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Internet You vs Life You
#21
RE: Internet You vs Life You
In real life I actually have to fear physical retaliation from people who disagree with my opinions, so I'm somewhat paranoid when walking around corners, that's all.
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#22
RE: Internet You vs Life You
I try to be myself. I much prefer communicating in writing. I think I'm quite introverted IRL so try to repress that encroaching into my online persona.

People fascinate me and I find that them revealing their real lives in pictures and videos nearly always presents them in a really different light

/conflicted
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#23
RE: Internet You vs Life You
I can't tell anymore. Is that weird?
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#24
RE: Internet You vs Life You
I don't know and I don't much care. I probably say fewer things which no one gets here since there is more opportunity to delete shit if it doesn't look right. In real life people seem to find me humorous but also unpredictably cantankerous. I shoot from the hip a lot.
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#25
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Needless to say, I'm not a Cuban astronaut...yet.

But srsly, I find it hard to describe myself in RL vis what I'm like online. I guess I'd be less upfront with someone who was annoying me in RL, but I've been in a debates a number of times and I'd like to say that I stick to the same kind of attitude that I have online. Maybe a little less heated unless the opponent starts to get heated too I guess.
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#26
RE: Internet You vs Life You
I'm pretty assertive in real life, and it gets me into trouble. My wife calls me out on it, so at least I have some checks and balances there. Here, I'm all teeth and claws!
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#27
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I have two sets of personalities. The one that comes out when I'm around people I'm comfortable with and the one that comes out when I'm uncomfortable.

My online persona consists solely of the former.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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#28
RE: Internet You vs Life You
Pretty much what you see is what you get.

The avatar is a picture of me, although a few years younger.

In real life, I am no less committed to a naturalistic, secular, humanist world view. The main difference is that I am more loquacious and more polite. I don't normally pick fights.
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#29
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I'm pretty much the same, only I talk about boning more on the internet. Haha
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#30
RE: Internet You vs Life You
My online persona matches my RL persona when I'm with friends and close family. With strangers or people I don't particularly like, I tend to be very quiet and aloof.
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