Why did you send me a "friend request" today? Was it a precursor to a wonderful relationship that will transcend materialism, years and distance, or did you just click the wrong person by mistake?
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Why did you send me a "friend request" today? Was it a precursor to a wonderful relationship that will transcend materialism, years and distance, or did you just click the wrong person by mistake?
It was me partaking in a series of newfangled "Web 2.0" social networking phenomena, one of which involves us declaring our friendship on a public forum and exchanging messages that others can read. I can assure you that, like any of the other social networking sites, our friendship shall continue to remain meaningless and unfruitful, barring the occasional lottery winning I send your way.
Your sincerity washes over me like a warm, regurgitated pizza.
I was pondering the significance of the new "friends" option in VBF. It was a very short exercise, as I couldn't see any particular reason for doing so. However, now that this thread is poised to reveal the deep significance of this addition, let me put the question out there quite plainly: What's the point? What benefits/changes are seen from adding a friend?
I don't use any of those social networking things, so I can't relate to some similar experience.
The complex pseudo-platonic relationship between Mendhak and me is often the fashionable case study for contemporary psychological analyses. It's cos him a frog and all that jazz.
Friend me!
Now that you guys are mentioning the whole friend thing, I found this quite funny:
I think it'll die out or just evolve into a chit-chat away from chit-chat or into something else as a tool. The 'profile page' may also serve as a place for n00bs to send us "Please solve my thread plz" links.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
YES!!! THAT's what we need! I knew this site was lacking something, but I couldn't quite figure out what it was. Thank you for resolving my doubts.:thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by mendhak
Ahh, like that crazy guy who lives behind the grocery store in a dumpster. You gave him money once so now he is your friend.
Your real friends see him approach you and ask "Who is that? Your Dad?"
That just sounds sad... I hope you're not talking from experience...Quote:
Originally Posted by dilettante
Regrettably, he is. Just last week I gave him a few bucks and a couple lines of ASM code cause he was looking needy.Quote:
Originally Posted by BillGeek
Will c0d 4 fish.
Geddit?
I prefer Open Source Tramps, they don't ask for so much money.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
*groan*Quote:
Originally Posted by MaximilianMayrhofer
I don't geddit. :(
4 sounds like "for", so that can be read as "Will c0d for fish."Quote:
Originally Posted by BillGeek
A pun is always funnier when it has to be explained :afrog:
Did you enjoy the cameo?
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I really feel for poor BoardTracker. He hasn't made any friends. Maybe one of you will have pity on him.
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We'll see if BoardTracker accepts my offering of friendship.
the forum's color scheme already has a passing resemblance to the default myspace one.
haz frenz?
Well this explains it then. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Google definition