with it. First of all I didn’t address it to one specific person, which would give them more of an incentive to answer back. Using a private message would prove effective for a response as well. My statement also gives the recipients the idea that I don’t know anyone in the chat room. If I did know somebody in the chat room, the logical thing to assume is that I would say hello to them people first. So the individuals who did read my first statement assumed just that, either consciously or subconsciously. I began to listen in on someone’s conversation, in so many words. It wasn’t much of a conversation though. It consisted of two guys telling a girl she was fat in her picture and other sorts of ridicule while she defended herself. The visible aspect is the actual words on the screen and the fact that we know people are generating these words from a computer elsewhere. Next thing I did is tried to determine what they mean, or what they are saying without realizing how everyone interprets it differently. In my decoding of the fat jokes to the girl, I felt they are not confident in themselves, either in their physical appearance or feeling loved. For somebody to go in a chat room and pick on people must have very low self-esteem. The girl didn’t back down, but she didn’t appear to get upset either. She didn’t retaliate once, which says to me that she is mature enough to accept who she is and isn’t afraid about what other people think about her. Depending on how you decode messages, you may interpret something totally different than the next individual. This trait of communicating is the spice of life. It is what gives you your own preferences towards things like television and friends. Your favorite show depends on how the sent messages make you feel. The same with making friends. However you and another send and receive messages together will determine if you become friends....
