I am waiting for you to tell us about your “Online datinG”.

I somehow found out about Bernos when the tees were launched first and the rest is history… although I enjoy each and every post here… my productivity both at work and study has gone down like crai-zeee. I’ve always been in control of my life except for this one thing…Bernos. I hate that I love U! Plse provide -elp!

sojiye good to see u’re alive

And Nolawi can u pleeeeeaaaaasssseee write a blog on online dating …I would love to hear people’s opinions and experience if any….

Why don’t youy write it yourself. Ir sounds like you know more……

Good to hear from ya man….long time….Azmarinet endet new?

@ Santim.

BTW, why not we signed a petition saying….we, whose names listed below are desperately anxious to know the latest progresses of BP and are dying counting down the days for the family’s reunion…
1. Maebel
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real world break-ups are announced to friends not via one-to-one exchanges that set context, but now broadcast instantly to all friends with a tacky “heart break” symbol and no context: “mr X and miss Y are no longer in a relationship”.[/quote]

i remember watching a show, i think it was cashmere mafia and in it, a very powerful VP of a financial corporation who spends insane amount of time in the office was being teased by her girlfriends about having an ‘office husband’…i mean this is a guy whom she interacts with only through emails, phone calls, and video conferences yet she spends more virtual time with him than she does real time with her husband! …in the episode she was getting all giddy and nervous about meeting the office husband for the first time…and later, being completely attracted to the idea of visiting him in his hotel room (they were on a business trip together)…

yknow, its interesting now that the internet is offering a lot more than simply information… I mean we’re talking about virtual connections and communities…
and in our capacity as ‘social animals’… i think something like virtual socio/psychology is gonna be some new hip new field of study in the next 20 years or so!!
I mean already there are these new crazy social terms…like forum/email addiction…’flaming’ a term referring to drama on a discussion forum or a ‘troll’, someone who makes controversial comments just for the heck of being devil’s adovocate… etc… then theres online crime!! lol …stalking and identity theft

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real world break-ups are announced to friends not via one-to-one exchanges that set context, but now broadcast instantly to all friends with a tacky “heart break” symbol and no context: “mr X and miss Y are no longer in a relationship”.[/quote]

i remember watching a show, i think it was cashmere mafia and in it, a very powerful VP of a financial corporation who spends insane amount of time in the office was being teased by her girlfriends about having an ‘office husband’…i mean this is a guy whom she interacts with only through emails, phone calls, and video conferences yet she spends more virtual time with him than she does real time with her husband! …in the episode she was getting all giddy and nervous about meeting the office husband for the first time…and later, being completely attracted to the idea of visiting him in his hotel room (they were on a business trip together)…

yknow, its interesting now that the internet is offering a lot more than simply information… I mean we’re talking about virtual connections and communities…
and in our capacity as ‘social animals’… i think something like virtual socio/psychology is gonna be some new hip new field of study in the next 20 years or so!!

since the sites gone down my productivity at work has gone up exponentially and i’ve gotten a promotion. sadly I would give it all back for the opportunity to trade thoughts with you folks.

miss you
MM

you’re right, the online world is a threat to some of our social norms in the offline world. we are adopting new online norms, and given time they will influence our behaviour offline and replace the old world norms.

some of our new online social norms are more observable in social networking sites like facebook, where real world break-ups are announced to friends not via one-to-one exchanges that set context, but now broadcast instantly to all friends with a tacky “heart break” symbol and no context: “mr X and miss Y are no longer in a relationship”.

I play guitar in a small band and the biggest challenge is always to find a suitable time that all six of us can get together to practice….Then, the other day somoene suggested using this jamming software where literally each person would play from home and u can hear the whole band on ur speakers…..Now I wouldn’t want to use that as a replacement for a real get together but i am really excited about the possibility given the challenges that we have…..

Think about it…without Bernos chances are I would never have known u at all……

Internet is not a supplement to the world anymore….Internet is the world….everybody and everything is on it.

funny thought about this…us being social beings and all. Are our ways of social interaction – values & needs are changing because of the virtual world??

Aren’t we increasingly becoming virtual people with rectangular electronic chips hooking us to our world…i mean, imagine, in the next 20 years a baby pops out and the first gift she gets is her own little ipod plugging her right into her little virtual universe…a world of fellow babies and mommies and daddies where they’ll be getting socialized! …imagine a universe where people are increasingly dependent on the internet for social/intellectual/mental/emotional needs….

But really, how much of our ‘real-world’ norms and values are at stake here?

keep on keepin on!!!