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scifibum - have you had opportunity to meet other Hatrackers in real life yet? (I don't remember).
I know that having the opportunities to meet and talk with many of these people IRL, as I have been blessed enough to have, really helped me change the way I interacted online. They were friends, now, with real feelings and real faces, etc. and it is harder to argue with hostility once they aren't just a username on a web page.
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No, I haven't met a Hatracker in real life.
It's hard for me to imagine doing such a thing. I have met a total of two people, both women I was trying to date, in real life after meeting them online. The first one cut off contact after our brief lunch date - never so much as a "Don't write me anymore." The second one married me.
So anyway, I'm a bit awkward and introverted so while I think it'd probably be a good thing in some ways to meet some Hatrackers, I'm not really sure I ought to inflict my company on anybody.
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I met one hatracker who, to be fair, I would have been buddies with if we had met in practically any situation- it just happened we both posted here, and we got together for an afternoon the last time I was in Boston.
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Scifi, a lot of hatrackers are a bit introverted. You'd probably fit right in. Seriously, it's nice having a bunch of introverts to talk to.
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quote:Originally posted by Orincoro: I met one hatracker who, to be fair, I would have been buddies with if we had met in practically any situation- it just happened we both posted here, and we got together for an afternoon the last time I was in Boston.
And a fine afternoon it was. For next time, if you ever find yourself in Atlanta, I'm moving there soon.
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