The recent departure of one of my friendly friends on this forum (the reason I started posting again in the first place) has prompted me to make this post. Now, that she's gone, I guess I'll keep posting. This has been a "I'm bored... let's see..." type of thing for me.
I told her that honestly, once I stopped going to these TYPE of forums all together -- forums where people remember your name and personality, with politics, forums that are primarily social (even though a lot of them are "gamer" forums), I felt like I was actually living in reality. (I still frequent forums, but the kind you've probably never heard of. Forums where we discuss and do research for specific topics in our lives or interests)
These type of forums really CONSUMED my life. I had a plethora of virtual friends that I enjoyed talking to. In the mean time, some of my real life endeavors were put on hold because I was giving this virtual world more attention. And frankly, I didn't have nearly as many goals as I do now because I didn't care to think of creating them. I was having too much fun online.
Not to say I didn't have a life or friends or do well in school... I just found that any effort or time I put into virtual life was taken from effort and time in my real life. Thoughts and occurrences that happened online can still affect you once you are offline.
I've always wondered if I was just a total loser or if other people felt this way.
I told her that honestly, once I stopped going to these TYPE of forums all together -- forums where people remember your name and personality, with politics, forums that are primarily social (even though a lot of them are "gamer" forums), I felt like I was actually living in reality. (I still frequent forums, but the kind you've probably never heard of. Forums where we discuss and do research for specific topics in our lives or interests)
These type of forums really CONSUMED my life. I had a plethora of virtual friends that I enjoyed talking to. In the mean time, some of my real life endeavors were put on hold because I was giving this virtual world more attention. And frankly, I didn't have nearly as many goals as I do now because I didn't care to think of creating them. I was having too much fun online.
Not to say I didn't have a life or friends or do well in school... I just found that any effort or time I put into virtual life was taken from effort and time in my real life. Thoughts and occurrences that happened online can still affect you once you are offline.
I've always wondered if I was just a total loser or if other people felt this way.