Isn't it hilarious people treat online friends as IRL despite not knowing person outside of internet?

[Pisces Adonis]

This is a phenomenon I noticed on internet culture.

People treat other members they meet online as though they're real genuine friends they known for years on a forum. That if said member left forum for good, they go "waahh" crying "I missed you" mood. Some people go as far as being extremely saaaaaaadddd it said member left forum for good or hasn't responded to latest PM sent for weeks or even months.

Now I have nothing against online friendships............ Except what I find seriously disturbing and sooooo funny is that most so-called internet friendships are between people who don't know each other except about said forum topic and perhaps an occassion debate of something off-topic (but nothing personal). They haven't really shared much stories about what happened IRL except the occassional vague statement like "I knew a womanizer once" or "When I was in Facebook I learned a crush of mine back in High School turned lesbian" or etc...... that only reveal snippets of events in past life and are really vague, missing out lots of very essential and personal details. They refuse to share painful past stories they would never reveal to anyone except friends they have grown to trust.

FUCCCCCKKK they haven't even mutually revealed their own IRL identity!!!! Let alone place of address to send gifts and cell phone numbers and other much more private personal facts or connect to social sites where they have much in IRL at stake such as Facebook or twitter!!

They only know said "internet friend" exclusively on his online identity as said username like "DeathBane" or "Gobar71" or "Sailor Gucci" or "Darth Eagle" or "SaoirseMorrighan" or such. Yet they treat them like IRL friends as though they are concerned for their welfare like a real friend would be and they miss them as though they haven't seen a real life friend for a very long time.

I really think its ridiculous. The person is under an alias and he acts online in a way she/he would never act IRL. Said person would only reveal what he chooses to reveal.

For all we know he/she may be a sociopath or a sheltered man-child still living at home and refusing to get a job or some other negative connotations.

Now I have nothing against online friendships becoming real genuine ones. Several people I met on an online forum I've befriended to the point we shared IRL identities and even mailing address or phone number and personal painful stories we don't like to talk about and would never reveal IRL except to close friends. We practically befriended out side of said forum and the specific fandom said forum represents (Sailor Moon Forum, Wargaming forums, Chess forums,etc) into Facebook or other off-topic forums like DeviantArt and the like or even merely shared email addresses. We bonded to the point that said topic of forum we met on just make up a third or even a mere 4th of what we often discuss. We revealed too much personal info that we prefer not to anger each other.

If the above constitutes what a person's online friendships include, then that IMO is a true genuine friendship.However most "internet friendships" never get that far outside of said topic of forum they met on like music forum or such and they don't really learn about each other beyond the forum's message boards or public chat room. Yet they go acting like its a real one where they'll go Crying "I Missed you!!!" with a crying emoticon or they'll get really angry like a real friend is hurt if another member trolls or even states one truthful blunt (non-trolling) statement like "I don't think you're as gorgeous as everyone else on the forum thinks but I think you're CUTE!" to said forum friend.

Its absolutely fine to miss a member and get so pissed when other members have made hurtful comments and are harrassing said member but at the very least reveal to your internet friends your IRL identity before treating it like a real genuine one!!!! Before it reaches that points its just "internet acquintance" and even then that relationships is complete fantasy and fiction and unreal. An online relationship only becomes genuine and real when you reveal personal real life identity and start sharing personal stuff like painful memories and naughty thoughts!!!

[Tommy]

HaHaHa...Why am I not laughing?