Social Interaction

[Red Door]

No?

The point was than I'm an athlete, yet I'm not an idiot.

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

No, I don't, and I don't claim to, but it's stupid to make pre-conceived stereotypical notions about the athletes. I highly doubt you actually really try to get these guys better, they could be cool.

 

[Swedishguy]

The point was than I'm an athlete, yet I'm not an idiot.



No, I don't, and I don't claim to, but it's stupid to make pre-conceived stereotypical notions about the athletes. I highly doubt you actually really try to get these guys better, they could be cool.

I haven't said anything stereotypical about athletes. You must've misunderstood me.

 

[Red Door]

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

I haven't said anything stereotypical about athletes. You must've misunderstood me.

Kind of directly contradicts your point, don't you think?

 

[Irish Caesar]

Could it be considered a place for social interaction? Of course it could be considered one.

But in a few years, you'll probably be in school and you'll have a roommate. Don't be the guy who sits in front of the screen all day.

Besides, you're better off doing physical things; if you're doing well in school I can safely assume that you're writing well and thinking and learning stuff. If that isn't the case, unplug yourself.

 

[GenMarshall]

The Internet cannot be used to replace genuine social interaction.

 

[Masquerouge]

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.

Do you realize that you don't even know the real names of the people you quoted? Any relation when you use a nickname is not real social interaction.

 

[Tee Kay]

The internet's not a place for social interaction. It makes a palatable substitute though.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

What is the point, the end goal, of social interaction anyways? How and why does it benefit us?

Discuss.

 

[Kyriakos]

Hopefully it leads to feelings of being part of society, and being potentially intimate with other humans. Those feelings, in turn, allow you to access other euphoric emotions.
It is not others who make that happen; theoretically you would be feeling the same thing in a dream, where obviously other people would never have existed.

 

[QuoVadisNation]

Simple. Personal social interaction (outside the internet) is a form of exercise that allows us to express ourselves verbally. If you can't do this, those who are more able will possess a clear advantage over you not only because they'll be more able to persuade others more effectively, but in the work place. No one likes a gent who isn't reasonably gregarious. (see that sentence? I could get away with it on the internet, but not in real life?)

Which is exactly why I plan on taking some form of acting classes after my lsat.

Also, as varwnos clearly points out, it has something to do with happiness or something.

 

[mdwh]

The internet is to social interaction as porn is to girlfriend.

Not too accurate an analogy - over the Internet you still have a real person interacting back at you, it's just that the medium is more limited (well, for the most part - I still wish I could do things like checking logs of past communications and quickly looking up on Wikipedia in real life social situations...)

A better analogy might be phone sex with your girlfriend.

 

[Swedishguy]

Kind of directly contradicts your point, don't you think?

What? Because the people in ÄIF are idiots? I haven't said that all athletes are idiots. Geez, get over it man.

 

[Red Door]

What? Because the people in ÄIF are idiots? I haven't said that all athletes are idiots. Geez, get over it man.

It's quite blatantly implied.

 

[Perfection]

What? Because the people in ÄIF are idiots? I haven't said that all athletes are idiots. Geez, get over it man.

Sounds a lot like, "People who don't share my interests are idiots" to me...

 

[Bozo Erectus]

Should internet be considered a place for "social interaction"?

Excellent question

The fact is that millions if not billions of people interact socially every day on the internet. Obviously, it is a place of social interaction.

 

[oagersnap]

Sounds a lot like, "People who don't share my interests are idiots" to me...

He just said he didn't like the people there. You don't know them, so how do you know they're not idiots?
He hasn't said anything about athletes in general, nor about people who don't share his interests.

 

[Rossiya]

Social interaction is only possible where you can touch the socialee.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

Its just one way that people interact socially. Smoke signals can be social interaction. Social interaction is communication.

 

[Rossiya]

Social interaction is communication.

No, communication is just getting a message across from one person to another person. Social interaction definitely includes the sense of touch.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

No, communication is just getting a message across from one person to another person. Social interaction definitely includes the sense of touch.

It can, for sure. But dont you interact socially with people all day, without touching them? How about your friends when youre hanging out, you guys touch alot?