guys! Great thread, Julie!
I've only got a couple to add (so far)...
- Your AIM screenname ends in "folc" and hardly any of your friends ask why
- You see something funny in the street and find yourself thinking "LOL"
- You have custom IRC scripts to deal with keywords such as "disembowel"
- At least half your friends know your muse's name
- It feels funny to call your best friend by her real name instead of an alias
- People hundreds of miles away whom you have rarely, if ever, seen in person have a better idea of what you do with your spare time than your own siblings
- Someone asks you where a friend lives and you have to think for a sec to be sure you name the right country
- You know the episodes of a TV show that went off the air years ago better than you know what's going on with the shows on the air now
- You spend more time reading about the characters of a TV show that went off the air years ago than you do reading about your country's political candidates (after all, you already know how you're voting...)
- You can leave your house on a trip, stop the mail, forget your cell phone, and leave almost everything behind... except your laptop. Going without net access would be unthinkable.
- You sign on to quickly see what's new and find yourself sitting for half an hour making up a list of signs that you're addicted to FoLCdom
... Okay, so it turns out I had more than a couple after all. Sue me.
Paul
