People in real life are great. No offense, but real people beat the socks off all you internet enigmas.

However, real people require a real social game -- which usually means you interact casually with people you see casually.

If I suddenly ask a co-worker "what is the meaning of life?" I get a blank stare or at best a four line response. Here, I can just start a thread, say "what is the meaning of life?" and it's not out of the ordinary to have a ten page discussion ensue, in greater detail then my well-meaning co-worker would ever dare to engage in over lunch break.

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