Virtual Reality

There was a time, not many years ago, when the whole concept of 'chatting' and 'messengers' came up. The world wide web was flooded with billions of curious blokes and damsels trying to project themselves as someone they weren't. Their virtual identity was one to die for. The perfect age, the most picturesque locations, and all that jazz made these folks more desirable than Megan Fox and Robbert Pattison.

Just a simple account of a chat that ensued a few years back (Not me, I promise.);

X: Hi

Y: Hey

X: ASL? (Geez! This one phrase would put the playmates to shame now.)

Y: 22 F Paris (38 M Bhopal, more like it.)

X: 24 M London (There we go again!)

And then the talk went on about how the two were single and how they'd want to 'connect' (in ways more base than imaginable) to lead a 'special' existence. The sweet nothings ended in faux promises of meeting and 'taking things further'.

Now THIS is what makes the virtual world an easy escape for the desperate souls. A simple way out of their miseries and social ineptness to a world where they are desired, and even revered for their alter ego. This problem became a cause of many a crime in the past decade, but today, we have finally realised that this sort of a 'game' has a lot at stake - one's life!

To say the truth, even I'd given Y! a shot long time ago. Thankfully, I never crossed the line. But today too, I see a whole brigade of kids trying to pose as the next 'best' thing in town, and it disappoints me to no avail. So bachchas, Watch Out! (C) There are going to be much better encounters at a later stage in life. Stop wasting your youth on such moribund activities!