one of those times that you don't use "fuck" out of anger

[namelessw0nder]

I realized today that I've been getting mad at people a lot recently, but as soon as I realize I'm mad, I decide I'm just pissed and not at them: at myself. I'm pissed at myself for making a big deal out of little things, for overreacting (er...that's the same thing isn't it), and for most likely being inconsiderate. I don't think anybody here

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[deepnthoughtful]

gah i hate the internet in how it steals away our social interaction! nothing will ever beat face-to-face communication. you miss out on all the unspoken words. where someone's eyes are, their emotions and vibes, their facial expressions.. all just as important as the words they're saying (often times more important), yet unaccessible via computer. of course, i feel like a total hypocrite saying this in a lj comment. we'll talk more about it in person?

[l33tspike]

Admittedly, webcams use the internet and allow virtually the same thing as face-to-face communication because they provide a visual and in many cases sound.

[nipu]

but it's still so far from being personal. half my fam's in israel and finland, and so are friends that i'm really really close to. so obviously, i have all these gadgets like web cams and skype and microphones and bla bla.. but it's still so so so much less than it would be if they were here in person. webcams are far from even close to being enough.
and one thing these gadgets can not replace at all is touch. if the person i'm talking to starts crying, or i start crying, it makes me wanna hug them, but i can't. and hugs are some of the mroe valuable things on the face of planet earth. or not even hugs, any comforting touch, or teasing touch or whatever. it just makes this gap that can't be filled through internet. ofcourse there is syber touch, but that's not fun. poke yourself? hug yourself? it doesn't work, and really isn't the same...

[namelessw0nder]

don't feel like a hypocrite, I guess it is a little hypocritical to be like "this doesn't count", but I meant online communication in terms of "you really could communicate with this person in another way."

Sarcasm is one of the things that I hate most about talking to people online because things can come off sarcastic when they're not meant to be and vice versa.

Anywho, it's not a huge deal really, just at least I'm going to try not to use the internet quite as much for certain types of communication because I benefit more from verbal and visibal communication.

[l33tspike]

In terms of what you said about the internet, it seems a little simplistic and cliche, maybe because it seems like a sweeping generalization about a tool which by definition can be used many different ways. I think there is something to be said for the value of face to face interactions, but that the significance of letters and other nonverbal communiques has withstood the test of time and should not be neglected; if only because they allow more time for thought and construction of ideas and because they produce something more permanent than words, which remain only as memories

[namelessw0nder]

I admit the internet is useful (I meant communication with people you could contact easily in other forms, not the internet in general, sorry for not being more specific about that), AIM and other instant messaging systems are extremely useful and I'm grateful to have them, but I do think that people should try to use them less.

We survived a long time with letters and scrolls and word of mouth communication...and then the internet was created. It's still such a new creation, but think about the Romans, their stuff is still around. We don't even know what kind of mortar they used to make all their buildings last so long. To me, this new technology is nothing compared to the advancements of the ancient civilizations. We really haven't expanded on a lot since then, as far as I can think right now anyway. Prove me wrong if you'd like, I don't think you can change that belief of mine much though.

"My interpretation of the world is a part of my experience of life and because I like to enjoy life, I analyze my understandings and

[nipu]

i agree with internet being annoying. while it allows me to keep in touch with people in three different continents, it takes away so much from any relationships with people i could be seeing, talking to, hearing, smelling, touching, whatever, just as well. and the fact it makes us cowards? omg yes. it's rather pathetic to be honest. but what can we do? it gives insecure people a scape route, adn they don't have to worry too much. my thing with it is that it's almost like i'm talking to myself. although the words are not words i thought of, i read them as i would and not necessarily as the person intended them to be read