Life @ MyLot vs Life @ Real World

@thesids (22180)
Bhubaneswar, India
December 27, 2010 7:50am CST
Hi all, Unfortunately I clicked the Profile Link at the top of my mylot page just now. Yes, Unfortunately it is not a typoand I found that I have aged and my age is 12 months as of now. Here is my experience in a nutshell - 1. My real world Wife believes MyLot is my new found girlfriend 2. Like the real world MyLot doesnt allow me to undo an action (Almost all computer applications did allow me) 3. I made many friends - okay - some great friends here 4. MyLot Paid me well as much as it could 5. There are boring people too as in real world - those who would never come back and peep into what they got as responses 6. There are interesting,loving caring people too 7. ...... Oh, I mentioned NUTSHELL and I started an essay What has been your experience in terms of Real World and MyLot Cheers, theSids.
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@saphrina (31552)
• South Africa
27 Dec 10
I don't know if i understood this wrong sweetie. Virtual or not. The people i interact with are real. Just in another part of the world. I treat people here exactly the same as i do in real life. No difference to me. TATA.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
27 Dec 10
You mean you would whip them when you met them offline too?
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@saphrina (31552)
• South Africa
27 Dec 10
Of course my MD.
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
27 Dec 10
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@akp100 (13640)
• India
27 Dec 10
With my old account + new account (current) i am one and half year old here on mylot. And it is mine first writing site too. I can only say that i am having great friends(like you) here just like mine real world friends. And i am having lots of fun here. The main difference is I have never write these much in my real life.
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• Philippines
27 Dec 10
Hello AKp, It seems that you're avatar is ready for the New Year Party. well, If i combined mine, It would be more than three to four years being here at mylot. it's really a sad thing we can't say things that are great in real life because people judge us very much differently compare to us being here
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
27 Dec 10
@AKP: I like this party getup for your avataar but I do not intend changing my avataar This is one place where I have found something so addicting. Initially when I started using computers and windows arrived, I was crazy for solitare and then it was Project IGI. But today, I feel great about this addiction with mylot. It is my little window to the world today all I need is here - friends, their personal matters, their happiness, their sadness and best I can participate (whether they like me or not ). Suits me fine. And yes, I love to write and always wanted to make money writing but things didnt go good in the real world and neither with my blogs. But this opportunity is great as I can vary my subjects and share for fun and knowledge
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@akp100 (13640)
• India
27 Dec 10
Hi their Yup its ready for a party on mylot !! Well you are quite experienced .. well i don't know what are you talking about ( I mean which thing which is great in real but you aren't able to express here )
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@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
28 Dec 10
i had been for over 5 years now with some gap in the middle when i had been inactive here... but i am still surviving here... i had learn a lot from this site, make new friends, have lots of fun while earning some money at the same time... so i'm not complaining at all... as for my real world, it is just happening like usual and nothing special... take care and have a nice day...
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
28 Dec 10
I can understand your point lingli. 5 years is a long time indeed and it is great to have you continuing here coz I have seen people getting bored out of social sites over the period of time(to be honest, even I too closed out on a couple) but then, as you mention on this site, there is so much new to learn everyday... I am always hungry when it comes to learning
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
27 Dec 10
One is offline and the is online but they are both oh so real! My myLot life has merged with my offline world a lot though by now and I have so many contact offline with Lotters that it is often difficult to see where one ends and the other begins People get upset here if you say the wrong things to them and they have negative sentiments just like those offline too. The difference is that if you don't like speaking with someone on here you can just close the page
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
27 Dec 10
I prefer my ball... of string
@saphrina (31552)
• South Africa
27 Dec 10
Want to borrow my whips my MD?
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@saphrina (31552)
• South Africa
27 Dec 10
And here i thought you would prefer the hose.
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@thanks1961 (7035)
• India
28 Dec 10
Happy birthday?!@ Right?? You can wish me after 3 months! Thank-s
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
28 Dec 10
Hi Thanks, You wished me Happy Birthday. I am planning a bash soon... within a day or two. The 3 month notice period is great for me. I can think of something good for you. So how old you going to be? A Year? or More? I would have to find some good gift for you on this occasion
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
29 Dec 10
• India
29 Dec 10
Hi dear, Yes, in March I will become one year old and the exact date also will let you know. Also, you can feel my silent presence at your bash time........ Have fuu a lot with myLto. Thank-s
@yspmyl (3435)
• Malaysia
28 Dec 10
Hi Thesids, For me, mylot is just another virtual world but the people in there are real people. Here you will find all kind of people just like in the real world, good people, bad people, selfish people, nice people, innocent people, childish people and as long as you can think of, they all have in here.
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
28 Dec 10
Hi yspmyl yup, the similar world exists here too. I think I have been lucky here and I have met many nice and warm people than in the real world.
