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To what extent does this apply to online casual friendships? E.g. 'Friends' that one has never met in real life, on IRC, Facebook etc.
by _emacsomancer_ 7y ago
To what extent does this apply to online casual friendships? E.g. 'Friends' that one has never met in real life, on IRC, Facebook etc.
- hateful 7y agoI would say that just because it's online, doesn't make it any different than someone you only talk to at the "water cooler" or friends of friends you only see at parties. "We don't use the expression IRL. We say AFK. [...] We don't like that expression. We say AFK - Away From Keyboard. We think that the internet is for real." - Peter Sunde
- Aromasin 7y agoCasey Neistat had an interesting take on this in one of his recent videos. He described it as completely fulfilling in all of the components of friendship and community, but without the intimacy, which I think is quite apt. I do believe wholly that casual friendships are almost indistinguishable online as they are in person; however close friendships and relationships on the other hand require an element of intimacy that cannot be fulfilled.