Comment: Three more poems. The first two are older (they're directly implemented in one of my stories but it doesn't look like I'll translate it anytime soon so here are the poems for you), the last one is new from today. I hope you enjoy them. Wanton Passion She teases and pleases in this pantheon of pestilence With wanton passion wriggling underneath her dress And as a crippling crescent she swings suavely A pendulum, the lust child of Crave and Continuum Searching or waiting, but he will be welcome A man with a plan who cracks his knuckles Who deposits D-Day in pots of porcelain Rendering questions rhetorical: "You shall deal in devils But ye be forwarned Once the calligraphic promise will become A thriller with a climatic cliffhanger" Now If you'd just sign here... ~ Rusty Scythe There are worms in every apple Like veins of a hidden ailment Digesting themselves due to their own secretion Ironic regrets, unsuitable reproaches The residue flows through all certainities There aren't enough birds for all the worms But there are enough crows for all the seeds There aren't enough harvests for all the mouths But there are enough worms for every harvest The best farmer is himself a scarecrow Allows himself to be digested by his vermin The reaper doesn't target the pessimist Hence the farmer smiles at his rotten domain And chooses his solace in the doubt of benefit ~ Gagged By Bandoleers Every vibe peels away another ray of hope Flies in each corpse carry their homes aboveground Decrepit depravity mingles with fresh filth of mind The battlefield vibrates on this explosive stampede One more tremor and the earth lies in the nude No umbrella will hush this rain of grenades Clouds as black as kindness corrupted Gather round the ticking bomb, my head As a choking sphincter it blankets my voice Man is gagged by bandoleers forevermore
I like how Amber strives to defend her relationship in the Discussion section. So yeah, Amby x DF gets my vote, even though DF isn't active anymore.
Yes. Yes, he does. My vote goes to Renegade, in case there was still a contest.
Wow, not many choices this time. I'll go with Pika here.
Haseo deserves this title. It was a tough decision to make though. There were other candidates.
Jube should win this. He just should.
HOSPITAL, STAT! hands down.
As far as I know anything about role-players here...Jayn.
Miley Cyrus x Hannah Montana. I mean, come on. Even their names match up.
I feel bad about voting for Discussion...so Staff Section it is.
This is harder than I thought it would be... Well, Flyn Pnut gets my vote in the end, but some other members were damn close.
Rosary Resentment Righteousness Radishes Reverend
Exactly. Correct. Of course, every evolution line is entitled to an ending, and as far as I know marrying and/or "settling" can be considered the final stop and leaves a finished product. However, marriage brings a set of challenges that online relationships (purely online relationships I mean) will never even come across. So in this case, who's having things taken for granted? I know this. As a matter of fact I wanted to point just how incomplete her view of love is, and how she should learn to compare online dating to each "milestone". Thank you for that. Resisting against cheating is not exclusive to online relationships either. As a matter of fact, situations where that other person just seems a lot closer and more willing than your current lover are quite common. It's not identical to what you mean since you're less likely to get caught when your girl-or boyfriend lives on the other side of the world but both deal with the "what you want vs what you can have" problem in any case. I never once mentioned meeting up by the way. I see every relationship that ends with both partners living together as a real-life relationship. If you read my second post (the one where I explained why I don't consider online relationships) you could have guessed this, since I spoke of things that are impossible in an online relationship but are possible in a real-life relationship. Let's focus on online relationships that never see the light of day outside the world wide web. After all, these are the ones I meant. Meeting up is not necessarily the final step. All the better if it is though. Also view above. Unfortunately for your point that "special" feeling is by no means exclusive to online relationships. A lot of people claim that the person they eventually formed a relationship with claim that (s)he's the "person they've been waiting for". Of course whenever someone says that with a straight face I roll my eyes muttering "oh please..." but I do think they might feel that way. How is that any less special? Also note that this special feeling can turn into a major disappointment. You know as well as I do that talking face to face every time gives certain "personality warnings" which gives the other partner enough time to have second thoughts (which is a painful experience in itself at times yes). The sudden confrontation between two people who have never met before is much more "in your face" and abrupt. With all the goodwill in the world, I cannot take this paragraph seriously. I'm sorry, but I'm going to stop try before I laugh so much it hurts. Getting past a person's circle of friends to have a private conversation with him/her, exchanging e-mail addresses and cell phone numbers, or even simply not losing your nerve the first time... Do you honestly believe that these things are to be taken for granted? No offense, but that's hilarious. Also, the transitions between MSN, voice chat and webcam aren't on the same level as the first date, first time to his band gig or whatever and first kiss, to name a few. That's not really what I meant. I meant that a real-life couple has more...options. More things they can do together and more paths they can take. I think starting an online relationship after having had a real-life one may lead to more disappointments in regards to the limited amounts of paths you can take than vice-versa.
