Just a feeling.

Is it just me, or does anybody else feel like this?:confused
Even though most of us have never been face-face, do you feel like you could get along if you did,despite the kidding and ribbing we take from one another?That it just makes for a better bonding?
I know I feel that way about quite a few here.:wave:wave
They probably know who they are.
(And 'trucks, you too are on the list.)

 

Well once in a blue moon some people on here Meet up... How you think Star and Abby got together?

 

Star and Abby!? Who da thunk! That is so cool. I'm with you Hrlow on the "better bonding" part. I have told so many people about this place and that one reason that I like it here is that no matter what is said to whom. the majority of us here still have a civil tongue with each other in the end and after the fact. Yes, I believe it does make for a better bond as you pretty much know some of , (or at least what they want to know) of that person when you meet them. Therefore you don't worry about meeting a total stranger as they are not a stranger at all just their face (unless you've seen their pic some where)

 

I only rib folks that I've known for a bit and that I like. Ya'll know who you are.:-D

 

I have several real-life friends who started as online friends either here or at other sites. Some I've met once or twice, some I make a point of visiting annually if not more often. I've never met anyone in person and been disappointed or didn't get along with them. Shoot...G.T. let me spend the weekend in his spare bedroom, stocked the house with beer he knew I liked, AND took me to Graceland...not to mention he was in general a great guy I'm glad I got to know.

I think after a while, it becomes obvious who you'd get along with in the non-virtual world. And contrary to popular alarmist opinion, that's not a creepy scary thing.

 

Jerk :-D

 

Why thank you Rikky! I'll return the sentiment.:-D

 

Send it COD.:-D:-D:-D

 

Do I detect the definition of the title to be changing here from "just" to "personal"LOL

 

Nope. Instigating.rolleyes

 

Hey H you just maybe right, the times i've seen some people in the street and thought that i wouldn't like them is sometimes a bit unjust, because a lot of people take people on face value, but then upon meeting them, find that they're not bad people at all, and thats how it is on here you don't judge people you just have a good old chin wag and get along, and i suppose if you have the chance to meet in person is a real bonus !

 

That's called "Judging a book by it's cover" and unfortunately there are those out there that still do this.

 

A lot more than you think BT ! Unfortunately !

 

You both got that right.

 

I would have to say, sure. I like the fun and the ribbing..:-D It really is nice to not be so serious all the time, and kinda relax. Hrlow2, Rusty and BT, you all have some very valid points there...

I do think of it as bonding, in a way, hrlow. I am sure I could get along with most here, and whether I met them or not, I would know them from the inside out. :grouphug Really is nice to converse with folks here.

 

My soon to be was once just a yahoo messenger screenname afew years ago and we fell apart and one day i get a IM from her and then a call the same night and now we are living together have our own place and gonna get married one day

 

I think y'all loons!

I'd love to meet up (bump into) you guys one day , though meeting Rikky might be a challenge. rolleyes :-D

 

Welcome to Loonyville,Papa.:-D

 

Thanks! :wave I think. :confused

Congrats! NJ, By The Way!

 

Muahahahaha!!!! roflmao http://bestsmileys.com/evil/4.gif A challenge? Perhaps. I'd like to meet him though with a bodyguard at my side.:-D I've always enjoyed talking to Rikky, it's refreshing really. It's like jazz music, he can't stand it and I love it.:-D:wave

Oops, sorry man, I forgot you're not here ATM.

 

I meant distance wise, silly!

You Canadians truly are a strange breed! You and your "loonies" :-D

 

I agree, Augie!:-D roflmao roflmao roflmao

 

HEY HEY HEY Watch it there. :madOr I'll have to call in the new chief around here.:major:-D

I think I will, HEY LAURAR where are you?:-D:-D:-D

 

I hear ya, I hear ya.....I'll be good......

