Hello again. I was just having a discussion online about video games and online v real life friends.
Many people seem to say that video games is bad, or that being online a lot is bad, since it will isolate you from the true social experiences. But what are really the social experiences one should experience? If the "normal" social activity is decided upon what all the other people in the society is doing, isn't fairly safe to say that gaming and online interaction have in some way become a new way for people to communicate with everyone?
Yes, it might not have all the benefits to it as the real world, like the need for food, doctors and that occasional job. But nobody really ever spends that amount of time online or gaming, do they? And if they do, it certainly isn't the majority, or we would have had a society of agoraphobic gamers who's vocabulary mainly consisted of laughs sounding a lot like "lol" followed by a small intake of air, and a poor club life, since there would be no people who would dare to dance.
And then there is the trouble of getting new friends. We all know that friends you get online aren't real friends, right? We can't really see who we talk with, so anybody could be a potential pervert. But there are perverts in real life too, and they are even harder to spot. All you gotta do is know how to protect yourself from these people.
People online are just like people in real life! They all think, feel, and have opinions. You might even have a core group of online friends that you prefer to playing with because you think they are cooler to play with. In real life you hang with people because you think they are cool to hang out with. Only difference is that online you don't have to look good to be popular, since its mostly done with words and letters.
The internet can be a pretty big and spooky place, but if you know where to look, and how to behave, then it is an excellent place for exchanging opinions, ideas, theories, hobbies, passions, and all of this without the possible negative effects real life could have, such as nervousness (you don't stutter or sound bad when using a keyboard as long as you know how to spell), you don't have to consider your appearance might deter others opinion of you, and you don't have to worry about other nuisances like toilet, sweating, heat, cold, being sick and whatnot. You can even take a break mid-sentence in order to go grab something to drink and finish the rest later without any negative side effects! And my personal favorite: if you come to the internet to discuss, then you will not be affected by real life gender restrictions. Nobody will have a reason to be prejudice against you from being different, taller, thinner, different gender... These matters easily evaporate in the avalanche of words that is the internet.
And with this I will bid you good evening!
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