Are You The Same Person In Real Life As You Are Online?

Key · 09-20-2016, 10:56 AM

Don't look at the question literally. I'm asking about how you put yourself out there as a person online. For example, I come off as this douchbag ******* online who swears all the time, and I'm pretty much the same way in real life, but instead I choose not to argue with people as much as I do on here.

Say for example someone were to meet you in real life, would they have the same impression on you as they do if they saw how you react to people and talk online? Or would their impression of you be completely different?

Tristan_Geoff · 09-20-2016, 10:58 AM

I'd say I act more or less the same minus all the "fams" and "lols".

**Frownland** · 09-20-2016, 10:58 AM

I'm more restrained at work, but otherwise I'm always the pretentious dick you all know and love.

Plankton · 09-20-2016, 11:00 AM

When I'm not on-line, I'm a 70 year old Grandmother of 3 with a gambling problem.

Key · 09-20-2016, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Tristan Geoff

I'd say I act more or less the same minus all the "fams" and "lols".

If I meet anyone in real life that says "lol" out loud, I'll punch them square in the face. But I expect you'd be the person you are online.

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I'm more restrained at work, but otherwise I'm always the pretentious dick you all know and love.

This doesn't surprise me for some reason.

Tristan_Geoff · 09-20-2016, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Ki

If I meet anyone in real life that says "lol" out loud, I'll punch them square in the face. But I expect you'd be the person you are online.

So are you implying that I'd be the kind of guy to say lol offline?

Key · 09-20-2016, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Tristan Geoff

So are you implying that I'd be the kind of guy to say lol offline?

Hopefully not.

~~ChelseaDagger~~ · 09-20-2016, 11:21 AM

I don't always play the role of the fun-loving, ruthless ****, but when I do, I save it for MB.

grindy · 09-20-2016, 11:30 AM

I usually don't talk about music in real life, except when meeting a fellow music nerd, but apart from that I don't think I'm that different online.

Tristan_Geoff · 09-20-2016, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Ki

Hopefully not.

The answer is no

09-20-2016, 10:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	Are You The Same Person In Real Life As You Are Online? Don't look at the question literally. I'm asking about how you put yourself out there as a person online. For example, I come off as this douchbag ******* online who swears all the time, and I'm pretty much the same way in real life, but instead I choose not to argue with people as much as I do on here. Say for example someone were to meet you in real life, would they have the same impression on you as they do if they saw how you react to people and talk online? Or would their impression of you be completely different?

09-20-2016, 10:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	I'm more restrained at work, but otherwise I'm always the pretentious dick you all know and love. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

09-20-2016, 11:00 AM	#4 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,766	When I'm not on-line, I'm a 70 year old Grandmother of 3 with a gambling problem. __________________ See location...

09-20-2016, 11:30 AM	#9 (permalink)
grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	I usually don't talk about music in real life, except when meeting a fellow music nerd, but apart from that I don't think I'm that different online. __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*

09-20-2016, 11:21 AM	#8 (permalink)
~~ChelseaDagger~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: In the fires of your own disillusion Posts: 684	I don't always play the role of the fun-loving, ruthless ****, but when I do, I save it for MB.