Yamamoto: Story 2

Chris Carr
Stories of Ibis
Story 2

A.
I have never been one to use online structures to build relationships. I have always been the type to not pay any mind to people I have not met in real life. I have never done anonymous online chats, or MMORPGS, or really anything where you can meet people through the internet due to the fact that you could very well just be meeting a made up persona. However, If i ahem met someone briefly in real life, I am much more open to getting to know someone through texts, messaging application, and social media. However, I have always preferred face to face conversation over online conversation.

B.
1. Pen Pals
The historical significance of pen pals is that this was a way to get to know someone before the rise of the internet. People have the ability to lie and tell the other person what they wish to be, rather than what they are, but that does not mean it will happen every time.
2. Creation of Online Chatrooms
This was a space where people were able to be whoever they wanted to be. They did not have to abide by any rules and tell people who they were. However, in the case of Story 2, the lie was not about personality or appearance, but her disabilities. And it was not technically a lie, she just never told the boy before meeting.

These two examples have had much more severe lies and consequences that come from anonymity, especially online chats, than Story 2 has.

3. World of Warcraft
This was an area where you are supposed to become someone else. It was not abnormal or immoral to create these characters, but encouraged. While things such as online chats, creating an alter ego is not as accepted. However, small lies or not telling the full truth is not nearly as negative as creating a whole new persona for yourself.

I realize these examples are not directly historical events, but I do not know of many historical events. I've never been a history person. These have some historical significance, and there are lots of news articles and broadcasts around these, but they are not direct historical events

C.
I am unsure what the translation has to do with us. It may be a bit different wording from the original,  but it is a very similar, if not exactly the same story line as its original language. However, using an anthology just highlights the most popular items. This allows us to focus on the more interesting stories without having to go through all of the irrelevant ones.