tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2067029258023615701.post5707618940327898968..comments2023-10-30T01:02:44.056-07:00Comments on Stacy's Cafe: 7 ReasonsStacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03365582623380288038noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2067029258023615701.post-42411260910354003622009-02-09T18:40:00.000-08:002009-02-09T18:40:00.000-08:00Exactly, Robin. You said that a lot better than I ...Exactly, Robin. You said that a lot better than I could.<BR/><BR/><I>He lost a certain amount of credibility for me by mailing a dead rat to a friend over a text misunderstanding. That's nasty. </I><BR/><BR/>Yeah, that was mean. Really mean.Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03365582623380288038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2067029258023615701.post-29880411730001163412009-02-09T16:41:00.000-08:002009-02-09T16:41:00.000-08:00I really, really like you guys that I've met on ou...I really, really like you guys that I've met on our communal-love-of-reading blogs, and I know it's real because I get together on the phone and at lunch with Chris quite a bit - the very first time we got together for lunch, about a year and a half ago, it was like we'd known each other for years. Very cool.<BR/><BR/>But that may be because I don't expect the internet to do more than it can do - I still expect to use my own mind to decide who I wanna hang out with - on or off the blogs. And I work and have children and a boatload of stuff going on every day in non-blogland, like you all do. I think that's another huge difference.<BR/><BR/>I think the author of that article did have a point - but only with the kinds of people who use the internet to be THE world they inhabit, rather than a wonderful part of their already ongoing lives.Robin B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11471528485010071521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2067029258023615701.post-24593104076150811782009-02-09T03:57:00.000-08:002009-02-09T03:57:00.000-08:00I think for me it boils down to my spending too mu...I think for me it boils down to my spending too much time online. I sometimes think my real-life interpersonal skills have suffered as a result, because I don't have the luxury of editing myself. But like I said, I do think I've formed valuable friendships online. Especially other writers. So I think the online thing is both good and bad.<BR/><BR/>In other news, my school money finally came.Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03365582623380288038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2067029258023615701.post-51206848696804084302009-02-09T03:18:00.000-08:002009-02-09T03:18:00.000-08:00I didn't read it all but I tend not to agree. He l...I didn't read it all but I tend not to agree. <BR/><BR/>He lost a certain amount of credibility for me by mailing a dead rat to a friend over a text misunderstanding. That's nasty. <BR/><BR/>I used to love meeting people but now that I'm ill the Internet is a very good second best. On days when I feel really crappy it's better than face to face because it's less tiring.<BR/><BR/>I still chat to strangers at every opportunity though. A guy I was talking to in the shopping centre the other day smelt of booze but he was sober at the time. (shrugs shoulders)fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2067029258023615701.post-58177679700063682972009-02-09T02:34:00.000-08:002009-02-09T02:34:00.000-08:00Yeah, I agree. I think the guy overstated his poin...Yeah, I agree. I think the guy overstated his point at times, but he does have one.<BR/><BR/>What's interesting is that I have never seen - and probably never will see - my closest friend in person. Kind of fascinating in a way, when one thinks of it.Beviehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04285435228657659873noreply@blogger.com