don't you hate when someone you know on the net just drops off

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GeekDrew

Diamond Member
Jun 7, 2000
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Originally posted by: richardycc
Originally posted by: GeekDrew
Originally posted by: classy
I hate to say this cause it happened here. But people who communicate on the internet and never ever meet face to face with these folks are fools to get all serious. YOU DO NOT KNOW WHO IS ON THE OTHER COMPUTER. And a lot of folks here learned that the hard the way. While things like this in way can be hilarious, when people develop these so called "relationships" over the internet they kinda leave themselves open to being made a fool of which is not funny. I have meant several folks from off this board and other various ones, but I don't get all carried away with making relationships with people off the internet. Folks who do that need to get a damn life.

You know... I used to agree with that thought, but I stopped a while ago. I know quite a few couples that met over the internet, finally got together for pizza & drinks (or whatever) one day, and they've lived happily ever after... married to each other. I can think of a couple of people that I care a lot about, one of which I've not yet met in real life; the other I've met only once, and briefly at that. If either of them (or a couple of other people I'm not quite as close to) completely dropped off the face of the earth... you'd better believe I'd cry foul, and I'd probably do more than many would, trying to figure out what the fvck happened.

I agree that it's not funny if someone's made fun of online... and yes, you do somewhat leave yourself open to that by having an online relationship with someone. Is it worth it? Not to a lot of people. But to some? Definitely.



looks like you and moshquerade should get together!

Sorry, sweetie, we're incompatible.
 

Balt

Lifer
Mar 12, 2000
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He's playing World of Warcraft. No time for anything else (including bathing).
 

vshah

Lifer
Sep 20, 2003
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I used to have one or two people i talked to online. i met them in my college's admission chat session thingies..... yeah, one of them dissappeared. i took it upon myself to call her (we'd met twice at this point, were pretty good friends)...
i dunno, but if you care about the guy, it won't do any harm to call and see whats up...
 

moshquerade

No Lifer
Nov 1, 2001
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Originally posted by: vshah
I used to have one or two people i talked to online. i met them in my college's admission chat session thingies..... yeah, one of them dissappeared. i took it upon myself to call her (we'd met twice at this point, were pretty good friends)...
i dunno, but if you care about the guy, it won't do any harm to call and see whats up...
i am going to give it a little more time, but it is bugging me enough that i need to find out some way.

 

Ryuson99

Golden Member
Feb 9, 2004
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Post a :camera: and I might be able to tell you why.... lol j/k...or am I?


but seriously post a :camera:
 

moshquerade

No Lifer
Nov 1, 2001
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Originally posted by: Ryuson99
Post a :camera: and I might be able to tell you why.... lol j/k...or am I?


but seriously post a :camera:
i would like to, but i don't want to post it w/o his permission.

 

Ryuson99

Golden Member
Feb 9, 2004
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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Ryuson99
Post a :camera: and I might be able to tell you why.... lol j/k...or am I?


but seriously post a :camera:
i would like to, but i want to post it w/o his permission.

So go ahead and post it w/o his permission:confused:.


also I reread my post and saw how you could of misunderstand that I MEANT A PIC OF YOU.:) For all of us of course



EDIT: added :confused: smiley
 

moshquerade

No Lifer
Nov 1, 2001
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Originally posted by: Ryuson99
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Ryuson99
Post a :camera: and I might be able to tell you why.... lol j/k...or am I?


but seriously post a :camera:
i would like to, but i want to post it w/o his permission.

So go ahead and post it w/o his permission:confused:.


also I reread my post and saw how you could of misunderstand that I MEANT A PIC OF YOU.:) For all of us of course



EDIT: added :confused: smiley
those who i want to see a pic of me have ;)

 

Ryuson99

Golden Member
Feb 9, 2004
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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Ryuson99
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Ryuson99
Post a :camera: and I might be able to tell you why.... lol j/k...or am I?


but seriously post a :camera:
i would like to, but i want to post it w/o his permission.

So go ahead and post it w/o his permission:confused:.


also I reread my post and saw how you could of misunderstand that I MEANT A PIC OF YOU.:) For all of us of course



EDIT: added :confused: smiley
those who i want to see a pic of me have ;)

Ahhhh so I see, now on to the real question, when do you think you will want me to see a pic of you?s2r?
 

moshquerade

No Lifer
Nov 1, 2001
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update: he didn't drop off the net, nothing bad happened to him. he is just ignoring me.

well fvck him. i am wearing my "i don't care" hat from now on.
 

Tremulant

Diamond Member
Jul 2, 2004
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Originally posted by: moshquerade
update: he didn't drop off the net, nothing bad happened to him. he is just ignoring me.

well fvck him. i am wearing my "i don't care" hat from now on.

:(

I knew this guy online and we talk and whatever. We were good friends, albeit online, and one day he said he'd be gone for about a month because his brother had setup AOL wrong and it was using a long distance phone number.. and they had gotten a $600 phone bill. So, that was about a year and a half ago. I have the feeling that he went into the military or started up at college.
 

alkemyst

No Lifer
Feb 13, 2001
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Originally posted by: moshquerade
i mean you've been communicating with this person for a few years and know quite a bit about him and *bam* he is gone.

so like... did he die?

quit your stalking ways....welcome to the caller id of the internet ;)

:beer:
 

moshquerade

No Lifer
Nov 1, 2001
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Originally posted by: alkemyst
Originally posted by: moshquerade
i mean you've been communicating with this person for a few years and know quite a bit about him and *bam* he is gone.

so like... did he die?

quit your stalking ways....welcome to the caller id of the internet ;)

:beer:
nah, i wouldn't call it stalking b/c stick a fork in me. i'm done.