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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (49100)	6/4/2002 8:16:59 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

I think for many people the internet is qualitatively different than 3d. It is (imo) like those weird accelerated friendships you strike up with total strangers in airports, when you are stuck in one overnight. It is an odd hothouse sort of relationship that doesn't have the normal periods of testing and growth. I think we've all met people who we liked, and knew for many months- and then one day they said something that completely turned us off. In that sense I guess the net is more efficient- you tend to get front loading of that very internal personal stuff you don't get in 3d. But on the other hand the emotional/social/economic compatibility of people on the net isn't apparently obvious- because it isn't tested at all. What you get are people who think the same about things "liking" each other (because they agree about something)- but these people wouldn't necessarily "like" each other in 3d- because of other factors. I agree with you about the "true friends". They are nice to have, and rare, and require a great deal of time to discern, and like any good relationship, require effort to keep.