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offline redrum from the allman brothers band (Ireland) on 2005-11-03 12:23 [#01768965]
Points: 12878 Status: Addict



is it true to your real-life personality?

i've started thinking about this a lot recently.. my online
personality is totally different to what I'm like in real
life. I approximately have 5 or 6 different online personas,
but use two the most. even if i chat with friends from
school on an IM client, the untruthful and fake ones slip
in.

In real life, i'm usually rather serious, friendly and try
to be kind. online i'm usually one of the following:

-serious, when i want to find out a bit of information, or
am "around people" whose knowledge i respect

-utterly obnoxious. this happens mostly on IRC with computer
science students from college. I don't like computer science
students. they smell bad, they act in real life as if
they're on IRC, and they don't have lives.

-bizarre. this happens a lot with CS students when I don't
feel like being a prick. it happens a lot on xlt as well,
when I feel completely disenchanted with the place. this one
writes mainly in obscure allusions, symbolic language, and
language that ridicules and satirises others, but to an
extreme extent.. almost to the extent of a charicature.

i needed to get that off my chest. especially the third
point. it's been bugging me for a long time.

it annoys me when i try to talk to people on the net
normally, and just can't because i'm in one of these other
personas already, in a seperate window. I wonder whether
this is spilling over and influencing the way I interact
with people in real-life too, and that worries me, since I
cannot control which persona I adapt when talking to old
friends on the internet, just because i'm sitting in front
of a screen.


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2005-11-03 12:28 [#01768972]
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Same online as off. Just me.


 

offline r40f from qrters tea party on 2005-11-03 12:31 [#01768979]
Points: 14210 Status: Regular | Followup to redrum: #01768965



"I approximately have 5 or 6 different online personas,"

stop it, you dweeb. what are you, some kind of liar? grow
up already.


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2005-11-03 12:32 [#01768982]
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If he's being genuine who are you to attack?


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2005-11-03 12:34 [#01768985]
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My humor and taste and personality and everything are pretty
much as I present it online but I can't really express it
offline because I'm insanely aloof and distant to the Nth
degree. Not only do I have trouble being myself in real
life, but I also have little or no desire to. I can make
''thoughest poster'' lists on messageboards, but in person,
I say nothing.

Actually I guess you could say I have roughly the same
persona, but I can only express it remotely, which is fine
with me. The major difference, and it may or may not be
really major, is that I like to remain a lone wolf in real
life but be part of communities online.


 

offline r40f from qrters tea party on 2005-11-03 12:35 [#01768989]
Points: 14210 Status: Regular | Followup to ecnadniarb: #01768982



"if he's being genuine" being the key phrase, i don't see
what the problem is. if he's uncomfortable with this
massive web of characters he's created, he should probably
just stop doing it.


 

offline mimi on 2005-11-03 12:37 [#01768991]
Points: 5721 Status: Regular



I don't get it, what is the point? Do you use fake names,
too?


 

offline impakt from where we do not speak of! on 2005-11-03 12:38 [#01768993]
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I think I'm nice all of the time, I like to kid around.


 

offline hanal from k_maty only (United Kingdom) on 2005-11-03 12:39 [#01768994]
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hmm good question-i think im the same online as off,or close
i hope,a good way to test this is by asking mr giginger.


 

offline ToXikFB on 2005-11-03 12:40 [#01768997]
Points: 4414 Status: Lurker



random.


 

offline tridenti from Milano (Italy) on 2005-11-03 12:42 [#01768999]
Points: 14653 Status: Lurker



I always try to be kind with the people who like me, online
and in real life.


 

offline hanal from k_maty only (United Kingdom) on 2005-11-03 12:42 [#01769001]
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you are very kind,thank you for them flowers you sent.


 

offline tridenti from Milano (Italy) on 2005-11-03 12:44 [#01769002]
Points: 14653 Status: Lurker | Followup to hanal: #01768994



Do you have just that photo you posted before with giginger
and yourself?


 

offline tridenti from Milano (Italy) on 2005-11-03 12:44 [#01769006]
Points: 14653 Status: Lurker | Followup to hanal: #01769001



Aww :)

:p


 

offline hanal from k_maty only (United Kingdom) on 2005-11-03 12:47 [#01769010]
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hell yeah,the great giginger


 

offline death-pengwin from Medicine Hat (Canada) on 2005-11-03 12:47 [#01769011]
Points: 601 Status: Lurker



i dont really have an online pesona.
i am really this tedious and annoying in real life!!!


 

offline tridenti from Milano (Italy) on 2005-11-03 12:53 [#01769019]
Points: 14653 Status: Lurker | Followup to hanal: #01769010



:>)

Yes, I meant if you had more photos with him :) To be honest
if I would have met a xlt member I would have taken like 100
photos and I'd have made a thread about it.

:D


 

offline Combo from Sex on 2005-11-03 12:56 [#01769021]
Points: 7540 Status: Regular



I am not a girl in real-life.


 

offline hanal from k_maty only (United Kingdom) on 2005-11-03 13:02 [#01769025]
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yeah i should have done that,but i only have the one.


 

offline virginpusher from County Clare on 2005-11-03 13:09 [#01769028]
Points: 27325 Status: Lurker



I am the same. I think over the years i have been more
forward and honest about who i am. People have seen pics and
those that have talked to me on a deeper level know this


 

offline hanal from k_maty only (United Kingdom) on 2005-11-03 13:12 [#01769030]
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i hold you in quite high regard sir,youd be a fine gent in
the real world.


 

offline tridenti from Milano (Italy) on 2005-11-03 13:15 [#01769032]
Points: 14653 Status: Lurker | Followup to virginpusher: #01769028



You're the best, really.

