It's certainly odd. It's a mask.
I have much less trouble interacting with people online. Offline you'd have to practically torture me to get me to talk. Other times I won't shut up.
Online, however, I speak as much as I feel I need to speak.
The great thing, imo, with forums is that I get some time to think of a response and it wouldn't be weird. Heck, I can go take a shit as I'm typing a response and you'd be none the wiser that I just stopped in the middle of writing a word and went to take said shit. You wouldn't be insulted because you wouldn't know that.
Another thing that I like about the online world is women. It's not the porn women I'm talking about (hell, they'd probably call cops on me for existing in their general vicinity), it's regular women. For whatever reason, I'm afraid of women. I can approach women online, I can speak with them and not feel scared.
Some time ago I met up with another member who happened to be a woman. I was scared as fuck of her. She didn't do anything threatening, mind you. We agreed on a location, I showed up a little late because the cabbie was a bit of an arse, but within the normal area of being slightly late for an offline meeting with a person I previously spoke with exclusively online.
The only thing I could think of "Fuck! A woman! Act normal! What the hell is 'normal' anyway? Just act human, you bastard! FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK!!!"
The "date" was far more awkward than you imagine.
Hell, offline I'd be scared of YOU. I mean, since you're older, and thus give have less fucks to give, you (possibly) wouldn't think that approaching a random person to talk about stuff is scary. From my perspective, a gentleman twice my age (no offense) has approached me and is talking to me for whatever reason. We even have a thing in common. Sort of. Even if we had SS conventions, I'd be weirded out because we have so little in common (probably. I don't know) there's practically no reason for you to even feign interest in speaking with me.
Online I can pm you and you would even answer. Maybe. Maybe we even do have a lot in common. The internet makes opening up easier because there's an anonymity mask. I can picture you being closer, more similar to myself, and be less afraid of you. Why I would be afraid of you? I don't even know.
If you were to ask me this question offline, I certainly wouldn't spend these twenty or so minutes producing an answer, I'd choke, mumble something, and hope that it's enough to satisfy you.
As for relationships, that's certainly possible. Tinder and OkCupid are good examples. OK, so one seems to be almost solely a meet-to-fuck app. The latter, though, is a bit more serious and can lead to a relationship with somebody in, say, London, while you're from Israel, like me. Maybe it would even evolve into something more serious.
TLDR: The internet is doing good for the world in terms of expanding the range of conversation and dating... for the most part...
There are some wrinkles to smooth out, though, certainly.
It's certainly odd. It's a mask.
I have much less trouble interacting with people online. Offline you'd have to practically torture me to get me to talk. Other times I won't shut up.
Online, however, I speak as much as I feel I need to speak.
The great thing, imo, with forums is that I get some time to think of a response and it wouldn't be weird. Heck, I can go take a shit as I'm typing a response and you'd be none the wiser that I just stopped in the middle of writing a word and went to take said shit. You wouldn't be insulted because you wouldn't know that.
Another thing that I like about the online world is women. It's not the porn women I'm talking about (hell, they'd probably call cops on me for existing in their general vicinity), it's regular women. For whatever reason, I'm afraid of women. I can approach women online, I can speak with them and not feel scared.
Some time ago I met up with another member who happened to be a woman. I was scared as fuck of her. She didn't do anything threatening, mind you. We agreed on a location, I showed up a little late because the cabbie was a bit of an arse, but within the normal area of being slightly late for an offline meeting with a person I previously spoke with exclusively online.
The only thing I could think of "Fuck! A woman! Act normal! What the hell is 'normal' anyway? Just act human, you bastard! FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK!!!"
The "date" was far more awkward than you imagine.
Hell, offline I'd be scared of YOU. I mean, since you're older, and thus give have less fucks to give, you (possibly) wouldn't think that approaching a random person to talk about stuff is scary. From my perspective, a gentleman twice my age (no offense) has approached me and is talking to me for whatever reason. We even have a thing in common. Sort of. Even if we had SS conventions, I'd be weirded out because we have so little in common (probably. I don't know) there's practically no reason for you to even feign interest in speaking with me.
Online I can pm you and you would even answer. Maybe. Maybe we even do have a lot in common. The internet makes opening up easier because there's an anonymity mask. I can picture you being closer, more similar to myself, and be less afraid of you. Why I would be afraid of you? I don't even know.
If you were to ask me this question offline, I certainly wouldn't spend these twenty or so minutes producing an answer, I'd choke, mumble something, and hope that it's enough to satisfy you.
As for relationships, that's certainly possible. Tinder and OkCupid are good examples. OK, so one seems to be almost solely a meet-to-fuck app. The latter, though, is a bit more serious and can lead to a relationship with somebody in, say, London, while you're from Israel, like me. Maybe it would even evolve into something more serious.
TLDR: The internet is doing good for the world in terms of expanding the range of conversation and dating... for the most part...
There are some wrinkles to smooth out, though, certainly.