Parrhesia Posted August 15, 2014 Author Share Posted August 15, 2014 like you say 'all your friends' are online, not even just people you have massive platonic erections for this is something you should legitimately do something about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyFireMage Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 how about no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrhesia Posted August 15, 2014 Author Share Posted August 15, 2014 but why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyFireMage Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I have really high standards also how are online friends any less genuine than "real life" friends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 but why Because the satisfaction he gets from knowing me satiates any desire he has to even acknowledge anyone else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tryhard Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 friends "irl" are still friends on the internet because real life is the internet or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passionfruit Cappuccino Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 friends "irl" are still friends on the internet because real life is the internet or something Well yes, but you get what we mean, right? I suppose i could say people that i've seen their physical bodies with my own two eyes instead, but irl is shorter :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 (edited) I have really high standards also how are online friends any less genuine than "real life" friends? i value my online friends more than (most of) my real life friends but that's irrelevant because 'not liking people irl' is called being a loser shut-in and it's not healthy EDIT: note that this statement is 100% distinct from "i don't happen to have any irl close friends" Edited August 15, 2014 by Integrity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKLucas531 Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 2 close irl friends that I've known since 2nd and 3rd grade, and 2 close online friends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moira Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 The real flaw is that you can't go bowling with friends you only know online Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 but bowling sucks or did you mean wii bowling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tryhard Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 cousin let's go bowling fuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 is that a euphemism are you going to 'go bowling with' (read: fuck) your cousin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tryhard Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 GTA IV, Roman always calling to go bowling etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tryhard Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 i would Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 (edited) Well yes, but you get what we mean, right? I suppose i could say people that i've seen their physical bodies with my own two eyes instead, but irl is shorter :/ he's mostly kidding I assume "meatspace" are you seriously pulling the whole "I have more friends than you hahaha" card? I don't think he really meant to mock you to begin with, I think he just meant the way you said that sounds like a bleak way to look at things I mean it's one thing if you're disenchanted with the people you know in particular, because whatever it's not uncommon to grow up in ponds you don't really feel comfortable in, but it's easy to hear "people IRL" and think you mean "every person ye shall ever see enter your life with yer own eyes," which is honestly getting into cause-for-concern territory I have a fair share of people I like and enjoy the company of, met through/on the internet and off, but I'm bad at balancing being an introvert at the moment*, having something approximating pathological social anxiety, and just being a lazy fuck who's bad at making efforts to reach out (and who also has 400 steam games to play through in the meantime with which to procrastinate interaction)**, so only a couple of those have I so much as talked with 1 to 1 (and even of those I've been bad at checking in with and with going farther, srry :{ ) *(which isn't inherently a bad or even antisocial thing, given introvert vs extrovert just means "needs/expends energy being around others" vs "acquires energy from being around others"; you can be noticeably charismatic, enjoy other people and be around them often and yet be an introvert, or be shy and have difficulties putting yourself out there and yet be an extrovert, it's just about what leaves you tired versus energized, etc etc) **(which are all somewhat less not-bad things) Edited August 15, 2014 by Rehab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyFireMage Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I'll probably make more "real-life" friends when (or if) I go to university/get a job but until then I'm content with friends I've met online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Can't hurt to practice (usually) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Alear Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 i value my online friends more than (most of) my real life friends but that's irrelevant because 'not liking people irl' is called being a loser shut-in and it's not healthy Actually, I'm not sure that you have to be a shut-in to be a misanthropist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 you're not a misanthropist if you like people online but specifically not irl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Wright Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I have really high standards I'll probably make more "real-life" friends when (or if) I go to university/get a job i have no idea where you are so it may just be that you think so differently from everyone else, but if it's not... if you do wish to make friends outside the internet, i'd bet your standards are too high (whatever your standards are). if you try to hold people to what you want them to be, all that does is push them away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moira Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 or did you mean wii bowling? you know it I actually did go bowling with friends the other day and I don't think any of us managed to get 100+ points. I did get a strike though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peener weener Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I have really high standards also how are online friends any less genuine than "real life" friends? Standards for people? What the fuck? Do you appraise someone upon meeting by shine or something? What the fuck, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peener weener Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 i have no idea where you are so it may just be that you think so differently from everyone else, but if it's not... if you do wish to make friends outside the internet, i'd bet your standards are too high (whatever your standards are). if you try to hold people to what you want them to be, all that does is push them away. Standards for people is a thing? Am i just crazy? Am i the only sane fucking person in this forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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