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• United States
28 Dec 10
My real life is better because of My Lot.I get ask questions, discuss hockey and I get to vent at My Lot. In real life I don't. I am Sarah here . In real life I use the name my mom gave me. I have many good friends here. Not as many in real life. Because I get to do all of these things at My Lot , I don't feel bored or left out in real life.
• United States
28 Dec 10
Yes we have each other . And yes we would have never met. I could have gone to India and Never even seen you and you can come to the U.S. and never meet me. The G-ds have been kind.
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
28 Dec 10
Now you have a bhai in India and I have a behen in the US. Yes, the Gods have been kind and we met
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
28 Dec 10
Behen, and you have me from here (OH that was unfair: it is - we have each other from here). If it would have been just the real world, maybe we would never have met
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@jshekhar (1562)
• India
28 Dec 10
Hello friend, Till now I had never thought this deep about the two things but your post has made me to. Well, for me, the real world takes top priority and that is one reason I am not so regular here on MyLot. I agree to the comparisons you made. If you get too much into it, people around you will start thinking there is something fishy going on. Not only to mylot, but to any other online thing. I was once addicted to online chess and everyone at my home got mad at me.
@krajibg (11923)
• Guwahati, India
27 Dec 10
Hi thesids, One important difference between the people on mylot and the people in real life is that you can see and if permitted touch them which you can not do it on line. For me mylot friends mean a lot. Like who knows tomorrow I fly to SA and meet there Saphrina and all. You just can not sideline the possibilities. Some time mylot world too takes away your sleep like it does in your real life. and many such issues to go with.
@krajibg (11923)
• Guwahati, India
28 Dec 10
Especially insomnia for you.
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
27 Dec 10
It occurred to me once.. I go off to some place just to meet one of my friends from here... and actually am thinking on these lines... but then I have a second thought - the libra in me wont ever live me lead a contended life - What if the person I meet is a different person altogether? I mean what we see here at mylot helps us frame an opinion - high or low whatever - about the person/friend. The real meet up can prove fatal for this opinion...(it works for both people involved) and so I let go off my plans - I cannot risk losing a valuable friend. As for sleep loss... I always suffered from insomnia so that seems good for me. Wow, that makes me realize - all ailments are not that bad
@shibham (16977)
• India
27 Dec 10
well sids... I have no complain to this world of my friendship that i have ever discovered. Again, whatever happen in my life, i like to share it on mylot. Basically i trust mylot and this is my real world. Rather i would like to say that i love mylot world better than real world. Have a nice day.
• Philippines
27 Dec 10
Hello Shibham, Mylot i think is real world enough since REAL people are online and sharing their concerns or problems to us. but of course, we have to be careful here too in terms of giving out informations most specially if we mess up with some one who is a hacker of some sorts. lets be honest but not too frank that can hurt other people.
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
27 Dec 10
@Shibham: Day? you wished me good night on your post a few minutes back I guess you were right on that discussion - you are alone at the house in your room and that glass and computer Ok, no jokes. We are on the same boat and this again maks me think - why are we so similar... I remember your response on another discussion - where I related the re-incarnation theory. @LetranKnight: I remember messing up once on a discussion where I did not have enough information with me and that is still afresh in my memory. I remember that mishap and take my best steps NOT to go beyond what I am not comfortable with. MyLotters have been good trainers - some polite trainers and some the more stricter of these
@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
28 Dec 10
hello thesids, Mylot become my bestfriend. My diary,my outlet when i need someone to vent out or cry with. People here in mylot makes a great contribution in my real world. So,i don't consider this a fantasy world. Though we don't see each other in person..or we haven't had the chance to introduce each other formally,mylot is real world with real people. though some people here are not that real (pretenders) but mosts of mylotters are true people. Mylot completes my everyday life. HAPPY NEW YEAR
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
28 Dec 10
Hi jaiho I dont want to see many mylotters for real because I am scared that they many not like me if they really saw / met me in the real world and also this would be risking my friendship and the sweet relation that we share here. The pretenders are never going to realize the benefits of being on this website and the poor souls would never realize the loss either.
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@johnpillai (2082)
• Germany
30 Dec 10
Before marriage I had lots and lots of friends. I loved them so much. After my marriage, as I emigrated to Germany I had to leave my friends with pains. Now sweet rememberance remains. After my marriage I was not in need of friends. My hubby, my children, my family..I was okay with life. But after coming to mylot I have started to enjoy friendships again. I find online friends 100 times better than off line (not my old friends)friends. here we don't gosipe about third person. Hear we get chances to analysis our own character.
