hello friends today's video is about
internet friends a few years ago like
15-20 years ago if you said I met
so-and-so on the internet people would
be like oh no no no no stay away
internet bad people luckily my parents
are really open to that meeting people
on the Internet has been really great
for me because living in different
countries not really having a stable
like not really having settled anywhere
completely it has been hard for me to
really form a community of people who
share similar interests with me
them and some of the meetup groups here
in South Africa are mostly about
European languages but I really haven't
found a group of people who are
interested in Asian languages like I
have so that's where the internet comes
in and I've been so happy and grateful
to find you guys on Twitter Instagram
Tumblr YouTube what's really nice about
having internet friends is it's not just
you and another person it's you within a
whole net of people who have similar
interests and people who look out for
each other
coming you know out of the phase of
middle school in high school now into
adulthood
I think previously or when I was younger
people on the internet were always nasty
with each other within those age group
time with cyberbullying and stuff but as
I grew out of you know school internet
friends or school friends who are always
being nasty towards each other and I
kind of grew into the polyglot community
I found that people are a lot more
supportive and it's more like a family
and along with my internet friends and I
we kind of tell each other when some
when we're feeling down or when
something's wrong and we couldn't
control each other and I think the
reason is because we have a lot of
similar interests so the way we deal
with things might also be similar as
well as the things we go through there
are so many of you who I've never met in
person
but who I feel such a close connection
to and who I talk to once a week or even
every day and you guys are like
friends to me and it's just so great I
feel like an old person when I say the
Internet is so amazing and I don't want
people to fangirl about textbooks with
me and show each other pictures of our
notes and I mean nepali yoga community
is so great we pretty much all know each
other especially on Instagram and
Twitter the community is huge and it's
just so wonderful to see how people
support each other it's great and I've
really not experienced a lot of jealousy
which is wonderful because people are
constantly encouraging each other to
keep going and to reach their language
learning goals and finally the greatest
thing about internet friends is when
they transition from online friends into
real friends in person I've met a ton of
my pen pals in Korea and Japan before
and it's not weird at all it's like
you're meeting an old friend who you
used to be friends with in elementary
school and it's like you've just seen
each other yesterday it's not like it's
so nice it's such a heartwarming feeling
to finally meet someone because you
shared so much alone you've poured your
heart stuff you've shared your lives you
sent pictures you've pretty much acted
like a normal friend with that person
but now you finally get to meet as you
can see by my excitement I am just so
passionate about all the friends and
people I've met online so I'd like to
give a special shout out to some of my
best friends if I forgotten someone I am
very sorry it's just because it's Monday
and I have after work tired break so
special shout out to Brixton we met
actually he commented on my YouTube a
few times but we met through Twitter his
first message to me was co-founder of
wiki Tom's excuse me and I was like oh
hi and we were really formal with each
other but now it's one of my best
friends and we just send memes and
Japanese learning stuff and sometimes we
talk in Japanese together as well which
is great
so hyperextend new next is Angela who
lives in China
and I've been following all our stories
about how hot it is there in the food
she's eating Angela is one of the
sweetest people I've met and she is
extremely good in Korean and Japanese
and also Chinese Angela you are awesome
and then the other Angela who is passion
for dreaming on YouTube she's a really
inspiring polygon with such a sweetheart
she's wonderful and you should
definitely check out her channel and
we're also both Christians so sometimes
we talk about that and I featured her on
my channel and soon I'll be on her so we
have really great friendship so thanks
Angela the next is of philia wonderful
kind heart my inspiration for French who
really she I just love the way of her
videos are so natural and so on and she
is a beautiful person inside the mouth
and she's really cool hair and glasses
so you should check out her channel as
well and then on Instagram kamila
muhammad nasir old bailey bri holly
crystal kayla who made me sing
oh so many people believe you guys are
super amazing thank you for letting me
into your online lives and sharing your
passions with me guys inspire me so much
thanks for watching and tell me about
your internet friends have you got
people in person before see you guys in
the next video bye bye