tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200549435075764536.post7047999498174288694..comments2023-05-16T07:11:11.566-04:00Comments on As I Sit Here... Thinking.: About: Virtual FriendshipEmily Swankyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09270584119027279559noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200549435075764536.post-81238941384785931662010-12-12T22:56:28.218-05:002010-12-12T22:56:28.218-05:00Hey Emily!
To be honest, when you first posted th...Hey Emily!<br /><br />To be honest, when you first posted this, I did not read the whole thing, as it was extremely long lol!<br /><br />Pretty sad, seeing that I just proved his point about attention spans...<br /><br />Anyway, I finally read it through, and he is absolutely correct--"Friendship is humanly impossible on such a mass scale."<br /><br />It is the friendships where you spend time with the person, whether it is simply having coffee, or spending the whole day hanging out. <br /><br />Virtual friendships are like virtual train couplings; the purpose of both is to keep things connected, but neither are real.<br /><br />Thank you Emily :D<br /><br />Blessings<br />~ ZZachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06189261111841428002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200549435075764536.post-40285958000812556092010-12-07T21:26:52.069-05:002010-12-07T21:26:52.069-05:00Great article. I agree. I just wish it was shorter...Great article. I agree. I just wish it was shorter :/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200549435075764536.post-20917911564697943792010-04-30T08:14:15.782-04:002010-04-30T08:14:15.782-04:00Very thought provoking, especially in this day and...Very thought provoking, especially in this day and age. Thanks for a good read, Emily. <br />~IsaacUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18066890805196350581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200549435075764536.post-78597669130349005922010-04-28T23:29:18.043-04:002010-04-28T23:29:18.043-04:00All the electronic "communication" still...All the electronic "communication" still does not come close to the affect of a friend's hug, going to the mailbox and seeing a card filled with encouraging "hand-written words" or actually speaking with another. Let not the tried and true be traded for the impersonal.<br /><br />Funny, too, I just did a post about the lost art of written communication ~ sitting down with pen in hands, spilling words from the heart to the soon to be reader ~ not so long ago.<br /><br />Holding on to the tried and true first...blessings ~<br /><br />Mrs. SmithSeason of Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11767751705361957453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200549435075764536.post-70684357786441096282010-04-28T22:49:15.916-04:002010-04-28T22:49:15.916-04:00This is a pre-read comment...
I cannot wait to rea...This is a pre-read comment...<br />I cannot wait to read through this timely toxic, er..,uh..topic with my own copy of Tabletalk, <br />curled up & cozy with a highlighter goin' to town!<br /><br />Then I shall have a post-read comment.<br />Or two.<br /><br />{{* *}}Laura {{* *}}https://www.blogger.com/profile/15115308036457071825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200549435075764536.post-39670661671713981822010-04-28T19:15:33.791-04:002010-04-28T19:15:33.791-04:00What an amazing article! My sweet mother and I wer...What an amazing article! My sweet mother and I were talking about this very thing the other day. Personal relationships where we can fellowship together (not online) are such a blessing, and how far have we drifted from it! Thank you for sharing....<br /><br />~Shannon~Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10662177419749848246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200549435075764536.post-88526063056770831172010-04-28T15:39:06.646-04:002010-04-28T15:39:06.646-04:00wow this is a really great post! My friend recentl...wow this is a really great post! My friend recently did a speech competition and his topic was on just this - how communication online can have these negative side effects. Although online communication can be very useful, overdosing on it is lethal.Lauren Lee Fischerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14884916316564981634noreply@blogger.com