These days Strangers become Friends in the most circuitous ways. Instead of walking up to each other at the grocery store and saying something old fashioned and wonderful like "I love your shoes" or "Do you come here often?" they take out ads on personals sites. Here they create avatars that bear no resemblance to who they actually are.
Exactly how much can you tell from an online portrait? If Award-winning Bartender writes to you in Arial Bold can you really see into his soul? Wouldn't you rather find his fatal flaws revealed in his own handwriting -- on a napkin? Would you trust a "CEO" who wrote in upper and lower case? One of these ads is absolutely real.....guess which one.
Exactly how much can you tell from an online portrait? If Award-winning Bartender writes to you in Arial Bold can you really see into his soul? Wouldn't you rather find his fatal flaws revealed in his own handwriting -- on a napkin? Would you trust a "CEO" who wrote in upper and lower case? One of these ads is absolutely real.....guess which one.
