Anyone else on here feel as if the friends they would be the closest to in real life are over the internet thousands of miles away. But for some reason this cruel world chose to put that one jerk annoying kid in my English class and sat him right next to me. Maybe I'm losing my mind but the world is teasing me or its 2 am and I'm feeling emotional.
That's because it's easier to find people similar to you on the Internet. Wherever you enjoy spending time on the Internet - other people with similar interests and possibly even personalities might also enjoy spending time in. Not only that, but the amount of people you can possibly meet on the Internet is higher than the number of people you might meet in real life, so obviously you'll be able to find more friends on the Internet if you spend enough time on it.
Your brain is also predisposed to finding things that are going wrong rather than noticing what's been going right all along. We have a tendency to find and complain about dozens of problems plaguing us instead of appreciating the hundreds of things around us that could be going wrong, but aren't. In all likelihood, that one kid may be a demon spawn, but there could be a handful of potential lifelong friends in that class as well. Good luck finding them.
My best friend lives in Lousiana and I've never met him face to face. I've been friends with him for going on 17 years now. For the people who say "they're not real friends". I feel sorry for you.
@Kimay didn't you say something like this yesterday? And welp, sadly, it's the truth. Honestly, if some of my friends lived here, I think I would've never met them in the first place. So I'm just grateful that I got to meet them, even tho it isn't face to face, at least we get to talk (:
Tbh one of my life goals is to meet some of my friends that I met online in person. Once I have the funds and the ability to do it, there wouldn't be anything stopping me. I value a lot of my friendships that I've created online just as much as ones I have with my physical friends. It really comes down to how long I've known some people and how much they've grown to mean to me.
Well there are also people on the internet who I hate with a burning passion, more than anyone else and am thankful they are not in my real life. Honestly think the people in my real life are much better than people on the internet. Not talking about this community, but more of the "deep web" where some fucked up people are.
Over the years my kids have said "I have a new friend on..." I ask them if that person is truly a friend or an acquaintance. Kids today have a hard time differentiating it. There are kids on this server that I would call friends, if not family. The difference is I've been online since 1991.
That's because you're of the higher average age range. My 11 year old is the opposite. She thinks everyone is her best friend. When she gets hurt by them it's heart breaking.
I've come to learn that many of the people I considered "friends" are merely acquaintances, though I do consider a few people real friends. It'd be cool to meet any of you irl, but it's not necessarily a goal of mine.