Been reading for NM2209, just wanted to share this para that caught my attention. I thought 'Walter Mitty' has a very nice ring to it... reminds me of alice in wonderland. Sth creative and fun. Walter Mitty is from the short story 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' by James Thurber. I haven't read it yet, if i have a chance after the exams i'll try to find the book. But yes....from all the readings, I've garnered that the Internet offers users of the chance of exploring new identities online, the asynchronity enables impression mgt, you experience flow while online, it's fun, it's liberating, but at the end of the day, it is essential to get back down to earth. Our offline social responsibilities call out to us...significant others need our attention, we need to stop at times and ask ourselves "are we getting too immersed?" I don't see myself in any risk of being too engrossed. But I feel that most people expect to see the chemistry between people online to be played out in real life as well. When they're not, they're disappointed. Sometimes, I share this disappointment too. Hence the qn I put forth today: "How much of our online niceties should we expect to be transcended into our offline world-sphere?"
This video is not related but u can view it just for fun, they're trying to demonstrate ppl in a chatroom.
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