Do we form any kind of meaningfull relationships online?

Originally posted by Diamonds
Sure, you can say words, but unless you are looking into that person's eyes, how can you know they are being truthful?

Originally posted by Creshosk
And yet, offline people can look someone in the eye and lie to them.

Not if they don't lie.

Originally posted by Smell the glove
Not if they don't lie.

Originally posted by Adam_PoE
How does the means with which you communicate affect the validity of the relationship?

Originally posted by Creshosk
Online or off, people are capable of telling the truth or lieing.

It's easier to lie to someone who you are never going to meet.

Originally posted by Smell the glove
It's easier to lie to someone who you are never going to meet.

You'll notice people are alot ruder online. ITs because they don't have to worry about reprucussions as much. People are alot more polite offline. Politeness is a form of not being yourself and trying to make the best impression.

But what if you do plan to meet them, sock? What then?

Originally posted by Creshosk
It's easier to tell them the truth as well, because what does it matter since you're never going to meet them? You won't have to worry about dealing with them in person everyday. So who cares what they think of you?

But what if you do plan to meet them, sock? What then?

It's always easier to tell the truth if you actually intend any kind of relationship with someone in reality. I do not view the internet as reality. It is no more reality than Madonna taking up the Kaballah.

🙂

Originally posted by Smell the glove
It's always easier to tell the truth if you actually intend any kind of relationship with someone in reality. I do not view the internet as reality. It is no more reality than Madonna taking up the Kaballah.

🙂

Originally posted by Smell the glove
It's easier to lie to someone who you are never going to meet.

That's the position I'd expect a trolling sock to take. There's no reason to lie to someone you wouldn't hesitate to meet in the "real world". Now, if a person exists online simply to take advantage of how easy it is to lie, that's another story.

Originally posted by Creshosk
Then you're one of those idiots.

? Who are they?

Originally posted by Devil King
That's the position I'd expect a trolling sock to take. There's no reason to lie to someone you wouldn't hesitate to meet in the "real world". Now, if a person exists online simply to take advantage of how easy it is to lie, that's another story.

You wound me Sir. Who said I was a trolling sock. I'd choose not to meet most people on here for other reasons.