Exactly! Life if filled with to much drama and problems, most of which are avoidable but people just refuse to avoid them. I come online to get away from that and a little break from RL, though sometimes, unfortunately, there's a lot of drama and issues online as well -_-
I feel closer to people online because as all of you have said already, I have more things in commen with them than anyone else I met in real life. In real life, I like never talk to anyone, which some mistake as me being shy (I sometimes get shy, but I can talk to someone if I'm spoken to), but really I'm just not interested in what they all have to say, and again if I say anything they turn it into a dirty joke.
Boys, alchohol, parties, cars, magazines, ect. When they try talking to me about this stuff, I just start to drift away and zone them out. This is when my "just smile and nod" technique pays off x3