Comments on: By The Kindness of Strangers http://ambernaslund.com/2009/03/07/by-the-kindness-of-strangers/ Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:36:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Aurelie http://ambernaslund.com/2009/03/07/by-the-kindness-of-strangers/#comment-187 Aurelie Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:53:43 +0000 http://ambernaslund.com/?p=65#comment-187 I love how the Internet has allowed people whose paths would never have crossed in real life to "meet"... It's so easy to become biased because of appearances or for even sillier reasons ("he came with so-and-so at the party so he must be a snob like her.") I also appreciate how blogging makes preliminaries unnecessary. You can simply say through the blog: this is how I am, and if you have a problem with that, just go and browse another webpage. There's a sense of authenticity that you just don't get when you meet someone for the first time and go through all the "where do you work and how long have you been living in the city?" I love how the Internet has allowed people whose paths would never have crossed in real life to “meet”… It’s so easy to become biased because of appearances or for even sillier reasons (“he came with so-and-so at the party so he must be a snob like her.”)

I also appreciate how blogging makes preliminaries unnecessary. You can simply say through the blog: this is how I am, and if you have a problem with that, just go and browse another webpage. There’s a sense of authenticity that you just don’t get when you meet someone for the first time and go through all the “where do you work and how long have you been living in the city?”

]]> By: Rosy http://ambernaslund.com/2009/03/07/by-the-kindness-of-strangers/#comment-186 Rosy Sat, 07 Mar 2009 03:37:48 +0000 http://ambernaslund.com/?p=65#comment-186 Amber, this is a lovely post and very true! Thank you!!! Amber, this is a lovely post and very true! Thank you!!!

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