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Friday, November 28, 2003
Don't Call Me, I'll Call You...
Every so often OB-ers make a big deal about meeting other members in real life. In the 2003 OtakuAwards, last year's winner for Best Thread was "Who would you like to meet IRL?" so this latest rush to meet people is nothing new. But aside from the few people who already know one another in real life, these imaginary meetings never happened.
But something has changed, and now it seems like every other day there is real life contact between members on OtakuBoards. Syk3 and Mei just met in real life, and it was only a few weeks ago that I got to meet the beautiful Babygirl.
It is a lot of fun to actually meet the people you been chatting with online, but I'm not willing to go out there and meet every random person who joins these message boards. Everyone I have met in real life, exchanged mail with, or spoken to on the phone is someone who I consider to be a close friend. I have quite a ways to go before I get to meet all of my close OB friends in real life, but there is no way I will give someone I barely know my phone number. Most of my friends have been around for the 2+ years I have had at OtakuBoards, so during that time we have gotten to know each other very well. People should try to know the people they are talking to before having a phone conversation with them, doing otherwise just seems a little ridiculous to me.
So yeah, that is my moral ramblings for today. Don't call someone just for the sake of talking to them, the people out there are just a little freaky.
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