Recent content by Ozcaptain

I think the point of this thread is to discuss the value of being nice when making friends, not in enacting sweeping political change.

Facebook is a superficial way to get attention. Create a persona, attract as many other personae as possible and call them 'friends'. There's nothing wrong with it, unless you think those "Friends" count for something. They don't. Nobody 'likes' a Facebook friend more than a real one; they just...

First of all, I love your subject line. You may be going through hell right now, but you've got a solid sense of humour, which will save your ass more than you realize! I'm a guy, I understand the intense hurt of wanting someone who keeps staying out of reach. It feels like you're dying of...

I agree with you. Obviously, it would be more satisfying to be having this exact kind of heart-to-heart conversation in person, over coffee. But the reality is it probably won't happen. I'm not saying that to be negative. The simple truth is that developing an intimate face-to-face friendship...

This makes sense to me. It also gives me a better sense of where I'm at. Thanks. I am sorry about the overall tone of your post. Your isolation sounds partly self-imposed and partly because your previous experiences have left you gun-shy. Maybe you need to ease up on your expectations of...

I like this quote. It reflects my own experience with online friendships. I've been writing on message boards for about 14 years and, at first, the contacts I made were called 'cyber' friends, or 'virtual' friends. But as the novelty of this whole internet thing wore off, I realized the only...