I can find almost any topic that may pop into my head at 3:00 am in the morning. If there was a book I loved as a child I can find it with enough time and details. Many online e-Commerce marts have thrived on this fact. Do you know how many candle shops there are on the web? Then include sexual gratification fetishes for all fixations and you have a lot of happy individuals (not that I would know). The web both increases isolation and community, allowing you to spend hours alone surfing for like minded individuals to bond with and then chat with them from your studio apartment in your latex sailor outfit.
I don't know how many people out there know about Meetup.com but that's where I found my sailor group. In all seriousness Meetup.com has become a great way to leave the solitary world and get out and connect with real humans. I've been lucky to find several motorcycle groups in my area. I rode 7000 miles in 4 months with these people, made good friends and learned a lot from those more experienced than myself.
Facebook, Myspace, Friendster, and Twitter are other sites for social networking but I don't believe they provide the same opportunity for you to shake a hand, look across the table into someone's eyes, or experience the same moment with another person like Meetup.com and other social activity sites allow.
We can either expand our world or create borders around it. I'm learing to enlarge it with a tool that keeps redefining my interests and perceptions.
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