FAUX ADULTS

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what the internet created that never existed before was a culture that did not deal "face to face". no longer was an actual meeting needed to interact with others. And as it grew you could communicate with millions of people and never have to actual hear them OR see them in person. Dating was the obvious winner in all of this and I think the internet for all of its criticism has been a huge positive for dating throughout the world. many people who never had the social skills to meet people in public, now can meet many people online. they make friends, have real emotional relationships, and some find off line mates because of this new ability to meet/learn/get to know people without ever having to walk up to them and say "hi".
But as positive as that is, there also was obviously a negative side that is being discussed in this thread, and happens all over the net every day. This lack of actual interaction also created the ability to put on a fake persona (whether tougher, or cooler, or completely different then the person actual was). With no fear of ever being proven as anything other then what you "say you are" people could pretend all day long.
What I have found is that eventually you have to be "real" or everything is make-believe. Eventually if you ever want to get up off your couch and interact with an actual human you are going to have to be honest and show your true self or be exposed as a fraud.