:D!!!!


 

online big from lsg on 2005-11-03 13:17 [#01769034]
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hot neighbour

off im a bit like ecnadniarb, cynical and stuffs
here i'm what i like


 

offline virginpusher from County Clare on 2005-11-03 13:22 [#01769036]
Points: 27325 Status: Lurker | Followup to big: #01769034



yeah carol is a sweetie.

Considering we leave houses down from each other we barely
hangout. Odd. haah! Good times have been had.

Hanal: I am quite honored by that compliment! It is of the
highest degree! I mirror and replicate the awesomeness of
those around me. You are a man that i have a great respect
for. I'll hit you up when i get my harley! :D

Tridenti: :)!!! <3


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2005-11-03 13:23 [#01769037]
Points: 9958 Status: Lurker



Im a lot more negative online. A lot chattier and
opinionated as well. My humor is the same, but it doesn't
translate well into text, so I end up mocking myself more to
make fun of the fact that I can't joke around as easily.
Online personas are a lot like puberty.


 

offline Gwely Mernans from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2005-11-03 13:25 [#01769040]
Points: 9856 Status: Lurker



Depends what time of the day.


 

offline euphonicfilter from illadelphia (United States) on 2005-11-03 13:27 [#01769042]
Points: 2443 Status: Addict



same on as off...just keepin it real

hahaha


 

online big from lsg on 2005-11-03 13:29 [#01769046]
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keeping it real is sooo boring


 

offline hanal from k_maty only (United Kingdom) on 2005-11-03 13:32 [#01769050]
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word and thank you:D


 

offline euphonicfilter from illadelphia (United States) on 2005-11-03 13:35 [#01769055]
Points: 2443 Status: Addict



keepin it real is so real its unreal

being what you arent in real life, online, is for girls on
myspace and dorky guys on aim

be who you are...even if youre a lame cunt...


 

online big from lsg on 2005-11-03 13:37 [#01769058]
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mnah, now it's like i have an extra life! 1up!


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2005-11-03 13:40 [#01769063]
Points: 9958 Status: Lurker



I don't know. Its fun. Can't be serious all the time.


 

offline Raz0rBlade_uk on 2005-11-03 14:19 [#01769101]
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it varies for me too. if i had 20k+ points on this forum
then i'd be an absolute cunt


 

offline bob from Nottingham (United Kingdom) on 2005-11-03 14:36 [#01769134]
Points: 4669 Status: Lurker | Followup to Raz0rBlade_uk: #01769101



I only have 3000 point and I am a cunt.

I am a lot less cynical in real life, in real life I am very
daft.


 

offline euphonicfilter from illadelphia (United States) on 2005-11-03 14:37 [#01769137]
Points: 2443 Status: Addict



if i had 3000+ or 20k+ points i would kill myself...or go
outside and do something productive...one of the two


 

offline bob from Nottingham (United Kingdom) on 2005-11-03 14:38 [#01769139]
Points: 4669 Status: Lurker | Followup to euphonicfilter: #01769137



Can we pick which one?


 

offline bob from Nottingham (United Kingdom) on 2005-11-03 14:39 [#01769140]
Points: 4669 Status: Lurker | Followup to euphonicfilter: #01769137



Kill yourself when you get to 1000 points. Please....


 

offline euphonicfilter from illadelphia (United States) on 2005-11-03 14:39 [#01769142]
Points: 2443 Status: Addict



haha no problem...i cant wait


 

offline euphonicfilter from illadelphia (United States) on 2005-11-03 14:40 [#01769143]
Points: 2443 Status: Addict



oh

two more


 

offline euphonicfilter from illadelphia (United States) on 2005-11-03 14:40 [#01769144]
Points: 2443 Status: Addict



oh

one more...

bye bye


 

offline bob from Nottingham (United Kingdom) on 2005-11-03 14:41 [#01769145]
Points: 4669 Status: Lurker | Followup to euphonicfilter: #01769143



fuck! What happens now?? You're doomed!



 

offline uzim on 2005-11-03 14:48 [#01769154]
Points: 17716 Status: Lurker



i'm definitely less shy on the internet than in real life...
i'm also glad i can communicate without having to show my
face and everything, which is probably related. apart from
that, i'm not trying to build any "persona".


 

offline bob from Nottingham (United Kingdom) on 2005-11-03 14:49 [#01769155]
Points: 4669 Status: Lurker | Followup to euphonicfilter: #01769144



fuck it. if your doing it, so am i.

*impales self on fence posts*


 

offline virginpusher from County Clare on 2005-11-03 14:50 [#01769156]
Points: 27325 Status: Lurker | Followup to Raz0rBlade_uk: #01769101



athough i am a cunt most of my points came from posting
"lol" and various useless stuff. at rapid succession


 

offline Raz0rBlade_uk on 2005-11-03 14:53 [#01769158]
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like tridenti


 

offline hanal from k_maty only (United Kingdom) on 2005-11-03 14:55 [#01769160]
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and me


 

offline ToXikFB on 2005-11-03 14:56 [#01769161]
Points: 4414 Status: Lurker | Followup to hanal: #01769160



and me

":)"


 

offline vlari from beyond the valley of the LOLs on 2005-11-03 14:57 [#01769163]
Points: 13915 Status: Regular



i'm a cunt in real-life.


 

offline hanal from k_maty only (United Kingdom) on 2005-11-03 14:58 [#01769164]
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:D


 

offline tridenti from Milano (Italy) on 2005-11-03 15:00 [#01769167]
Points: 14653 Status: Lurker



most of my points came from posting "lol"

That is so good guys!

"lol"

":)"


 


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