"Hi, ASL please?" is not a proper way to start a conversation, much more make friends. But with it, countries get connected, chit chats get started, sharing of different ideas made possible, friendship grow deeper, relationships grow fonder.
Making friends without being so friendly is possible now that technology is at its height. We don't need to look good and feel good to gain more friends. All we need is a Yahoo ID and an Internet connected-PC to get connected to any place under the sun. We don't need to make faces to show our sincerity or mood swings. All it takes is a click on the smiley icons, or merely type a series of codes to do it. We don't need to shatter the world with our giggles or thunderous laughter when a friend's being silly. All we need is type "LOL", and we're already laughing out loud. We don't need to give any information about ourselves if we want to keep it secret. All it takes is a lie, and nobody would ever know. We don't need to answer every questions -- we could just always pretend that we're "DC" (disconnected).
On the net, we can choose to trust anybody, or never trust at all. We can get angry at anybody even if we really don't mean it. We can start a fight without causing it. We can send roses as peace offering without actually getting to the flower shop. We can even say "I love you" even if we don't. Smacks and kisses keep on flying without taking any importance on who caught them. Pictures get sent and profiles get posted without even telling the truth.
Truly, chit chats on the net is foolishly misused and most of the time, unreliable ... but fun. Really exciting! We can be silly. We can pretend we're smart. We can be in any place we're not. We can be anybody, and anybody can also be somebody.
Chatting on the net has never been my idea of fun -- not until lately.
(10.10.2003)
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