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Re:Are My Friends Really My Friends? by lostcolony on Sunday May 13, 2018 @06:48PM (#17061434)
If you didn't like any of the people around you, I will point out the one thing in common across all of those relationships.

I mean, I get it; I grew up in an extremely conservative area, while being very liberal. I had to rub shoulders with kids of farmers who didn't value education and etc. But if I wanted any sort of social life, I had to make due with the people there, find those who I shared -something- with, and I did. I found those with an interest in gaming, those who wanted something more out of life than just staying there doing what their parents did, those who read, etc, and in doing so I had to work harder, be more intentional, and expand in ways I wouldn't have had I been able to just switch social circles easily until I found one more palatable.

Re:Are My Friends Really My Friends? by k__ on Sunday May 13, 2018 @07:10PM (#17061525)
I just found people online and moved away from the village after high school.

That was 14 years ago and I never looked back.

I found people who gave the feeling they really understood me.

In the village I had nobody, only a few secretly facist nerds who thought they new everything there was to know...

Re:Are My Friends Really My Friends? by subatomic on Monday May 14, 2018 @01:03AM (#17062844)
I think you're proving the point OP was making. In the past you found people by proximity, as, not so long ago, there was no online.