Jesse, I know there is a certain degree of fakeness that is prone to going on here sometimes on a daily basis (part of the reason I stopped playing as I was getting too into online friendships during a lonely time in my life and some of them really burned me which was a reality check and my dedication to gaming never returned), but I do think there's something to be said for the length of time we all spent on here over the years. I don't think Javi and Kathy are being fake in expressing sadness over the community they both loved and contributed to a great deal ending on no uncertain terms, and treating each other well given the circumstances.
Like high school classmates, I don't necessarily care for some of the people from my past, but there still seems to be an acknowledgement between us. Whenever I see someone from that time of my life, there is a genuine curiosity over where we both ended up. It's not like I will bring up something that made me dislike them from the past just to be unpleasant, or "not fake". We just greet each other and ask about each other's lives. Decency goes a long way, and I can understand the want for people to keep in touch, even if on a recurring basis.
I don't think a little bit of respect and consideration should always be called fake. It's just how life works, we can't always be mean and nasty to the ones we don't like so we always have to find common ground somehow. For some of us, that was the IMDb games board.
Movin' to FUNKYTOWN!
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