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[cjad100]

What a miserable world we live in. An alien reading these journals would wonder why many of the authors hadn't slit their wrists a long time ago. Perhaps it is in fact because of LJs that we are able to deal with such hard situations, share our thoughts and feelings with others. Thats the popular view. But on the other hand... aren't we just stuck

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Well, smile...

[beth_ers]

...if you ARE talking about me, it's quite totally OK. Actually, you might have just reproduced, almost hmm...well not verbatim, but in far more elegantly written fashion a private entry I wrote around four months ago called: Dear Internet Person(ae), What do you think of me? I observed much of what you said here, but marked it private for fear it would upset a lot of people.

Anyhow, you are ignoring the fact, I think, that far too many of us have far too much of our lives online here. Really. I'm more guilty than anyone lately, mostly due to loneliness, etc., but it's a fact I hope to change. Where your journal doesn't describe me, though, is that I usually don't get upset when others dislike me and/or gossip about me unless it is someone I've known a long time and considered a friend.

And I do have those, even in this ephemeral world of mostly text and words that are constantly scrolling away. You can find kindred souls even among ... well that, right? Right :)

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[skorpeyongirl]

I agreewith Beth_ers. Many times, particularly with me, I spend WAY too much time online due to the fact that I don't have a lot of people in my life that I spend a lot of time with. However, my relationships with people online is far different from those in my day-to-day life. I don't care if online people gossip about me. It's going to happen. I don't really care what they say. To me, they are not people who see me everyday. They don't know me like the people in my life do. I think they can't make decent judgements on personality about me, because i am so different

[conscience]

aha! Very good post, something I have thought quite a few times, without having the right words to express.

I have known far too many people who take the online word as gospel. I mean...yeah, we all have our vices and bad moments, we want to be recognized for who we are, unconditionally....BUT!

There are times nd places for such things. I know I am guilty of saying "I suck", and getting off on the scores of people who say..."No you don't!"...and...I am one of the people who KNOW I say more here (lj), anonymously for the most part, than I do in "real life"...

And as many friendships as I have one here, my days as a "chat addict" on yahell and Comouserve (hush!) have taught me well....

Life is life.
A lot more things get said on the 'net than do in real life, and that is for good reason...

Myself, I am an introvert in RL (real life). Online, I play the extrovert. Which is "real"? *shrug* I have no clue. But...well....yeah.

I have SO just lost the train of thought, 'cuz my cat meowed at me. Whatta waste of space, eh?
*grin*

[jocosa]

Yeah.. what she said! *grin*

Well said. *hugs* (To him and to you)

very funny

[pipsqk]

I like your outlook on this, it makes a very good point!

[cjad100]

Holy cow, I really went to town on this :) Oops.