Just another good reason why, internet or not, you should continue to frequent your local library!

Likewise if you can't talk or interact with someone you may not know but are interested in knowing.

How did people make new friends before networks?

In jest or not, I'm Asian and I find nothing remotely offensive about hand shaking.

If someone bowed to me, I'd be confused.

Months and months for many console titles - NTSC to PAL conversions, language translations etc etc.

That's if PAL regions get it at all!

10 hours to figure out it's a fake.

Well I guess trial/error was a bit risky.

And I kept my composure by myself.

When others came by, yeah, I just had to complain though.

You don't come here for companionship?!

Some friend you are.

Then there's the opposite, say, "meet real Russian women".

Of course, it was using your ancestoral spirits to possess your own flatulence.

Hmmm.

FYI, asteroids [despite popular depiction] are very very very far apart from each other.

You'll going to need a bigger rock harvester.