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- From: dbj@cs.washington.edu (Dave Johnson)
- Subject: Re: net.hugs?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.172758.24014@beaver.cs.washington.edu>
- Sender: news@beaver.cs.washington.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle
- References: <13NOV92.21925419.0026@lafibm.lafayette.edu> <31517@hydra.Helsinki.FI> <Bxvxyx.Mqq@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 17:27:58 GMT
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- In article <Bxvxyx.Mqq@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU> stuarta@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU (Stuart Andrews) writes:
- >
- >In a recent article, Juha Taina taina@cs.helsinki.fi writes...
- >
- >> I'd like to ask why people share *hugs* and *kisses* on the net. What
- >> is the value of them? Would you also hug and kiss a stranger in real
- >> life?
- >
- >alt.romance as you have probably guessed is a fairly 'touchy-feely' group
- >filled with nice, kind people who like to be nice to each other. Also,
- >electronic mail/news can tend to be quite intimate in it's nature between
- >the 'right' people. People express their feelings and thoughts much more
- >readily in email/news than they do face to face.
- >
- Soc.singles, on the other hand, is a fairly 'gropey-snarly' group
- filled with nasty, bitter people who like to pick on anyone who
- says anything remotely cute. E-mail/news tends to be quite nasty
- in it's nature between everyone. People are just as obnoxious and
- cynical in person.
-
- >There are lots of other <affectionate actions> or just <actions> too..
- >
- >Try <kiss>, <smooch>, <zerbit> (don't ask!), <sigh>, <laugh>, <confused smile>
- ><smiles>, <laughs till he cries>, <giggle>, <strange look>,
- ><here we go again look>...
-
- Here on soc.singles we tend to use other expressions, such
- as <snarf>, <gag>, <SNORK>, and <*barf*>.
-
- >
- >hope this helps... and keep on <kiss>ing!
-
- Watch out for those cross-posts...and keep on <SMACK>ing.
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- Dave Johnson
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