i really, really dont get the whole 'meeting up with people you met on the internet' thing. i know someone who met their boyfriend and whole social network via a popular hotness ratings website. their entire relationship basically translates as an older guy using a barely legal girl for sexual purposes and not much else. it's all so horrible and seedy.
i just think that the internet provides a means to alter and adapt how people are perceived by others, and allows people to indulge in behaviours they wouldn't exhibit 'in real life', because of the relative lack of repercussions involved. i personally just can't trust the idea of 'knowing' someone who you've only spoken to online or read their livejournal or their myspace etc etc but never met face to face several times. i'll never understand. never! gaah.
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