Now "e-dating" is definately not as good an idea!
― Jonathan Williams (ex machina), Wednesday, 4 December 2002 22:02 (twenty-two years ago)
― Melissa W (Melissa W), Wednesday, 4 December 2002 22:03 (twenty-two years ago)
*hug*
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 4 December 2002 22:05 (twenty-two years ago)
I feel that I'm making some friends through ILE, gradually, so certainly classic.
And there is nothing wrong with internet dating! I've had some great times from that, but I've talked plenty about that here before, so I won't go on about it again on this thread.
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 4 December 2002 22:27 (twenty-two years ago)
― gareth (gareth), Wednesday, 4 December 2002 22:39 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 4 December 2002 22:40 (twenty-two years ago)
― jones (actual), Wednesday, 4 December 2002 22:57 (twenty-two years ago)
― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 4 December 2002 23:01 (twenty-two years ago)
The thing about the internet is, when you're online, you're not you; you're only what you want to reveal of yourself. So you're not fat, thin, tall, short, ugly or pretty; you don't even have to reveal your ethnicity or gender until you feel comfortable doing so. It's a blank page, without all the prejudices that we all carry around- at its most extreme, on the internet you are nothing but your own ideas, opinions, viewpoints and experience. It's a wonderful feeling, and from my experience the deepest friendships that I've had have been net friendships, because you really can't hold any of those small talk relationships that can go on for years in real life; you have to talk about interesting stuff, or people just stop IMing you. As a result, in recent years when I've actually *met* ppl I've known through the internet, it feels like I know them much, much better than any of my real life friends!
(sorry if this sounded horribly pretentious)
― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Wednesday, 4 December 2002 23:09 (twenty-two years ago)
― donna (donna), Wednesday, 4 December 2002 23:19 (twenty-two years ago)
Dan is a fan of old Arsenal manager Bertie Mee?
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 4 December 2002 23:34 (twenty-two years ago)
― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 4 December 2002 23:46 (twenty-two years ago)
― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 4 December 2002 23:54 (twenty-two years ago)
― Kim (Kim), Thursday, 5 December 2002 01:21 (twenty-two years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 5 December 2002 01:26 (twenty-two years ago)
my downfall! curses!! i'm not sure if i like any interesting stuff :-(
― ron (ron), Thursday, 5 December 2002 02:26 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 5 December 2002 02:52 (twenty-two years ago)
(hm, probably better off explaining what i'm really thinking instead of making a jokey, oblique comment, thanks ally)
― ron (ron), Thursday, 5 December 2002 03:29 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 5 December 2002 03:38 (twenty-two years ago)
haha ok i get it now, more b..... m... speculations! d'oh!
― ron (ron), Thursday, 5 December 2002 03:44 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 5 December 2002 03:49 (twenty-two years ago)
can you maybe sometimes call me beezy muncheezy instead
― ron (ron), Thursday, 5 December 2002 04:31 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 5 December 2002 05:15 (twenty-two years ago)
― Jen (nstop), Thursday, 5 December 2002 06:02 (twenty-two years ago)
― ron (ron), Thursday, 5 December 2002 06:29 (twenty-two years ago)