 

Ya, OK but watch out for the twonies! 21st Century Schizoid Canadians!:-D

 

The only two I've met from here. I work for him and am best friends with her

 

Well, since I'm in a land far, far away from most of y'all, I 'prolly won't get to meet most you in person. Yes, there are a few that I know very well and they know me pretty well also. Hey, at least I know of quite a few folks I can look up in person when I start travelling again. ...So be afraid! - LoL!

Like Laura said, sometimes just residing in cyberspace and nothing more is preferable, too.

 

I think there is one person on MG's I would definitely not get along with - not saying :-D

Cheers..

 

There are a few here that it would be good to sit down to dinner with and see who is first to say PC.
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With the diversity of opinions here it could make for an interesting evening.
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Hahahaha Bill, that is the absolute truth!:-D:cool

 

Anything but boring.

 

Funny thing is, I can almost guarantee that there are several of us that do that now.Have dinner at the pc and chat with everyone while doing so.I'm one on occasionrolleyes.

 

Hey, wouldn't it be fun tho? Just think about it for just a moment! :-D

I wonder who would be the first to say something... Heck, we all are here,
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when we really want to http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-computer011.gif

Yes, Bill, I think it would be very interesting!

 

Now I haven't been on here in a while and decided to come back and help people again, but I do feel as though I'd get a long with most on here... but that's just me.

 

But the purpose of a book's cover is to advertise and sell the contents, is it not?

 

What? You never heard of false advertising?

 

Yes it is the purpose but how many books out there are really saying inside what the cover says outside? As hrlow said. false advertising.

 

Most of the ones I own actually do.

Personally, I would rather assess a book on the cover art than assume the artist was lying to me.

 

Well, Psychologists say that we judge people primarily by the first 5-15 seconds of contact, when meeting them in person. The 'cover', (appearance, speech, demeanour) are about all we have to go on initially, so there's not a lot of choice, at least at first.
It’s the same on-line, except we don’t have to worry about appearance, at least not until they post a pic. of themselves.

 

In a sense we do... we have other attributes that substitute for the physical appearance. The avatars and signatures we've chosen, our posting style, both vocabulary, how formal or informal we are, and the way we use punctuation and grammar, all of that combines into the first impression we make online.

That's by the way one of the reasons I want to be able to format my signature and use more than two lines here. I want to be able to edit the cover art.

 

I'm posting after reading only the first page of this thread. I'd have to say that meeting someone online is much easier than meeting someone on the street. I come to this site daily, and it takes nothing for me to open a thread (existing or new) and throw myself into the conversation. The threads here are meant to be open discussions, thus there's no hesitation for anyone to come in and join. It'd be a different story if you walked up to a crowd of people who were standing around talking (that you'd never met) and just started adding your thoughts. Some groups may like it, others may think you fell off the looney train.

I've met a handful of people from the online world in person, and most of the time it was fantastic. I did meet one liar, but she got hers. Moving on.

There are a lot of immediate perceptions that we make as soon as we lay eyes on someone, though unfortunate. Online, all we have to go on are the thoughts and emotions that the others are willing to share. It makes for a more secure feeling.

I like to talk to anyone, and I'm not afraid to rub shoulders in a discussion for something I believe in, with friend or otherwise. I also have come to realize that a lot of times, it's more sensible to walk away from a disagreement with a friend, than it is to fight to the death.

Everyone here is awesome, all the normal posters are great. At times, this site is more like moral support than tech support. LOL

 

May be it's better that we do not see everybody thereby forming an impression from their demeanor on the forum.
We are not all beautiful to look at but maybe pass muster on the keyboard.

PS Mimsy why do i need a life just because i can read it.

 

That's the beauty of the internet, you can be whoever you want.

Having a life is highly over-rated. Just have fun with whatever it is you want to do instead.

 

bel'la dos ssin'urn jallil http://bestsmileys.com/kissing1/1.gif

 

That's a first, people usually don't bother finding a translator for it... LOL

Lu dos ph'al'doer. Of course.

 

Who here would want to meet little ol me? a show of hands? i would really like to know so i can know what threw people off and maybe make another friend.

 

Honestly I think a Northeast MajorGeek meet is long overdue :major