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  1. Xref: sparky alt.irc.recovery:232 alt.usenet.recovery:142 rec.games.mud.misc:353
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!sun-barr!ames!agate!bionet!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!ai-lab!life.ai.mit.edu!friedman
  3. From: friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Noah Friedman)
  4. Newsgroups: alt.irc.recovery,alt.usenet.recovery,rec.games.mud.misc
  5. Subject: Re: Net "Addiction": a Theory
  6. Message-ID: <FRIEDMAN.92Jul21223144@goldman.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
  7. Date: 22 Jul 92 02:31:44 GMT
  8. References: <BrKCyq.GvG@ais.org> <nht4qm4@fido.asd.sgi.com>
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  11. Sender: news@ai.mit.edu
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  15. In-reply-to: cbraun@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu's message of 21 Jul 92 18:43:20 GMT
  16.  
  17. In article <1992Jul21.184320.7753@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> cbraun@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Corinne Braun) writes:
  18. >Yeah...but just wait until you meet them in real life...
  19. >you might not be able to stand them....
  20.  
  21.    Does that make electronic relationships bad, then?  Perhaps if the only
  22. way you can stand someone is via the net, then the net serves a useful,
  23. constructive social purpose: promoting amiability.
  24.  
  25.    Since I'm usually more interested in what people think or have to say,
  26. their physical appearance is not very important to me, and it doesn't
  27. matter if I ever meet them in person at all. 
  28.