a smooth cross over and you guys would talk just like you always have. and by fake i meant like go to mcdonalds as opposed to playing cod or something.

[AQuietBadger]

pretty much no real friends in person. several online, but only a couple I'd call close friends of mine

[Night Fox]

come on that isn't true at all
for people who disguise their emotion behind words such as myself by avoiding capitalizing letters properly, it's very different talking over a microphone than it is pressing keyboard buttons.

that's their problem? it's easy to express emotion with text. idk anyone who does that
also, capitalizing letters has nothing to do with emotion

there is are you kidding me lol? break up with your gf through a text, huge difference. quit your job through a text, i dont even know if you can do that. comfort someone through text, nowhere NEAR the same as in person. thats not even opinion right there.
no not really, if you met up with one of youre online friends irl i can assure you it wouldnt be just a smooth cross over and you guys would talk just like you always have. and by fake i meant like go to mcdonalds as opposed to playing cod or something.

ok, you have a point with some of that, I admit
but no stuff it wouldn't be smooth. but if they're actually your friend, not something fake, it should be fine before long
also what, going to mcdonalds

[.:FancyPants:.]

that's their problem? it's easy to express emotion with text. idk anyone who does that
also, capitalizing letters has nothing to do with emotion

everything you say i'm reading in a monotone voice, i sense no emotion other than some emphasis in certain words.

on the other hand, capitalizing some words appropriately (even just the first letter in a sentence) sounds a lot more sophisticated in my head, less laid back and more serious, like someone is talking to me at a lunch table rather than right after they've woken up. that can't just be me.

[Night Fox]

everything you say i'm reading in a monotone voice, i sense no emotion other than some emphasis in certain words.
on the other hand, capitalizing some words appropriately (even just the first letter in a sentence) sounds a lot more sophisticated in my head, less laid back and more serious, like someone is talking to me at a lunch table rather than right after they've woken up. that can't just be me.

uh
no
I think that's just you

[°Xomat°]

0 friends irl
200 friends on the interweb.