05-29-2024, 04:12 PM
(05-29-2024, 04:59 AM)CCoburn Wrote: They did, and in one particular chat room about half of the users knew each other IRL. There were relationships started from that chat room with girls that would hook-up with guys followed with the drama of break-ups and then they'd start another relationship with another guy from the same room.
There were parties with live music hosted by some of the users in that room. I even went one night on a whim. It was about thirty miles away and when I finally found it I had to drive down some dark narrow dirt road, but someone came up and said I went a little too far and I had to back up some and pointed to a place where I could park, but with it being unfamiliar and not being able to see much I inadvertently backed into this small antique iron tractor and one of my tires instantly began going flat.
The next day after the party I did get some help changing the tire and then proceeded to drive home from there with a hangover and a donut.
Don't know whatever happened to that room; it just disappeared one day. I figured maybe they all moved, but if that was the case I never found out where.
Wow, you were there to witness the creation of the new "virtual" social order. This was the earliest stage of people discovering 'connections' that didn't require physically meeting and hanging out together. Nothing similar existed before.... now, there we are today... with many 'keeping a distance' between each other so as not to repeat the pains of the past. But, we all learn over time. Things always change.
