trapped in a box
Perhaps when I started out on the net, I was just a young naive thing. I would say that i was.
I look back and i think of the people that have chatted to me online and i think, shite, there's a lot of interesting people from all around the world. It sounds like a trite comment to make, but it seems to be the only way i know how to say it!
Whether or not I believe what they tell me is another thing. Some of them were publishers, one was a well established author, a snake breeder, a few rough and tumble bikies, musicians ... i met one person whom i sure was compulsive liar and apparently was a masseus in france massaging well to do ladies and models. What fascinated me most was the vast array of people i've met, and the kind of communication you can have...whether you believe them or not is another thing too. I think that the net can actually be an interesting learning experience.
Nowadays, the image of the chatroom as a community has gone a little bit awry. They're so pumped full of sex ads, and indian telemarketers you're not sure what's what. (Not that you did in the beginning to start with!)
The illusion is broken into by commercialism. I guess it had to happen. It's not a straight line though. Without the popularity and blooming commercialization of the net, people would not be able to accept it so readily as they do now. One does not come without the other. I can't say i dislike the state of it, because i think that without the popularity of it, people would think i'm star raving mad to say the internet is a great way to communicate to someone in the UK.
Some of the best working relationships work over the internet. I'm not talking about 'i love you', although i think that probably has and will work out for some people. Can you fall in love with words? With the idea of someone? That's an age old question. I think you can. What's love anyway? Since when was it something tangible? Does a ring signify the person's measure of love for another?
I'm not saying that i approve, but hey whatever goes for you!
I look back and i think of the people that have chatted to me online and i think, shite, there's a lot of interesting people from all around the world. It sounds like a trite comment to make, but it seems to be the only way i know how to say it!
Whether or not I believe what they tell me is another thing. Some of them were publishers, one was a well established author, a snake breeder, a few rough and tumble bikies, musicians ... i met one person whom i sure was compulsive liar and apparently was a masseus in france massaging well to do ladies and models. What fascinated me most was the vast array of people i've met, and the kind of communication you can have...whether you believe them or not is another thing too. I think that the net can actually be an interesting learning experience.
Nowadays, the image of the chatroom as a community has gone a little bit awry. They're so pumped full of sex ads, and indian telemarketers you're not sure what's what. (Not that you did in the beginning to start with!)
The illusion is broken into by commercialism. I guess it had to happen. It's not a straight line though. Without the popularity and blooming commercialization of the net, people would not be able to accept it so readily as they do now. One does not come without the other. I can't say i dislike the state of it, because i think that without the popularity of it, people would think i'm star raving mad to say the internet is a great way to communicate to someone in the UK.
Some of the best working relationships work over the internet. I'm not talking about 'i love you', although i think that probably has and will work out for some people. Can you fall in love with words? With the idea of someone? That's an age old question. I think you can. What's love anyway? Since when was it something tangible? Does a ring signify the person's measure of love for another?
I'm not saying that i approve, but hey whatever goes for you!
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