abaya

Well, I wasn't hiding in bushes with binoculars, but I see what you mean. But I liked doing things the old-fashioned way... it felt more real. I guess I feel that these websites take all the work out of actually getting to know someone on a person-to-person basis, without any clues or hints from them on some carefully honed and prepared website. it takes the work out of spending time with them, asking intelligent questions, learning to read body language, etc. It takes the risk out of talking to people face-to-face, right off the bat... and I don't like that, even though it is probably comforting somehow.

Are we going to lose these interpersonal skills over time, because of things like myspace? Or do the websites enhance our social lives, and I am just missing the point because I don't need "hook ups" and my friends are all bitter women who stalk their exes (seem to be the primary uses of these sites, so far)?

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