guys, srsly? guys!!!
I normally don't like to post about any drama, irl or internets on my journal, I try to keep it happy, as a recording of things that I can come back to at a later time. But considering that this silly, overreacted drama is being shoved in everyone's face once we sign on, and this is my journal, I want to make a post about it. Excuse the following if you don't care/don't know what I'm talking about
Believe it or not, I hold regard for many of the people that I've met online. Whether I like you or dislike you, I recognize that you are after all, human beings. Human beings that hold true emotions like everyone else, online or off. The people you/we've all met on here have supported you or helped you grow (whether through good or bad experiences) in every stage of life thus far. There is no need whatsoever to come online and debunk anybody who is still on here more often than any other person is. Just because some people have stepped away from the monitor, it does not mean that it is no longer a part of you. Anyone can get a job, anyone can go to college, anyone can become financially and emotionally responsible-- this does not mean that anyone is better than anyone else. I know plenty of people who still are online often, and I still consider them some of the kindest, most intelligent people I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. Being out in the "real world" does not make anybody better than anyone else-- thus, if thought of as so, one has actually recoiled back into something that they have strived so hard to get away from. There is no part of your past that one should be ashamed of, especially not one where people, remember, these typings and IMs are still people-- have helped you get through your most difficult years. There is no need to hold resentment towards anyone, or make fun of anyone for the way they chose to live their life. Similarly, I don't see the point of trying to pull anybody down from the worldly and material things they have achieved. It is clear that all of us still have attachments to the people we have met online, otherwise, why continue to come back? It is because no matter how much one might try to escape it, this monitor that you are so aloof from still resides you, and that is NOT, NOT AT ALL a bad thing. Be thankful for who you are, but also be thankful of the people and the things that have brought you to that point. Remember that the people that are still "online" are probably the people that watched you grow up the most, helped you in some of your most wretched moods, and that even past romantic relationships that have turned sour have also helped you grow. There is no need to be judgmental, remember that just because you can't see their face it does not mean that they do not have emotions.
Lastly, I'd like to say a thank you to all of you who have helped me through all of my life through this thing. Though our pasts may seem unconventional, we hold that in common. I have learned to love, like so many others have learned to love and feel sadness, without having the convenience of first hand contact, which to me, is a bond and an experience that has made the people who have had this experience more mature beyond their years. There are many people that I like and dislike on this thing, but there are few that I do not respect.
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Edit: If anyone so chooses to defriend me because of this entry, or because you think I am taking sides, that's cool, I won't hold a grudge.
Believe it or not, I hold regard for many of the people that I've met online. Whether I like you or dislike you, I recognize that you are after all, human beings. Human beings that hold true emotions like everyone else, online or off. The people you/we've all met on here have supported you or helped you grow (whether through good or bad experiences) in every stage of life thus far. There is no need whatsoever to come online and debunk anybody who is still on here more often than any other person is. Just because some people have stepped away from the monitor, it does not mean that it is no longer a part of you. Anyone can get a job, anyone can go to college, anyone can become financially and emotionally responsible-- this does not mean that anyone is better than anyone else. I know plenty of people who still are online often, and I still consider them some of the kindest, most intelligent people I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. Being out in the "real world" does not make anybody better than anyone else-- thus, if thought of as so, one has actually recoiled back into something that they have strived so hard to get away from. There is no part of your past that one should be ashamed of, especially not one where people, remember, these typings and IMs are still people-- have helped you get through your most difficult years. There is no need to hold resentment towards anyone, or make fun of anyone for the way they chose to live their life. Similarly, I don't see the point of trying to pull anybody down from the worldly and material things they have achieved. It is clear that all of us still have attachments to the people we have met online, otherwise, why continue to come back? It is because no matter how much one might try to escape it, this monitor that you are so aloof from still resides you, and that is NOT, NOT AT ALL a bad thing. Be thankful for who you are, but also be thankful of the people and the things that have brought you to that point. Remember that the people that are still "online" are probably the people that watched you grow up the most, helped you in some of your most wretched moods, and that even past romantic relationships that have turned sour have also helped you grow. There is no need to be judgmental, remember that just because you can't see their face it does not mean that they do not have emotions.
Lastly, I'd like to say a thank you to all of you who have helped me through all of my life through this thing. Though our pasts may seem unconventional, we hold that in common. I have learned to love, like so many others have learned to love and feel sadness, without having the convenience of first hand contact, which to me, is a bond and an experience that has made the people who have had this experience more mature beyond their years. There are many people that I like and dislike on this thing, but there are few that I do not respect.
._. !
Edit: If anyone so chooses to defriend me because of this entry, or because you think I am taking sides, that's cool, I won't hold a grudge.