On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 11:41, Vikki Roemer wrote: > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 09:58:16AM -0800, Jay wrote: > > <snip> > > ~ > > ~Agreed. People who post to debian-curiosa should be forced to socialize > > ~with each other, if at all. > > > > </snip> > > > > I agree the same thing. We have too much in common to be a coincidence, it's > > just that common souls hang out in the same places. > > > > Oh, that's what he meant...? Yes... > Yeah, I figure this counts as 'socializing' if anything does. Think > about it-- how much good does it do me if I hang out with the kids in > the youth group but don't really talk to them because we have nothing > to talk about? I know, you all have no control over the situation; > I'm just kinda ranting a little, here. I already tried giving my > parents my whole 'I socialize more through email than I ever would in > the youth group' argument, but they didn't buy it. :( They figure > that 'socializing by osmosis' as I call it is better than 'nothing' > (they think email is nothing). *rolls eyes* Socializing by email (or IRC, or anything else the Internet currently has to offer) is missing one critical component: face-to-face interaction. Believe it or not, that's important. Unfortunately, socializing by osmosis is missing all critical components except for face-to-face interaction. For that matter, it's also missing face-to-face interaction if you aren't actually _interacting_ with anyone. Therefore, I agree with you. > Anyway, I'm home on a snow day. :( College was cancelled, so no > OOP/Python class, no computer club-- in the club we were going to > start on a Beowulf cluster today in the Computer Club; but, I still > have to do high school classes. :( *sigh* The killer is, the snow was > only ~3 inches deep, and now it's starting to melt-- the roads have > been dry for an hour over here by me. But, people around here in > nice, warm, sunny North Carolina freak out when they see 1 snowflake, > so... Remember, there are a lot of kids out there who _hate_ going to school of any kind. If you're looking for who's responsible for this, they're the ones. > Hope everyone else is having a better day than me. Night, actually... Read the Date: on this email. :) Alex. -- PGP Public Key: http://aoi.dyndns.org/~alex/pgp-public-key -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d- s:++ a18 C++(++++)>$ UL+++(++++) P--- L+++>++++ E---- W+(+++) N- o-- K+ w--- !O M(+) V-- PS+++ PE-- Y+ PGP+(+++) t* 5-- X-- R tv b- DI D+++ G e h! !r y ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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