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That's right. My plumage is brighter than yours.
Posted by: Halifaxie
Posted by: challengerX
Posted by: Halifaxie
Posted by: challengerX
Posted by: Halifaxie
Nary have I seen such an astounding and well-prosed rebuttal such as this. Truly, I am amazed.
Why should I waste my time arguing my point further, when he/she doesn't understand it?
If you think gaming makes you anti social, you're wrong, plain and simple. Communicating during a multiplayer match isn't anti social, even if the person plays 10 hours a day and doesn't get out of the house much.
I was going to refute your statement with a dictionary definition, but this is all I found. So, in the strictest sense of the word, you are right. Playing video games online is not anti-social. However, there is, irrefutably, so much more to interacting with people than simply talking. Even if you are talking about important and personal things.
I agree, but it doesn't make an online friend any less of a friend.
But it does make them less able to satisfy your emotional/physical needs. I think, and I could very easily be wrong, that what Echo and OC are getting at is the root of happiness. You take pleasure in the company of friends, but happiness comes from more than a voice in your headphones.
So, if we were to return to the OP and consider his statement about the empty feeling after reading manga, or playing video games, I think it directly relates to the intangibility of the characters therein. Even if one of the characters is a loving, concerned friend somewhere else in the world, they are still gone the minute you turn off the television set, which makes them less real and less effective in the realms of comfort and uplifting friendship. It doesn't make them any less of a friend, but it can make them less effectual in providing support.
Granted, I'm speaking from personal opinion, one biased by the fact that I love personal interactions with people in a face-to-face environment.
I won't say that nobody can have the same relationship online that others do in real life, but I think those relationships are a lot harder to come by and keep working than personal relationships that result from proximity to each other, and not just shared interests.
Upvote.
For instance, I consider Halifax to be a pretty decent friend, though I have only ever seen his hand. With that said, he fails to raise my oxytocin levels and generally doesn't satisfy my basic needs. I can trust him as far as I can throw him. And I can't reach him to throw him. So I can't really trust him.
I mean, for all I know, that could be some girl's hand. I mean, sick, right? I can't trust him, no sir.