[ SECRET POST #192 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #192 ⌋

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Secrets Left to Post: 05 pages, 105 secrets from Secret Submission Post #027.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 ] broken links, [ 1 2 ] not!secrets, [ 1 2 ] not!fandom, [ 1 ] repeat.
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Comments

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[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, idealistically, everyone would easily be able to make friends offline. That's why it makes me sad when people who have them ignore them. =(

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[pretentioustfu.livejournal.com]

Idealistically, yeah, but sometimes it doesn't work out. I think it's good to have both friends online and offline, and to not reject one group for the other or consider one lesser and the other better.

One of the major problems, IMO, is a misunderstanding of the word "friend." For as much as everyone gripes that LJ "friends" aren't true friends and how dare they use that word to describe one's reading list (which isn't true for me, I *do* have some true friends on here), it's just as easy to have "fake friends" in real life as well. The usual advice for making RL friends, in fact (e.g. "become prettier/more handsome, make more money, don't be too different") is, ironically, the best way of attracting completely false or "only here to take advantage of what you can give me" friends.

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[kinneas.livejournal.com]

Idealistically. I'm a HUGE proponent of making moar friends offline than on, and tend to think most of the people spouting, "BUT EVERYONE HERE SUCKS" are complete idiots, and even I know there are situations that prevent the making of IRL buddies.

For instance, I have a friend whose parents emotional abuse through control is so strong that she can't leave the house except for school, which is obviously not ideal for maintaining any sort of legitimate friendship.

So yeah =\

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[pretentioustfu.livejournal.com]

*nods and agrees with you*