Atlas Who would get ripped off when buying drugs?
Anberlin --- Breaking
As you wish. -locked-
And are most teenage romances based on actual true love? I thought not. You're comparing online relationships with inferior teenage flings instead of mature relationships. This is exactly what I'm trying to prove; internet romances are on the same level as teenage lovey-dovey romance and we all know what level that's on. In other words, you just gave the worst answer you could give. Online relationships are much more static than physical ones (for the record, I'm referring to relationships in real life as physical relationships, I don't mean sexual relationships). View below and back for explanation. As for those "physical temptations", they are part of real-life relationships yes and this is one of those challenges I spoke of. I'll elaborate below. Also, referring to the text I put in bold, I have little interest in having a discussion with someone who falls back to shameless generalisations on her second reply. No, I don't know. As far as heartbreak goes, I'll agree. It's painful no matter how far your would-be spouse is. I do know that it makes sense that real-life relationships go through more ****, or at least more different kinds of ****, than online relationships. The '"physical temptations" Amber spoke of is one of many examples. It's much easier to keep your desires of the flesh in check when your partner's a screen than when (s)he's right in front of you, even if you have webcam. An intense, rewarding desire or a lukewarm frustration that cannot be fulfilled. The choice really is a tough one, ain't it? Yes yes, webcam and phone calls and all that pseudo-communication. That's why I said absent or impaired. Meeting face to face is by all means preferable: words and gesticulation are both important and I for one use both to analyze just who I'm dealing with and how to deal with them more accurately. Also, your line in bold basically proved my entire point. Thank you for that. This may end now. I wasn't referring to sex. I was referring to evolution from hidden crush, to dating, to be implemented in eachother's life, to living together (with marriage between them, sometimes), to dying with your lover nearby. This evolution is much weaker online. It doesn't have to be the same but it should be at least as satisfactory. I can imagine people getting out of an intense real-life relationship and starting up an online relationship with someone else, and then start thinking: "What, that's it?". Things are missing. It is as incomplete as it gets. Online romance might cut it for some people (link to my previous reply where I talked about incredibly low standards) but when you compare the two, real-life relationships are richer experiences. Truth be told, if you didn't feel the difference, I'd rather question the fire of your real-life relationships first and foremost.
Guys, mind the bashing. ;) StarkMad's right when he says "to each their own". But this band isn't one of mine, that's for sure...
I've answered you in another thread. I'll leave the short version here: Online relationships have several "handicaps", events that can never take place over the internet, that make it so that people start questioning: without being able to go through this and that, how strong can that love be? Your love isn't put to the test nearly as much as in actual physical relationships, nor does it have the possibility to evolve into more mature stages. Bluntly said, online "love" is both easy and boring after a while. On another note, never fool yourself into thinking that the physical aspect of a relationship is not important. It most definitely is. That's one more reason I'd like to give.
Love and relationships are strengthened and threatened with quality time and hardships respectively. It's the things both partners go through that make every relationship beautiful and unique and diversity is key in that. However, that diversity is severely cut short by the sheer distance in online relationships. Going to amusement parks together, the first kiss introducing eachother to eachother's parents, dreaming away in eachother's eyes, getting implemented in eachother's circle of friends, small gifts, physical tenderness, living together, supporting your wife/girlfriend through labor when she's having her first baby etc etc. Note that "physical" love has a tendency to evolve and reach other stages and challenges over time, while online relationships are much more static (and thus, in my opinion, plain boring). The absence or impairment of these make it so that online relationships are built on an inferior kind of love. Hate to burst your bubbles kids, but it's not the same and it never will be.
