Is it normal that i have met better people online than irl?

I've met quite a few people online and they seem to be much more kind and understanding than most people I know of the same age. My school is pretty small so there aren't that many different types of people, but I find myself having much better luck meeting people who's personalities work well with mine online. Most of these people I have audio/video chatted with so I know they're real.

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  • Anime7

    I think everybody has the potential to get along with everybody. However, as humans we like to make distinctions, so things like social class, cloth, appearance, and other traits cause us to sort of separate ourselves from one another. Online though there are no such things as what I've listed above, it's simply just your personality. The tough guy you see walking down the hallway actually cosplays in his spare time. The cheerleader you see waving her pom poms at the football is actually mentally planning her day so that she can study for her classes, while making time to practice cheer. You never see these sides of people though because there are consequences for this behavior in the real world. You can't easily ignore someone who's in front of you, but you can block someone who's spewing negative comments on your dash or statuses.

    I've heard plenty of people say that we all wear masks, but I believe that the truth is that we simply accentuate certain parts of our personality depending on our situation most of the time. In some ways you can interpret this as a mask, or you can interpret it like how I just stated. There isn't really any peer pressure online; no tests, no tangible girls to display bravado for, and there's no way of others to know who you are. On the internet you can be whoever you want to be, regardless of who you are in the real world. I think that's why I see a lot of nice people online, because deep down we all just want to make a connection with someone, and we're also safe from any physical confrontation. Juxtapose that behavior to the real world, where our attitudes have consequences and we're around others who make distinctions about us.

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  • Aliceee93

    I know what you mean, I haven't had great friends in real. But some of the people I've met online are actually decent :)

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  • Tichi

    It's like the opposite for me..

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  • driedroses

    Same here.

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