Friendship Outside of the BBS

[Adm_Hawthorne]

^ I don't get that either. I am the same here as I am in "Real Life" so why not be friends outside of the message board. What you see is what you get in my case.

I, apparently, get color lessons.

Actually I was really flirting with your friend. Your boobs just happened to get in the way. *big squishy hug*

Three words for you regarding my friend...

The.Queen.Complex.

That being said, I'd love to meet a lot of you guys on the board, but I find there aren't that many of you actually in the State of Texas near where I live.

 

[AstroSmurf]

^ Understood. I am walking... no running in the other direction as I type this.

 

[Canadave]

Yeah, I feel the same way. I don't talk to people online just so I can have a bunch of "Internet friends." They are all potential real-life friends, as far as I'm concerned.

Me too!

Thirded. In spite of having never met an BBS'ers, I have made some fantastic friends through the internet. Hell, my girlfriend I first met through another board!

I've also made a ton of friends, many local, from Twitter. I honestly don't understand people who keep their online life compartmentalized. You're missing out on great opportunities to meet new people.

 

[Mr Awe]

For me, real life and BBS life are totally separate.

See, I never understood this logic. I've always treated this board like we're just a bunch of people sitting in a large room. I assume everyone here is a person and treat them as such.

Sure, online and real life are different, but I give everyone the benefit of being a person and not words on the internet until they give me a reason to prove otherwise.

Yeah, well, I'm sure you know that's not what I meant. We were talking about meeting outside the BBS. My comment was simply that I wouldn't have the time. Nothing to do with whether they're real people or just words. Of course we're all people.

Mr Awe

 

[ITL]

It'd be cool to go to a meet-up (Tends to be in London over here), but that means I'd actually have to get myself together and organized first. And there's not much chance of that! Plus, lazy. Which is what I am.

 

[Lindley]

Of course we're all people.

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[F. King Daniel]

A few of the people here at TBBS come across more like AI constructs than people.

A few others are probably all the same person.

Some I would very much like to meet my fist




Seriously, I see "internet people" and "real people" as seperate things. I guess it's the anonymity - without ever looking someone in the eyes you don't really know them. They could be anything, and everything they say could be a lie. That's true IRL too, but on the internet it's easier - pictures they post may not be them, stories can be fabricated etc.

I do like a few people here, and hope you all are who you claim to be (or in some cases, wish to be) and I enjoy chatting with you all about things that would get blank looks/running away screaming IRL. TBBS rules!

(Trust issues? Me? Naaah)

 

[Adm_Hawthorne]

Yes, AstroSmurf and I are actually the same person.

 

[tomalak301]

I wonder if I feel the same way you do KingDaniel. I mean if you read some of the criticisms here that people make, I sometimes wonder if it's just people getting "in character" here because you don't know what their normal personalities are like. It's just a name on a board who probably has a ego-sized reputation and that's what other names on this board expect. Because of the anonymity, people seem to be more open around here but openness on a board doesn't necessarily mean openness in personality.

 

[JonathonWally]

Now, the question is, when a poster here is a regular at big meet-ups, do you trust them more than a poster who doesn't go to meet-ups?

Or are some people ultra paranoid is just consider all those meet-up goers are in on the vast conspiracy?

First part's serious, second part, less so.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

I have met a lot of people on here IRL, at meet ups and whatnot and am friends with several of them. I talk to some people everyday and consider them to be great friends. I am actually a tad shy IRL so this place lets me be myself, or at least, the person i would want to be, by being so open.

 

[JonathonWally]

I am actually a tad shy IRL so this place lets me be myself,

You mean you don't open every conversation in real like like how you IM me?

 

[tomalak301]

Now, the question is, when a poster here is a regular at big meet-ups, do you trust them more than a poster who doesn't go to meet-ups?

Trust has to be earned does it not? If I went to a meet-up, I wouldn't bet on people trusting me, or at least not at first. The feelings would be mutual.

 

[sidious618]

I view people on here the same way that I view people in real life: with utter disdain and contempt!

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

I am actually a tad shy IRL so this place lets me be myself,

You mean you don't open every conversation in real like like how you IM me?

Well you're special.

 

[JonathonWally]

I am actually a tad shy IRL so this place lets me be myself,

You mean you don't open every conversation in real like like how you IM me?

Well you're special.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

005 has his harem, you have your stalkers.

 

[Maestro]

I've met entirely too many people from this place in real life, and I'm fortunate enough to call a few of them real friends. I used to regularly meet with Top41, jkladis, Raoul the Red Shirt and AlphaMan (when we all lived in the Chicago area), I've also encountered mrcoaster, The Leafman, Spock's_Beard, Jenna, PKTrekGirl, AstroDee, TV's Frank, Misfit_Toy, Maestro (oh, did we ever have encounters when we lived near one another ), and, of course, I was at Spaceman Spiff's wedding.

(We hugged. It was manly.)

I can drink. So what? I'm a mutt of German, English, Scot, and Belgian. What were you expecting?

 

[JonathonWally]

005 has his harem, you have your stalkers.

Did you hear me complaining?

 

[Timby]

I've met entirely too many people from this place in real life, and I'm fortunate enough to call a few of them real friends. I used to regularly meet with Top41, jkladis, Raoul the Red Shirt and AlphaMan (when we all lived in the Chicago area), I've also encountered mrcoaster, The Leafman, Spock's_Beard, Jenna, PKTrekGirl, AstroDee, TV's Frank, Misfit_Toy, Maestro (oh, did we ever have encounters when we lived near one another ), and, of course, I was at Spaceman Spiff's wedding.

(We hugged. It was manly.)

I can drink. So what? I'm a mutt of German, English, Scot, and Belgian. What were you expecting?

Nothing less than the best.