Aw, that's sad. I'd still make friends in real life though. Sometimes if people online refuse to prove to who they really are then they may even be 50 years old.
However, friends in real life are real people, not people hiding behind a screen. :).
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.