How different in real life are you from your online 'persona'?

A few points of order:

1. You would be mistaken if you thought I didn't realize it was a sort of comedy routine. i never ever implied i took it seriously. I just said what mike does isn't what you do.

2. you can't really list mike as one who "lives" here, his post count is WAY down the list.

3. it's true I'm here more than average (though not nearly as much of the day as it has been in the past (especially during baseball season), but I'm only ninth on the post count list too! Dicky has over 20,000 more posts than me!

4. Given that Dicky's style is also, often, "crass comedic value" - he probably groks you too.

I'll get back to it when I have the time to get back to it.

Might I suggest taking up crocheting to pass the time?

FTFY

Wow, KIRK, I have really gotten under your skin, haven't I?

You might not go around admitting that. Makes you look kinda weak.

I'm thinking you're right.

Tasvir's real life personality is unknown to me, and since I will never, ever meet him, it's also unimportant.

All I know of him is what I know on here, and on here, he's an absuive, racist, homophobic piece of crap. If that's how he is on here, why would I possibly care how he is when he's not on here?

Fair enough.

Is that what works for you?

Right. cuz rich people like to hang out online all day.

And, since megatron was raised by a wealthy family he's allowed to act like an ass.

And if you think he's oppressed, try being a female raised in an upper middle class familiy - you don't know oppression - real oppression.

Ok. Got a minute. Some really crazy, cool shit going on in life!

I am exactly like I am online. That's why acts and routines, like baba or Batboy (although I'll at least say Batboy can be clever sometimes) irritate the fuck out of me.

And when I say I am exactly like I am online, I mean just that. I know that I am an asshole and have no problem being one in real life either. I love to push people's buttons and get a reaction out of them. You can learn alot about someone in short time saying something outlandish or crazy and watching their reaction to it. I cuss like a fucking sailor and push everything in life to the absolute limit. I'm a misogynist and I have no problems with being one. Women only say they want a sweet man, and while that may be true in a few cases, most want a bad boy who will take the bull by the fucking horns, and I rock that attitude hard - with excellent results.

I have no problem whatsoever speaking my mind, being assertive as hell and taking charge. Some say it's the Leo in me.

But despite all my shortcomings, if you're in with me, as many people are, I'll fuck someone up if they fuck with my den. I'm the best friend you ever had or the worst enemy you'll ever know.

If anything, the only difference between here and the real world is I talk about politics less. Someone who talks politics all the fucking time isn't a very attractive person no matter what side of the political fence you fall on.

IRL I'm a 6' tall Brazilian supermodel who's launching her own line of swimwear and dating a well-known International Futbol star...so maybe a little bit different from here...

Sort of like...



?

And what the fuck is futbol?



EDIT - Nevermind, you said you are a 'her'. Thought you were a dude.

Batboy is Batboy...or is Batboy Batboy?

But what if . . . and I'm just throwing this out there, just kickin' it . . . what if you were Boybat?

I've been avoiding posting here because it somehow seemed...masturbatory. But, pretty much I am who I am. Biggest difference is that I'm quieter and less confrontational IRL. Living in a town where most of your friends & acquaintances are liberal too, it is easier to just let a lot of things slide.

[Oh, and "quieter" is still relative. I talk a lot IRL. And, believe it or not, I DO censor myself here. On more than one occasion I've typed something up and went "...No. Just...no. " ]

Pretty much the same, but more tolerant of bullshit IRL. Maybe less snarky. And I've been working on not correcting people reflexively.

I am very different, in real life I go to protests and eat only vegetarian

By and large what you see is what you get.

But I think that most people probably show different facets of their personalities depending on the company they are with and other aspects of their situation.

The same person often is going to act differently on a Monday morning at work than Saturday night at a bar with his buddies, Sunday morning at church, or a weeknight with his kids.

Same with being online at a board with people with different viewpoints and attitudes than you're generally going to find in one place IRL.

I think even online personas leave clues to their real selves. I tend to take how people write on forums like they would act after having a few down the pub; part show for an audience and part core truth. The ratio of show/truth depends on how overtly extreme and deviated from the norm they are and what they're talking about.

Ultimately, online personas don't bother me too much because they're easy to disregard if they're not to my taste. I also think everyone plays up to a caricature every now and then.

You need to post more!

:salia:

Now that I think about it, I'm a bit more flamboyant here than I am in real life, for the simple fact that here I can be more free, where in real life, I'm constrained by the social acceptance levels in the place where I live.

Psst. Everyone here is "allowed" to act like an ass.

You come off as being a whiny bitch.

I am here as I am out there. Although I tend to dumb it down at work, intelligence tends to draw undo attention in my field.

KIRK1ADM;2181905]

You come off as being a whiny bitch.[/QUOTE]

You come off as a douchebag. Who do now, brown cow?

Let's see, IRL I tolerate stupid way less than I do here.
IRL I'm a bit obsessive and always looking for how I can improve.
IRL I censor myself more than I do here because I couldn't give two shits if y'all like me or not. (and half my church is on my facebook)
TKO will attest to this one, IRL I'm the girl who is really versatile and can get along with almost anyone and it seems like I know everyone.