• Flying Squid
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      23 hours ago

      Once again, you do not get to tell me about my friendships or how meaningful they are.

      Comment sections are no different than sending letters. My friendships with people I met on forums are no different than the relationship between Helene Hanff and Frank Doel except their correspondence was far slower and there was far less of it.

      I get that you can’t make such friends. It’s bizarre to me that you think this is a universal thing even when you’re directly being told it isn’t.

      • queermunist she/her
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        03 hours ago

        Letter correspondence, too, occurs over long periods of time. It’s like forum discussion, the medium just too different to compare.

        A comments section is ephemeral, this conversation lasted a few hours and now we might never talk again.

        • Flying Squid
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          23 hours ago

          Do you think I’m lying about my friendships? Why would I lie about them?