sorry to go all "deep" on you guys, but i do feel society has made some people have to go to these virtual places just to make them feel they exist. i mean so many people work too hard just to pay bills its unreal, as for social lives it has become harder and harder for people to just relax in each others company, i mean where i come from if i just walked up to someone male/female and said "hi, how you doing? had a good day?" they would look at me as if i'd escaped from somewhere, where as online these bounderies are broken down,and people can say and do anything they feel.
this is of course a very sad state we have created and i feel this needs to be addressed.
i am in no way saying these people are strange, weak or anything else but just feel these bussinesses are cashing in on other peoples uncomfortableness in our everyday lives.
if someone preferes to go in to a virtual coffee shop and pay for a virtual coffee and chat to someone is that worse than doing it for real??? i say yes!! i for one don't want to end up in my old age sitting in a hole with a laptop talking to my virtual wife whilst walking my virtual dog.... what a life.....???