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Re: Keeping things in perspective
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 27 Mar 2001 02:21:47 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Todd Lehman writes:
> Look at it this way: If someone you've known only
> from online for years suddenly ups stakes and leaves the hobby -- and you
> never see or hear from them again online -- it is essentially as if they've
> died.
I see what you're saying, dude. I know that the connections people make
often vary. If the connection to a friend is based solely on the one
activity you share then I say it is a shallow friendship (not saying that
the people are low or shallow). I'm just saying that the friendship exists
on the surface. On the other hand, if you do a variety of things with a
friend and share more time together, then that is a much deeper friendship.
So, if a friendship withers after someone loses interest in the hobby they
once shared, I'd say they was less of a friend and more of an acquaintance.
You and me are "friendly" but not quite friends. Friendship happens after
one of us loans the other $50 bucks...heh heh. ;^)
Dan
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) There is some truth to this, but if one loses the major connection with a friend, it is often easy for that friendship to drift away. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but it is still somewhat sad. I for one regret that almost all of the (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I agree. Todd is being a little morbid. I have a lot of good friends I have lost touch with (esp during my student days), I do not think of any of them as being "dead". Further, whilst I know a great deal of people online few of them really (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Ahh, yes, and it is! Look at it this way: If someone you've known only from online for years suddenly ups stakes and leaves the hobby -- and you never see or hear from them again online -- it is essentially as if they've died. If they *had* (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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