Internet chatting is not the same as face to face conversation.

This is a truth which all newbies, to either world(though help come to those for whom internet chatting is the first), learn quickly.

Backspace is a convenient key.

Those who strive to guard themselves from regret learn quickly that passiveness is its truest precedent.

I had typed more words in this article, but I backspaced them out.

Now, empty, I ponder and wonder.

If those lost words were truly worth the extra keystrokes.

Tags: chatting, communication, computers, internet, regret

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