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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hell, yes, I am bored and lonely. What else would I be posting inane stuff on the internet?
Men have an advantage. We can grow a beard. A beard is like furry pet that you can pet at will, a pet that you need not feed or ever take to the vet.
You can pet it in public, too.
You can pet it in public, too.
Oh, sure. But the petting is so much more rewarding with our kind.
am home from 2 days in the country. I really really want to get a weekend place.
Dang, amych. No need to nuke the dude from orbit.
My inability to go places is more about my lack of funds which isn't going to change, you know?
Someone oughtta write a book disputing this.What exactly are you disputing?
Most people -- not "most people online" or "most people in fandom," but most people -- do not form the kind of LD relationships this particular community has. Many people certainly do. But there are more who don't. Allyson, you've written a book explaining how relationships form on the net. If it was common, you wouldn't need to explain it.
All relationships are long distance.
Wait. In a minute, I will get really depressing.
What? Like existentially? You can never know another person and shit?
Wow, that was really frustrating. I'm doing an online course. This morning the website went down - when it finally came up again, the NEXT PAGE was just an instruction to read a chapter of one of the textbooks. I could have been doing that while I couldn't access the website. Argh!
If it was common, you wouldn't need to explain it.
Well, there's money to be made telling people what they already know, but might not have thought about properly.
Lots of it.
I do agree with Allyson's point that LD interaction isn't new and isn't unrewarding--the fact that she can say that better than I do is not unrelated to why she's the one with the book deal.