life. period.

[17 Jan 2006 | Tuesday]

irl? ok folks lets get something clear. life is life. period. so i live some of it online and some of it offline. but its all "real" to me. if i am talking to you online, you might be lying your ass off, but you are still a person (unless you have coded an amazingly responsive bot...). you might not disclose every detail of your surroundings and you may pick and choose what part of your life you expose. but is that any different than the people i meet in person? yes, you can be whoever you want to be and you can be here for whatever purpose you see fit. but it is still real. and it is still life. time does not stop. do you not think that the people i meet face to face every fucking day are not lying through their teeth, hiding, running, embellishing and trying to impress? do you think they are not pretending to be something they are not? do you think they are really any different than you because they live in your so-called "real life?". you say you dont believe that online interaction creates emotional reaction? do you not lol at the things people say? do you not :) and :( and :S and :O ??? emotion doesnt need to mean pain and suffering. emotion doesnt need to mean love. emotions are feelings, and feelings are infinite. and if you are experiencing nothing, then what the hell are you here for? dont be fooled by the box before you. the person you are speaking to on the other side is feeling SOMETHING. maybe its happiness, maybe its anger. perhaps sadness. stress. irritation. curiousity.... people are people whether they stand before you or they are typing furiously from across 2 oceans. the people i meet on the street might call me by a different name, but they are still talking to me, the same person that you are; the real me. and i am telling them the same things that i tell you. so dont ask me how things are irl. life is life. period.