People You've Never Met

[moshquerade]

"People You've Never Met: If you have never met someone in person and had an actual conversation with them, you are not friends. This goes for your cyber crushes, email acquaintances, people who you admire, those you want to help further your career, and people you would someday like to meet but haven't gotten around to yet."

Do you agree? Basically this is saying anyone you have "met" online only cannot be considered a friend. When you actually meet and speak to this person in real life THEN you can call them a friend.

What are these people you may confide in, care about, give advice to, seek advice from, look forward to conversing with, etc., but have only had it happen online called then?

 

[shiner]

What about enemies? Can they still be my enemy if I've never met them in person?

 

[moshquerade]

What about enemies? Can they still be my enemy if I've never met them in person?

No, according to that, I think you have to actually meet and actually talk to them in order to be actual enemies.

 

[shiner]

Dammit!

 

[moshquerade]

Dammit!

you can have all the onlinemies you want though. it's a free for all. :ninja:

 

[mb]

What about frenemies?

 

[moshquerade]

What about frenemies?

well a frenemie would still have to be someone you've met and talked with. you are in a love/hate relationship with a person like that.

i guess we could call someone online that you consider a friend, but aren't allowed to use the "friend" word, a frienline, or something...

 

[Possessed Freak]

Do you agree? Basically this is saying anyone you have "met" online only cannot be considered a friend. When you actually meet and speak to this person in real life THEN you can call them a friend.

I know a few online people that I would absolutely consider friends. I know exactly one online person that I would consider to be an enemy... only because that person escalated a virtual problem into a real life one (I ran a gaming server on campus that he was not fond of as I took from his client base, he then called the campus every day for a week until I got knocked off line).

 

[ScoobMaster]

So I should drive a few miles to my northeast to meet you Mosh?

 

[lxskllr]

I completely disagree. That's the same kind of retarded thinking that says queers shouldn't be allowed to get married. It's been done x way for so long, it's the /only/ way....

 

[Beev]

Absolutely do not agree. I made a lot of friends when I played WoW. Some were closer than friends I had in my real life.

 

[moshquerade]

So I should drive a few miles to my northeast to meet you Mosh?

But aren't you on that "list" so you can't cross the border? :awe:

 

[ScoobMaster]

But aren't you on that "list" so you can't cross the border? :awe:

Jeez, I sure hope I am not on ANY list. LOL

Border? What, I can't cross county lines? Or did you become Canadian sometime in the recent past?

 

[moshquerade]

Jeez, I sure hope I am not on ANY list. LOL

Border? What, I can't cross county lines? Or did you become Canadian sometime in the recent past?

I thought you hailed from the great white north... or maybe I mixed you with Skoorb. :awe:

 

[dug777]

I don't consider that I've online 'enemies', but I certainly consider that I have some real friends that I've never met outside of AT/MSN/email

 

[slayer202]

I've never met you, but I dislike you. I don't see any reason why I can't realize that I do like other people

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Disagree. Have an online friend that I never met except on two occasions. His wedding, and the birth of his child. I would say we are pretty good friends.

 

[ScoobMaster]

I thought you hailed from the great white north... or maybe I mixed you with Skoorb. :awe:

No, see you are confused.

I am a native of the Southern-Tier of NY. Skoorb is a FORMER Canadian.
All three of us are in NY State

but then again, none of us have ever "met"

 

[rudder]

So it is over between us?

 

[AMDZen]

Obviously we need context, and as always you have quoted something without providing any.

Sounds like something an out of touch, "get off my lawn" old man was quoted as saying on his son's blog

 

[moshquerade]

Obviously we need context, and as always you have quoted something without providing any.

Sounds like something an out of touch, "get off my lawn" old man was quoted as saying on his son's blog

I didn't provide any what?

You want a link, here. I usually provide the link 99% of the time, but slipped this time. Here you go: http://gawker.com/5691674/eight-suggestions-on-which-facebook-friends-to-cut-first?skyline=true&s=i

 

[moshquerade]

I've never met you, but I dislike you. I don't see any reason why I can't realize that I do like other people

I am not losing any sleep over this, just so you know.

 

[AMDZen]

I didn't provide any what?

You want a link, here. I usually provide the link 99% of the time, but slipped this time. Here you go: http://gawker.com/5691674/eight-suggestions-on-which-facebook-friends-to-cut-first?skyline=true&s=i

Yes now that I have context and its talking about Bookface, I wholeheartedly agree with the OP. The article as a whole explains a lot of whats wrong with social networking and all the idiots that take it so seriously. So many now that have no life outside of it, such a waste.

Also need link in Best buy thread

 

[zokudu]

I went to a guy's wedding who I had met online. I have also been to a funeral for an online friend and met with and eventually dated a girl I had met through Counter Strike. I disagree with this assumption.

 

[moshquerade]

Yes now that I have context and its talking about Bookface, I wholeheartedly agree with the OP. The article as a whole explains a lot of whats wrong with social networking and all the idiots that take it so seriously. So many now that have no life outside of it, such a waste.

Also need link in Best buy thread

Linked and responded. I don't think either link did anything but satisfy you for calling me on it.