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Are you a different person when you're behind the computer?

Old Dec 8, 2001 | 05:31 PM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by integrate
[B]...anyways, I'm just pissed off and depressed 24/7 so I'm guessin I'm the same behind the computer.
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Old Dec 8, 2001 | 05:40 PM
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Originally posted by moyopoyo


man dude, that's exactly what i think. i take like ten minutes whenever i have to PM mingster just one sentence. i really have to think out what i'm gonna say, 'cause he asks me to think thrice before ordering.
ROFLOL ! somebody's listening!

hey man, did you get that package?
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Old Dec 8, 2001 | 05:40 PM
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Pretty much the same either way: charming, witty, erudite, incisive, polite, humble . . . .

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Old Dec 8, 2001 | 07:24 PM
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Originally posted by moyopoyo


man dude, that's exactly what i think. i take like ten minutes whenever i have to PM mingster just one sentence. i really have to think out what i'm gonna say, 'cause he asks me to think thrice before ordering.

I guess I'm not the only one heheh, well I hope not...
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Old Dec 8, 2001 | 10:43 PM
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Originally posted by magician
Pretty much the same either way: charming, witty, erudite, incisive, polite, humble . . . .
But with special emphasis on humble
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Old Dec 9, 2001 | 11:32 AM
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Several people on this board would not be alive if they behaved in person the way they behave here. Several others would have many facial scars and bruises. Do the math punk! (Jerk-face comment added merely for emphasis )
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Old Dec 9, 2001 | 11:58 AM
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i'm a different person when driving
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Old Dec 9, 2001 | 01:28 PM
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i'd have to say that i'm exactly the same person behind the pc as in real life
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Old Dec 9, 2001 | 03:11 PM
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Originally posted by Swurvydel
i'd have to say that i'm exactly the same person behind the pc as in real life
Just like I am..isn't it ..manny?
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Old Dec 10, 2001 | 07:55 AM
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Originally posted by Swurvydel
i'd have to say that i'm exactly the same person behind the pc as in real life
This isn't directed specifically at you, so don't be too offended, but this attitude is very common on the 'net. People don't realize how different they are. You may post (type) using the same words and structures as you talk with, but conveying a message in person is more than the words and the order of delivery, it's tone of voice, gestures of the hand, movements of the eye. In the context of judging one's character, I would almost guarantee that most people will see you differently in person versus the avatar and screen name you choose.

I know I come across differently than how I am, in person I am usually pretty sarcastic and make a lot of "witty" jokes - but those sort of things DON'T work on the net, and a lot of people apparently don't realize that what is sarcasm in person is hurtful in plain text. I've written several paragraph-long replies to a thread, and thought twice before clicking the submit reply button - I'd have 1000+ posts if I always posted what was on my mind. Also, having met a few s2ki members (probably 40 or so) I can attest that many are also a lot different in person - I had written a couple off as complete a-holes, only to find that they were quite nice. Fortunately none of them have been the opposite.
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