Yeah, I do go to a tiny school in the South. People are cruel and judging everywhere. I've learned not to care what people think. If you are always caught up in wondering what people think about you, you'll never truly live. Dance like no one's watching, sing like nobody can hear you.
I can probably honestly say that most of my friends have some kind of online friend. It's common anymore, since MySpace has linked so many people together.
And the tiny towns are more judging than your large cities, by the way. We all know each other, which lets word travel uberly fast. I can go in my hallway at school and name you almost everybody's parents, where they live, how many brothers and sisters they have, and all kinds of other random stuff. Like I said, people know everything about everybody.