Posted by Larry Hoover on January 13, 2005, at 10:50:16
In reply to Re: Anybody here live like a hermit?, posted by cubic_me on January 11, 2005, at 12:59:42
> You guys may feel like you live as hermits in physical life, but you are sociable here.
>
> I know I feel more comfortable talking behind a screen, and I don't have to come here if I don't feel like interacting, but I'm interested in what keeps you socialising here when you don't like doing it in real life?Two things, mainly. You can't see if I've dressed or bathed or whatever. And I am in complete control over the pace of interaction. If I don't reply to a thread for two days, it's no big deal. But try *that* in a face-to-face world, or even a telephone world.
Lar
poster:Larry Hoover
thread:440017
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