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eSocialising: Does it exist?
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Wow these guys for this months symposium award please.
Also, it's not really socialising to the same extent as actually being out, face-to-face. "Social skills" has always meant your ability to intereact with other human beings, not words on a screen. The nature of the internet is such that you don't have to be a real person, you can plan out everything you say and take as long as you wish to react to something that's been said to you. Whilst you are still "socialising" to a degree, it's a completley different skill-set to that used in every day encounters, and it's the deficit of those skills that parents worry about. In honesty society is very close to the point where, from a certain age, someone can very well get along without ever leaving their house. However even people who spend the majority of their time on the PC wouldn't choose that life, but may find themselves edging closer to it. Some people aren't like this and are just naturally able to socialise regardless of how they spend their time. Others who are more prone to shyness, anxiety or people who have bad habits (read: people who are dickheads) need to actually socialise regularly so they don't "forget" how to.
The above contains 10% argument, 90% hypocrisy.
Also, it's not really socialising to the same extent as actually being out, face-to-face. "Social skills" has always meant your ability to intereact with other human beings, not words on a screen. The nature of the internet is such that you don't have to be a real person, you can plan out everything you say and take as long as you wish to react to something that's been said to you. Whilst you are still "socialising" to a degree, it's a completley different skill-set to that used in every day encounters, and it's the deficit of those skills that parents worry about. In honesty society is very close to the point where, from a certain age, someone can very well get along without ever leaving their house. However even people who spend the majority of their time on the PC wouldn't choose that life, but may find themselves edging closer to it. Some people aren't like this and are just naturally able to socialise regardless of how they spend their time. Others who are more prone to shyness, anxiety or people who have bad habits (read: people who are dickheads) need to actually socialise regularly so they don't "forget" how to.
The above contains 10% argument, 90% hypocrisy.
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Sorry I'll refrain from injecting a little humour into such a seriously taken topic (read: dickheads).
Ok I lied.
But to be clear; when I said "dickheads" I meant people who are naturally annoying/insulting/arrogant/etc/etc. All of those kinds of people can be referred to as dickheads : D. I guess it was asking too much to take that from "bad habits".
Ok I lied.
But to be clear; when I said "dickheads" I meant people who are naturally annoying/insulting/arrogant/etc/etc. All of those kinds of people can be referred to as dickheads : D. I guess it was asking too much to take that from "bad habits".
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I can only guess you're from an equally scummy neighbouring town and posses a trait native to the country that requires you to hate every neighbour.
If you aren't then you most likely have a fair point as northampton is a complete and utter dive. Moving up north next week though so you'll have to think of something new.
If you aren't then you most likely have a fair point as northampton is a complete and utter dive. Moving up north next week though so you'll have to think of something new.
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