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- From: aahz@netcom.com (Mean Green Dancing Machine)
- Subject: Re: net.hugs?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.192042.13654@netcom.com>
- Organization: Don't blame me, I voted for Bill 'n' Opus
- References: <31517@hydra.Helsinki.FI> <1992Nov17.192506.24522@netcom.com> <31539@hydra.Helsinki.FI>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:20:42 GMT
- Lines: 31
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- In article <31539@hydra.Helsinki.FI> taina@cs.Helsinki.FI (Juha Taina) writes:
- >In <1992Nov17.192506.24522@netcom.com> aahz@netcom.com (Mean Green Dancing Machine) writes:
- >>In article <31517@hydra.Helsinki.FI> taina@cs.Helsinki.FI (Juha Taina) 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?
- >>As a matter of fact, yes. Take a look at my .sig.....
- >
- >Yes, but you give hugs and backrubs in an environment where they are
- >accepted and common [isn't this what sf cons are for? :)]. Several
- >people have said the same about alt.romance.*. Hugs and kisses belong
- >there, they are appreciated and valued. Perhaps they are right about
- >network hugs, personally I don't value them.
- >
- >For me, a hug on the net from a stranger is just a word. I don't see
- >him/her, I don't know what he/she wants. I don't get much out of it.
- >An email hug is a little better, a real one is the best.
-
- I'll agree with you to a certain extent about hugs posted to the Net;
- however, I do frequently hug "strangers" from the Net outside of the con
- environment. I don't usually kiss them, given the social mores that are
- still common, but if someone kissed me, I wouldn't object. (Hopefully,
- the ProblemOlderWoman wouldn't object, either. ;-)
- --
- --- Aahz (the *other* Dan Bernstein)
- @netcom.com
-
- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6
-
- Trying to be happy is like trying to build a machine for which the only
- specification is that it should run noiselessly.
-