Slashdot Mirror
Don't Dismiss Online Relationships As Fantasy
Columnist Regina Lynn has a look at how online relationships seem to be blurring the lines between fantasy and reality. "The common thread among these stories is that people get deeply involved in online relationships and make decisions about their real lives. Calling any of these online relationships 'fantasy' dismisses the impact they have on the people involved and on those closest to them... I have yet to encounter anything that challenges my core belief: Relationships are real wherever they form."
You're a sucker. Your relationship is not fine. You are being used.
Seriously, if she's not "ready" after 7 months, what makes you think she'll ever be?
Give me Classic Slashdot or give me death!
mainly because i know i couldn't get away that kind of behavior in the real world. my personality online and off are night and day. here i am loud angry and rude. in real life i am quite pleasant. for me, the internet represents catharsis: a mental taking out the trash that leaves me capable of not blowing my stack in the real world
in other words, my personality here is not only completely unlike my personality in real life, my personality here allows me to be someone else in real life. and i completely understand the boundaries
in other words, your understanding of human psychology is simplistic and incomplete. people's "true personality" is not revealed on the web, it merely is another side to their persona, and how it intereacts with their real life persona can assume many different shapes
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
WTF kind of question is this? I don't know... Is my love for the robot butler who changes monkey diapers aboard the SS Assmaster real? WTF is real anyway? I think if you're even vaguely sentient this is an absurd question.
BTW if you fap to it - it's real!