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STAFF WARNING: Not for the faint of heart!
I hope that’s not you! 
I’m not saying anything except its a lot easier to scratch an itchy arse when you don’t have 5 yards of trouser to wade though.
(Its not so good on the old keyboard though )
That dude is probably flirting with another 50 year old fat guy that claims to be a 13 year old girl. 
Exactly… Thats how I got the picture. 
(only joking guys… 
)
Ewww…No matter how hard I try, I just can’t stop looking at it! 
That, km2 33, is probably my greatest fear in internet interaction.
I might sound a little bias here, but there are certain standards I would have about someone’s mere physical appearance, and I might likely be talking to many people I would not personally aquaint myself with. Not that I disrespect anyone like that, only that I bear the right to decide who I think should have my company and who I admire.
When I see a picture I am somewhat relieved…but anyone can post a picture of someone else. I leave it up to the subtlety of my judgement to ‘fit a body to the words’ as I get to know people at these forums.
It sucks, though, because people like this really do exist. I, personally, have maintained a relationship with a few people from other forums, those who I would very much like to meet in person and have come to admire through-out the years. I must admit that part of this is probably my fear that they are not who they say they are, and at times I even imagine not feeling as excited about meeting them as I thought I would, had they been the person they said they were. Regardless, I do not like loathsome people, and at the same time I am always hoping to meet a ‘great philosopher’ I’ve found at a forum. This, obviously, makes for a risky investment.
I cannot be taken by words alone. That fat bastard coulda been a Shakespear on paper.
Always keep this in mind and tread carefully. There is yet still some value to those people who are not over weight and feel the need to sit in front of their computer naked, flirting with strangers to make up for their own personal tragedy.
What a fucking disgrace.
I might have a prejudice for beauty and exceptional people, so sue me.
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!! im too young to see things like this!!!
i cant stop staring…
my innocence has been taken away with your sick post…
Damn - where did you find my picture KM…?**
Fat people need lovin’ too…!
A few reasons why I don’t want to meet anyone here for real… (no offense people…)
- There’s just no way you could match up to the beauty/ugliness/pure evil/saintliness/etc…etc… that I already have already associated with you in my mind. (Except maybe for Childsplay - sorry Thirst…! )
- Real-time conversation would not match up to the staggered bliss we have here - okay - maybe some of you are just that damn interesting in real life, but not me… Google is my memory and evidence-finder, the edit button my antidote for “L’esprit D’escalier”, and answers.com makes my vocabulary that much fruitier, and my quotes that… that… much ‘quotier’…
- I’m hopelessly shallow - unless you were drop-dead gorgeous or built like a line-backer, I’d take you less seriously.
- I couldn’t afford the air-fare to wherever the get-together was held. (But hey - hold a masked ilp ball in Turkey - I’m sure I can arrange something… I know lot’s of shady characters over here…
** REALLY just kidding…!
What’s ironic is----there have been well documented accounts of real people, getting together, falling in love and marrying, before a partner finds out that the other is really a jekyl/hyde creature. So, let’s not get too worked up on who is hiding behind the computer—at least THAT has an explanation of why someone can make a big mistake. The real shocker is, like I said, when we do actually meet someone in real life, fall in love with him (you know the drill), and that someone turns out to be a pedophile, a serial rapist, a con-artist, a murderer. Most of us know the story. So, what’s the excuse for not knowing those we actually meet for who they really are?
So, what’s more scary or shocking—virtual flirting or real-life flirting?
This thread reminds me (fat man excluded, sorry km2_33) of something gamer mentioned right before he disappeared, left, decided there was a real life out there which was more promising than writing posts on various message boards, died, became an orthodox Jew, started writing his magnum opus whether it is musical or litery ect. which was the Idea of an ILP documentary. There would have to be a history involved within the choice of posters profiled. I will not give my opinion as to who those people should be. The point here however, to branch off of detrops post, is to state that there where a great many people who have contributed to this site that would be quite interesting to meet in person. I could name quite a few but as I’ve already said i’m not going to pick my highly subjective favourites here. The reality of a person who is a deciever will not fit the image that one will most likely have of that person before an actual meeting, but if you are honest in your “online dealings” it will most likely occur that the image others have of you will fit into the actual, as long as they are skillfully perceptive.
Is anyone truly honest here?
Hey, I just thought it was funny…. Because he was sitting at a computer and could very well be one of us?
I’m a bit taken back by all the splashing in the shallow end over there, detrop and Tab. As you say, he could be a Shakespeare?.. and wasn’t Socrates supposed to the most hideous looking person in Athens?
On the other hand he could be a real nasty !$#$%…if so, I couldn’t care less; but he could also be a real sweety (I had to correct that, my spell check wanted to put in ‘sweaty’. Sheesh… even the computer’s got an opinion ) He also could be a naturalist and this could simply be a photo of big uncle Tom? Well…its possible?
If you’re virtually flirting it doesn’t really matter what the person on the other end looks like really. I have never desired to meet any of the people I’ve become acquainted with online because they would never be as I expected them to be. Virtual flirting is fantasy, so much of the interaction happens in the mind of the individual- you’re just never going to have enough information to accurately “know†the other person so really you’re just making stuff up. There’s nothing wrong with it, it’s an indulgence for those of us who still believe in the fantasy of romance.
I do, however, believe that if you’re in a relationship and you’re focusing too much energy on an imaginary online friend it could be considered cheating. I feel this way from experience after having read an exchange my ex-boyfriend (I was living with him at the time) had with a “girl†online- he told her that she was his soulmate, they had also been having cyber sex. In all the time I was with him, he never told me anything like the things he would say to her- he also never wanted sex. How did I discover her you might ask… he printed out about 30 pages of a chat conversation they had. I think he wanted me to find it. I couldn’t believe what I was reading… it shattered me because I had trusted him like I had never trusted a man before- it was the beginning of the end of our relationship. I never got over it.
I don’t think “true honesty” is possible.
I think it is cheating… period. Ask yourself if you want YOUR partner to do it.
To add: flirt if you have nothing to lose. If you are gambling and think you could be messing with your life, stay away from virtual flirting - ain’t nothin’ virtual about it. It’s like saying you are on a diet with a slice of cheesecake melting in your back pocket. Liar, liar, pants on fire.
Hi Tab, Hello F(R)IEND(S),
What happened to the picture? WTF? How unfair is that… Now I have no clue what you guys are friggin out about… oh well. 
Ha! I just saw this! Thanks Tab, I think she is pretty great myself (except when she is a pest for attention).
As for flirting online: I use it for a few reasons.
- Levity - humor is necessary when writing (less misinterpretations)
- Some women are so attractive that to deny my reaction would be wrong.
- I’m an attention whore and damned if I won’t flaunt it
- Flirting (aka humor) is my defense mechanism
- To brag about my penis.