| Show i i Internet fears aint got no thin on me r I Jonathan Long LongI I Opinion Editor i I Recently I was sent a list of seventy common i fears on a post questionnaire sent I by a friend It was sent ent I as another inevitable engagement of time to toi determine that in some someway someway i way I am connected and a willing participate with the online world of friendships I have yet to determine my true feelings on such a shady subject i of participation In a sense these common tests of ones online honesty plague the user population as much as spam mail mailor or soliciting phone sales salesI I representatives I The opening line is in itself a catch phrase If you get more than 30 I youre you're paranoid If you get 10 or less youre you're fearless People who dont don't have any are dummies who vho want people to think they are tough stuff Right away any common sense tells you this is the oldest sales pitch that can be contrived The I dare you to do it sales pitch that has dogged elementary school playgrounds since the triple dog dare for Flick to stick his tongue to toa toa toa a frozen light pole in A Christmas Story Now in inthe inthe inthe the modern modem era we have a anew anew anew new version of that old age-old threat Since the inception of such online novelties as Face Book and Internet users have gone above and beyond the norm to compose new ways of profiling user description Now we are expected to fill out detailed accounts of our personal life in order to become more personable online profiles for people to connect with On some level this just does doe not sit well with me mc Not that I am afraid to detail my fears online but I wonder why we have found ourselves in such a adire adire adire dire straight to reach out outto outto outto to people Is it easier casier to open up on a page than to a stranger getting coffee at the local Maybe now a days it is a harmless way to get to know one another a little better So in that case I might as well open up here since this is a public forum also To be blunt I have a fear of uncontrolled situations When I am forced to suffer the fate of my life in the hands of someone else my chest contracts I get shortness of breath and I usually start looking for forthe forthe forthe the nearest beverage with some alcoholic content Now to me mc that is a fear I can share and if I Ianswer Ianswer Ianswer answer to the questions of whether or not I have havea a fear of dinosaurs what docs does that really tell you about me or any one for that matter What do care the color of my underwear or if I l have a deep fear of blooming tulips In short you probably dont The answers you put down downto to these passed-around passed questionnaires really have no impact on how you are going to feel about me as asan asan asan an online friend And if your concerning yourself with such minute details about some one other than thana a lover you should really get out more often edu |
