Social Interaction

[Swedishguy]

Should internet be considered a place for "social interaction"? My dad and I had a little conversation at the dinner table. My dad wanted me to train athletics partly because I meet "other people". When I refused (I had trained athletics since I was seven) and said that the ones training there where a bunch of idiots anyway he said "Well, do you have social interaction outside of school?" and I replied "Yes, with internet." And he said "And who do you meet there?" and I started "tailleskangaru, Whomp" and he said "I mean. eye to eye?"

Discuss.

 

[Red Door]

No, social interaction is eye-to-eye contact and discussion, and etc. Your dad is right.

 

[Perfection]

It is social interaction, and it is good stuff, but it shouldn't be the only form of social interaction.

Get some "real" friends.

 

[Fugitive Sisyphus]

The internet is to social interaction as porn is to girlfriend. Sure it can be fun at times but it is no substitute for the real thing.

 

[QuoVadisNation]

..sure, why not? Haven't you ever been on WoW?

But it doesn't quite replace real-life communication for obvious reasons. Social interaction in one sense is supposed to help you later on in life. The Internet actually deters that!

 

[Kyriakos]

It depends. I do not regard internet as social interaction, because on the internet you effectively form an even more theoretical model of what the other person supposedly is like, and you cannot get to view how he/she would interact with you if they were in reality next to you.
Furthermore it is essentialy something fleeting. You cannot form stable relationships with people you have not even met once. Internet-only relations do not expand to anything more significant, and can only appear to expand due to your own personal emotions. With other people in the outside world this is also true to a degree (that you in effect construct what the relation is like, in your own mind) but at least there you can hope to form a more 'accurate' view on how they are behaving towards you, and also the meaning of a friendship there is more important because unlike over the internet the other person is giving a part of his/her own time just to be with you.
Here you only meet other's typing words on a keyboard; anyone could do that for a variety of reasons, none of which would be particularly recognising some significance towards the person they are being typed.

 

[Captain Carnage]

It can help, but it can't be a replacement for social interaction.

 

[Atlas14]

Should internet be considered a place for "social interaction"? My dad and I had a little conversation at the dinner table. My dad wanted me to train athletics partly because I meet "other people". When I refused (I had trained athletics since I was seven) and said that the ones training there where a bunch of idiots anyway he said "Well, do you have social interaction outside of school?" and I replied "Yes, with internet." And he said "And who do you meet there?" and I started "tailleskangaru, Whomp" and he said "I mean. eye to eye?"

Discuss.

I can't believe you actually said that! If I started naming random CFCers that I meet over the internet to my dad he'd stare at me like I was the most pathetic person ever, and he'd probably laugh and feel embarrassed for me.

But yeah, real friends are the ideal. What's so bad about athletics that has you not wanting to participate? You could even just do some recreational thing like pick-up soccer and that is a great way to pick meet girls and guys.

 

[Perfection]

But it doesn't quite replace real-life communication for obvious reasons. Social interaction in one sense is supposed to help you later on in life. The Internet actually deters that!

I dunno, written communication skills are important.

I'd say internet discussion isn't bad for you, just make sure you've got face to face discussion too.

Besides, you can't blow stuff up over the internet.

 

[Narz]

The internet is to social interaction as porn is to girlfriend. Sure it can be fun at times but it is no substitute for the real thing.

Bad example, porn can't talk back.

Also, you can meet people on the Internet who lated become real life friends. I met my girlfriend on the internet (not a dating site).

 

[Perfection]

Bad example, porn can't talk back.

Very bad, because that's a good thing!

 

[QuoVadisNation]

I dunno, written communication skills are important.

I'd say internet discussion isn't bad for you, just make sure you've got face to face discussion too.

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lol

Besides, you can't blow stuff up over the internet.

Alas, very true.

 

[Whomp]

Sweet I was brought up in front of Mr. Swedishdad.

Well I concur it's best to have face to face interactions. Part of my concern is the sedentary nature of being on the computer all the time.

This place is cool partly because I could hardly imagine (say twenty years ago) talking to someone in Australia and Sweden at the same time. That's good for broad views but it's still not the same. Sports will help you in more ways than just physical attributes.

 

[Perfection]

I'm gonna install a screen on a treadmil someday.

 

[Catharsis]

Hey, I don't have any real-life friends, and I turned out OK.

Now where did I put my assault rifle? The neighbours' cat has been looking at me funny again.

 

[Guangxi]

"yes and no". as others said its no substitute for the real thing. not that i would know

 

[mrtn]

...Also, you can meet people on the Internet who lated become real life friends. I met my girlfriend on the internet (not a dating site).

So did I.
I have friends I met through internet too, and I've deepened friendships with people I met IRL first, and then chatted quite a lot with.
I've also "met" a number of people I wouldn't mind trusting with valuables, even though we haven't met IRL (yet).

 

[Swedishguy]

But yeah, real friends are the ideal. What's so bad about athletics that has you not wanting to participate? You could even just do some recreational thing like pick-up soccer and that is a great way to pick meet girls and guys.

Believe me, they are idiots.

 

[Red Door]

Believe me, they are idiots.

Are you calling me an idiot? Your problem is that you're not trying to be friends with them, you just assume they're idiots.

 

[Swedishguy]

Are you calling me an idiot?

No?

Your problem is that you're not trying to be friends with them, you just assume they're idiots.

Suddenly you appear to know a great deal about my life.