How different are you in person than online

The internets have granted every one a certain ammount of anonymity that we enjoy, yet we are all differences in one way or another in person versus how we are online.

I tend to be more paitent online in dealing with people versus in person. Another thing is online I tend to get into more arguements about various topics.

While I'm not any less sarcastic, egotistical, or insulting offline my constant smiling and non threatening demeanor make me seem so. Plus you know there's a lot more gesturing going on.

I'm not different in the slightest. I'm just as socially inept as I am online as in real life.

I guess I hold back a lot on here because I don't want to get involved in some long debate over something stupid (since the interbutt is supposed to be some sort of escapism when it turns out to be as dramatic as IRL if you want it to be).

That or the fact that I don't like to get caught up in something unfactual that I may bring up and get grilled for it later.

Originally Posted by K_ Takahashi

I guess I hold back a lot on here because I don't want to get involved in some long debate over something stupid (since the interbutt is supposed to be some sort of escapism when it turns out to be as dramatic as IRL if you want it to be).

You may or may not have any idea about the wild days of gff with all the debates and shit going on. Looking back I can't believe how worked up I got over some of the most stupidest topics, like which orifice one uses to give / recieve pleasure or which game music composer is better...


I guess we all grow up at some point but looking back is often embarasing when I stop and think about it

It depends where I go on the internet. Here, I'm pretty much how I am offline. Generally a nice person, but tends to stay away from drama and stuff.

Elsewhere, I'm an elitist bastard (on one board because it's basically gone down to the shitter since all the moderators were removed) and a sadistic asshole (on another board since I know most of the people there offline as well).

eh I'm not so different as i am in here. Generally a a chilled person who's too quiet and no one would really notice if I left the room. In this case, a person who hardly post here and isn't much of a character that'll have you saying "hey you remember that guy"
When I IM a few of my friends and family that's different. I act insane if I have to.

I think my actual personality has gradually shifted a great deal into resembling how I put myself forward online. I was generally a shy, unlikable kid liable to overreacting to petty shit, and in the past few years I've mellowed out in the extreme and become assertive, pragmatic and, when the occasion calls for it, loud.

I'm far more talkative in person these days, which would have been utterly inconceivable just a year or so ago.

I stay pretty true to who I am in real life. I guess if there's one thing that's different, it's that I'm much clearer about saying things online. One, because it's text (hur hurrr), and two because I often stumble over my words in real life. Looks real cool when talking to women. Brain moves faster than my mouth sorta thing... Other than that, WYSIWYG.

I'm often a completely different person offline than i am online. To begin with i don't know anybody in real life who's willing to even consider engaging in the conversations i have on the internet. That's a big step away right there.

I also tend to be much more reserved, and very quiet on the internet compared to real life. For some reason the anonymity presented to me on the internet doesn't bring out as much of me as a real life conversation would. I talk, and tend to care less.

I hate confrontation in general. I'm usually a pretty peaceful guy in that i won't go out of my way to start shit, or even comment on somebody being a dick. This is in part of my fight or flight attitude in an argument. I tend to get mixed up in my arguments, and often wind up arguing myself into a corner. This may be a result of the ADD (how real that shit actually is remains to be proven). On the internet though i can often convey my arguments better because i have time to think out what i want to say.

I'd like to think I'm a reasonably accurate with my Internet persona to how I am in real life, though I imagine that I potentially come of as slightly more serious and harsh at times because sarcasm and my dry humour don't always carry in text form all that well. So I'm probably a bit more laid back seeming in real life.

I am pretty much exactly the same, here is a picture of me IRL (In Real Life)



Please excuse my poor camera

I'm a bit more outgoing online. That pretty much shows you all that I must be really shy offline, because I don't post here a whole lot. But seriously, I tend to express my emotions online a lot easier than I would in person. I guess I worry about what people think of me more offline.

I'm pretty much the same I believe. In real life, I'm shy and uncomfortable around people that I don't know, and don't really say much because I don't know what to say. Once I get to know them, I can't shut up and will say practically anything.

That's basically how I am here. I pretty much lurk and keep to myself. I am often unsure what to say or afraid of sounding unintelligent, except for maybe threads that are about the NE meets where I know the people and am comfortable with them. Of course, this limits my circle of friends here :/

I'm more dimensional.

Originally Posted by Pangalin

I am pretty much exactly the same, here is a picture of me IRL (In Real Life)



Please excuse my poor camera

I used to drink that stuff at work in soda water for upset stomach.. I have a bottle of it in the ice box that I sometimes enjoy outside upset stomachs...

Originally Posted by Capo

I'm more dimensional.

YOU CANNOT COMPREHEND THE DIMENSIONS OF CAPO'S PERSONALITY.

Imagine I'm a lowly beleaguered quadrilateral, a perfect square, though still but a square.

I find myself thrust out of my world in which I've lived my entire life, thrust out here, onto and into the land we collectively refer to as Internet Land. I the square laugh at the narrow-mindedness of the simple lines inhabiting this seemingly endless tube.

And then I wonder.

I think I am pretty much the same here and in real life. Quiet, snobbish, aloof, etc. I tend to stay away from conflict and philosophical conversations. My attitude can change from helpful to asshole. The difference on the net is you don't see my face and I can't kick you . Also, the other difference is I try to keep my gender secret. I kinda doubt I'm doing a good job at it though.

I am pretty much the same. I try to be a little more outgoing but it doesn't happen a whole lot. I lurk a lot because a lot of the time I don't have much to say.