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Internet Friendships 101

Everything you need to know about having an online friendship!

Colleen Garrison

Oct 04, 2016

Dean College

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Today I would like to talk about a little something called internet friends.

For those of you know are reading this and personally know me, this might be a little interesting to you.

An internet friend is exactly what it sounds like...a friend that you meet on the internet.

I first want to say that in order to make an internet friend, it must be done safely. I make my friends on twitter, and when I first start talking to someone I like to trade Instagram and Snapchat usernames. This allows me to look and see that they are a real person. I get to see that they are not a catfish and I get to see their face. I also look them up on FaceBook and scroll through their pictures on twitter to see their selfies and make sure they are who they claim to be. I have never run into an incident where I suspected that someone I was talking to was not who they say they were. I do not go onto random chat websites and begin talking to the first person I come in contact with. I also don't give out any personal information. For example, my friends know what state I live in, but they do not have my address or even know the town I live in.

I am really close with all of my internet friends and I think we have a really special bond. I think this is because it's not like we get to see each other in person like we do with our real life friends. We also share things in common, for example, I made all of my friends by finding people who like the same singers that I do.

I hope that by reading this article, you don't think that I abandon my real life friends for my online ones. I still talk to, text, and spend time with my real life friends!

I think the idea of internet friends is really cool because I have friends that live all over the United States of America, and I even have one friend who lives in Canada. I have friends that live as close to me as 1 hour away and as far from me as 42 hours (yes I looked it up. Oregon is 2,894 miles from New York!).

I think that as long as you don't ditch your real life friends and as long as you make online friends safely, having internet friends can be really awesome.

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1. Waking Up Early in College is So Much Harder

2. You Have to Get Used to Walking Everywhere

3. Fuzzy Socks are the Cure to All Problems

4. Take Every Opportunity to Get Free Food

5. It's Okay to Gain the "Freshman Fifteen"

6. Invest in Vitamins and Supplements

7. Making Time to Clean is Essential

8. Drinking Water is Actually Important

Cs get degrees!

1. Me after every class

2. If you really care about your grades

3. When you get a new homework assignment

4. When people ask what you're going to do after college

5. When you see people who don't study and get good grades

6. We're all broke here

7. FREE FOOD IS FREE FOOD!

8. When it seems like everyone in class is smart - EXCEPT THE PEOPLE IN YOUR GROUP PROJECT!!

Other than knowledge and all those important things

How to take stairs.

Caffeine is your friend.

How to study.

Finding free food.

How to take a nap anywhere.

How to appreciate sleep.

How to procrastinate productively.

Surprise: This is not on the syllabus

1. As a freshman, one does get to be called “freshman” by upperclassmen when they walk to parties in a mob of people.

2. Some of the best stories happen after 2 a.m.

3. Upperclassmen live for meal swipes from freshman because they are poor and need free food.

4. People are struggling just as much as you are so you're not alone.

5. You will never take privacy or personal space for granted ever again.

6. You are not the only one who has slept on the community bathroom floor after a night out.

7. Skipping class for Netflix is a valid excuse.

8. It’s totally acceptable to bring a pot of coffee, a sleeping bag and a pillow to the library.

9. Having class with a friend is the best because you can trade off days on who goes to class.

10. When you are a senior, you take the easiest classes to boost your GPA.

11. How to pull an all-nighter.

12. How to handle drunk people.

13. The drunk you does not look out for sober you about 90 percent of the time.

14. How to deal with a hangover.

15. How to interact with people very different from you.

16. The perfect amount to procrastinate on every assignment.

17. How to pass a class without paying for the textbook that was "required."

18. How to calculate your grades to see what you need on every test in order to maintain a passing grade.

19. How to hook-up with someone without getting emotions involved (but we all know that doesn’t happen).

20. How to handle your roommate when you want to strangle them.

21. That you miss your parent’s every day.

22. How to get into a bar when you aren’t 21.

23. How to BS on assignments, out loud and on your resume.

24. That theme parties are the greatest.

25. How to find free events that have free food.

26. That when there are puppies on campus it will be the greatest day of your life.

27. Alarms are necessary and you must set like seven of them in order to wake up in time for class.

28. Greek parties are exactly how they are in movies.

29. Care packages are treated like Christmas presents.

30. The friends you meet in college will become your bridesmaids and groomsmen.

31. That printers only break when you need them the most.

32. Cereal, ramen noodles, Easy Mac and microwavable pancakes can be used for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

33. That classes before 8 a.m. should be illegal.

34. Changing your major is OK.

Don't let the thesaurus-inspired vocabularies in our résumés fool you. We're actually just big kids.

"You should know exactly what career is right for your future by the time you're 18."

"Save all your money."

"Get plenty of sleep and adjust to a regular sleep schedule."

"Make sure to eat healthy, balanced meals. Don't forget those fruits and vegetables."

"Surround yourself with good, moral people."

"Don't do anything stupid."

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