Regarding the "realness" of the internet and the relationships I think it's largely a poverty of language issue. If Eskimos have a dozen words for snow, than digital natives should have just as many for types of online spaces (not describing the corporate owner but rather the tone of conversation).
So often we default to words like friend or "fren" but really these are totally unique "heres" as you say or relationships and deserve their own terminology.
Regarding the "realness" of the internet and the relationships I think it's largely a poverty of language issue. If Eskimos have a dozen words for snow, than digital natives should have just as many for types of online spaces (not describing the corporate owner but rather the tone of conversation).
So often we default to words like friend or "fren" but really these are totally unique "heres" as you say or relationships and deserve their own terminology.
“Journalists and other pederasts”
Lmbo
"there is a light piercing in through the room asking you if you lift, garden, or know what to do in case shit hits the fan."
It's uniquely harrowing to be reminded that, however paltry you can find yourself to be, that you are one of the better equipped for the task ahead.
I maintain that allotments as a lynchpin of lifestyle change is an excellent option, even just for exercise and time outdoors