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
30 Dec 10
Hi John, That happened with me too. My illness had virtually made me a non-social person in the real world and I was all by myself at home but then I started socializing. The FB didnt interest me and neither did the the twitter - maybe they are not the right ones for making and living friendship - then MyLot happened and it has changed my thinking all for good. Now I have a vaster and wider friend circle and I treasure many good friends here
• United States
27 Dec 10
LOL, my boyfriend says I am in love with myLot as I am on here more then any other site. He thinks that myLot has been really good for me, and I have to agree as I have had a wonderful seven months while on here. I have found that here I can simply be myself and be appreciated more then anywhere else offline. So I am proud to be one of your myLot friends and by the way I am a girl so does that make me one of your girlfriends.
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
27 Dec 10
It is the same world out almost everywhere. People cant resist being jealous at times . I enjoy being me and getting the opportunity to achieve my goal of spreading happiness around(yes, it is a new found goal and thank mylot for this). Ok great. Now I have a girlfriend here. I have now a family - one sister, one girlfriend, one brother - here at mylot. Hope this list grows good enough and we do remain a family for as many days as we exist
• United States
27 Dec 10
I do too sweetie as members like yourself are so nice and sweet to me.
• United States
27 Dec 10
@fjaril LOL, I did not know but see each day I am learning new things on myLot, nice to know there are two of you on the site.
@jumesbond (109)
• Turks And Caicos Islands
28 Dec 10
I actually find that I can talk to people on MyLot more about problems in my life than my "real world" friends. I can come to MyLot to discuss things happening in my life that I can't talk to my friends about. I also like MyLot because people are from all over the world and have had all kinds of different life experiences. My "real world" friends all grew up in the same area and have had similar life experiences, a similar way of acting, similar ways of thinking, etc., so they tend to be more boring.
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
28 Dec 10
(that was not for your comment but because I too find myself in the same situation). Our real world friend circle is our age and quite similar to what we are. But here we not only have people from different age groups but also from different cultures, mindsets and attitudes. So if we are able to take on things positively, we are surely going to have a wider outlook and our lives are sure to improve for good.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
27 Dec 10
hi thesids oh when the realworld gets me down or give me a kick in the seat,I just come on here and respond to as many friends'as I can, and feel so much better. Like a haven for me. I am , I really am going to come back and finish my commenting. I really was ill for awhile and was not able to catch up with my back mylotting as I wanted to but Ipromise I will get all my responses answered. I am not a hit and run discussion maker like some on here.Yes thesids there rally are interesting loving and caring people here too. I am like you in that I start out to be concise and end up with a lot more words. great discussion by the way.I was just told I was 85 by lot, and I just had my 84th birthday Nov 15, why age me faster than you have to mylot?
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
27 Dec 10
Happy Birthday Hatley - This is my attempt to gift my senior a birthday cake. For all, please ignore the flaws in design if you find any, I know I am not a photoshop expert.
Hi Hatley, After reading the response, I tried out some cake for you... though it is late but I have this for you (if you see the copy paste of text please ignore as I am not good when it comes to photoshop or designing but I have done this with the small picked up info from the tutorials across over internet) A Belated Happy Birthday. Hope you can save it for the next year as I goofed up again as I read I was just told I was 85 by lot... impatient me
• Philippines
27 Dec 10
Hello Sids, There isn't much to tell with in my Real World, generally my life is normal and still sheltered in one of the comfort zones.that's why i love to be active here in mylot. my family understands what i do in the internet but they are not interested in it. some how i don't get the kind of interest that desire since they are too smart for me. I think it's best if you convince you're wife to be in mylot and share her views as well. since there is nothing wrong in this site unless you have revealed a secret for some reason. Real world is something that we don't want to hear most of the time.have a great day.
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
27 Dec 10
I tried a lot getting her here but she wont. I think we now need to have two sets of computers now so that she can use one and we do not end up reserving the chair. Our hours of work on the PC at home clash most of the days and on holidays when she is around, we are busy attending the chores - cleaning, shopping, visiting parents... Even her studies and research segment is getting disturbed due to one PC and my working hours. I am saving my money for a laptop next month or so and that would be my wedding gift for her and then maybe I can lure her here. As for secrets... I am not an open book though, but dont prefer to hide anything from many, especially from her
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
27 Dec 10
I think the only relation that myLot and the real world has to be is simple. Two things really come to thing about it. Some of the stranger, more absurd things that happen to me in the real world, eventually do become topic fodder on this website. To the point where when something happens, I think, "man this would make a good topic on myLot". The money I make on this website does help me in the real world as well. I think that is how the two worlds connected, although they will not cross over much more than that.
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
27 Dec 10
Nice to know the reality and your belief in it. I started reading it and found a geek in you... and by the time I reached the end, I could see the connection. But I differ and still feel there are more things that I can associate with apart from money or topic fodder.
@llbo1981 (1237)
• China
30 Dec 10
Yes,i have been the member of mylot community about a few months.Until now,i had made some friends with the mylotters.I had learned some knowledges from mylotters,and i lead a happy life on mylot community