Masks

cyberwolf77

I hope you will allow me to be serious for a moment here. Lately I has been pondering the mask I present to the real world as opposed to the one I wear when here. So, I be curious people, is your online persona different from your real-life personality?

PerrinV2

I present so many different persona's to so many groups of friends that I' not even sure who the real me is..

Dord

I'm just me.

reallyrose

I think I'm pretty similar off-line to online.
I'm probably more flirty online cuz I get all pink when I try to do it off-line.
I'm probably also a bit bitchier off the internets. :pac: When I'm writing a post that makes me seem like a raving cow I tend to delete it. Off the internet you cannot delete what you just said. Or maybe I'm just paranoid that everyone secretly hates me.

Other than that, I'm the same. Same sense of humour, same opinions. It would be too exhausting to try and maintain a persona. And for what? So people don't get to know you? Why bother interacting with a community at all then?
I think that people that try to erect this whole "omg, I'm so mysterious / weird / wacky / dark / flirty / kinky / whatever" personality on the internet probably need to examine themselves, to see what makes them dislike their own personality so much that they feel they can't express it.
Personalities are complicated, true. And you'll never *really* know someone based on knowing them purely online.
However, if you intend on taking a place in an online community, a modicum of honesty should be there. *

That question is probably best answered by people that know you in both 'places' though. I could have the totally wrong idea how I am seen by other people.

* See. that's an example of something I'd usually delete, because I'd be paranoid that someone will read that and think "She's talking about me! The bitchmeister! Imma think bad thoughts about her and then post mean things about her in the Thunderdome!"

Dord

*goes to thunderdome* :pac:

squishykins

I'm quieter in RL, until I get to know people a bit (or am drunk XD). Then I'm basically exactly the same :P

Maguined

I would like to think I am more or less the same person in real life, though I think I come across as meaner in person as smiley faces don't translate as well into real life situations, I probably just look retarded and leery.

I imagine I'm a little different in person.
Couldn't really say how bar being a little bit more PC and I've better grammar on here.

reallyrose

Maguined wrote: »

I would like to think I am more or less the same person in real life, though I think I come across as meaner in person as smiley faces don't translate as well into real life situations, I probably just look retarded and leery.

That's only 50% true. :pac:

FewFew

I'm pretty much the same. Long grown out of being bothered about acting different.

Futurecrook

I'm pretty much the exact same in real life as I am on the internet. I'm generally just me regardless of where I am, who I'm with or what I'm doing. I think...

cyberwolf77

Oddly enough, I tend to be more outgoing online. In person I tend to be quite standoffish towards people.

FewFew

cyberwolf77 wrote: »

Oddly enough, I tend to be more outgoing online. In person I tend to be quite standoffish towards people.

I suspected as much, you territorial pup ya!

cyberwolf77

My coworkers have spread rumors that I must be a serial killer. You know, it's always the quiet one.......

jokettle

I think I'm a lot more shy in person than online, at least with new people. Put a few drinks in me though and I'm exactly the same

Maguined

reallyrose wrote: »

That's only 50% true. :pac:

Haha which part though? only 50% leer? only 50% retarded looking or only 50% meaner in real life situations?

micayla

When it comes to opinions and my personality I'm the same offline as I am online. But offline I can be much shyer, I tend to stand away from crowds. Most people think I'm standoffish but it's just that I'm not big on being in the centre of a crowd, I prefer to watch people. (not in the creepy sense, I just find it interesting to watch how people interact with others, body language etc.) It also takes me a bit longer to be comfortable with people offline.

Maguined

micayla wrote: »

When it comes to opinions and my personality I'm the same offline as I am online. But offline I can be much shyer, I tend to stand away from crowds. Most people think I'm standoffish but it's just that I'm not big on being in the centre of a crowd, I prefer to watch people. (not in the creepy sense, I just find it interesting to watch how people interact with others, body language etc.) It also takes me a bit longer to be comfortable with people offline.

You attacked me the second time we ever met! If that is shy I fear for what you are like when you are comfortable and letting it all out.

stupidusername

yeah I'm pretty much the same. I think the only real differences are if i'm arguing a point (as I do in AH sometimes) I'll stick to it a lot easier than if it was RL. I tend to feel extra stupid when arguing something with someone, but i suppose when you have the time to think through what your response to something is it's easier. and I'm a bit of a flirt online (you may have guessed) but am hardly like that at all in RL. suppose I feel I can get away with it online, when whoever it is doesn't know what I look like, whereas if i flirt IRL it's much more likely to lead to rejection of a sort....

micayla

Maguined wrote: »

You attacked me the second time we ever met! If that is shy I fear for what you are like when you are comfortable and letting it all out.

That was the Jack Daniels:cool: You're lucky, I have a reputation for biting when I drink JD:pac:

FewFew

jokettle wrote: »

I think I'm a lot more shy in person than online, at least with new people. Put a few drinks in me though and I'm exactly the same

This seems to be a common trend amongst you women folk on this thread. As if the internet is like some sort of substitute for crazah intoxication

stupidusername wrote: »

yeah I'm pretty much the same. I think the only real differences are if i'm arguing a point (as I do in AH sometimes) I'll stick to it a lot easier than if it was RL. I tend to feel extra stupid when arguing something with someone, but i suppose when you have the time to think through what your response to something is it's easier. and I'm a bit of a flirt online (you may have guessed) but am hardly like that at all in RL. suppose I feel I can get away with it online, when whoever it is doesn't know what I look like, whereas if i flirt IRL it's much more likely to lead to rejection of a sort....

You're much meaner in real life. Like, online I always assume you've just forgotten to apply a smilie face, but in real life I can seeeeeeee you're not using a smiley face. Oh lord the memories!?

:pac:

Maguined

Now that I think about it, I keep telling everyone I am an asshole but they keep saying that I am really a nice guy just pretending to be an asshole.

So my evil plan is working as I really am an asshole pretending to be a nice guy pretending to be an asshole.

Victory is mine!

FewFew

Maguined wrote: »

Now that I think about it, I keep telling everyone I am an asshole but they keep saying that I am really a nice guy just pretending to be an asshole.

So my evil plan is working as I really am an asshole pretending to be a nice guy pretending to be an asshole.

Victory is mine!

That's the exact same situation I'm in re: being evil. The fools.

Kess73

cyberwolf77 wrote: »

My coworkers have spread rumors that I must be a serial killer. You know, it's always the quiet one.......

I have found that rumours like that tend to stop once a few of them fail to turn up for work (or be seen again).;)

boomkatalog

I think I'm mostly the same. Maybe just a little bit braver about making the first move with talking to a new person.

Also, I'm trying to put a leash on the vulgarity, thats Mags and Randys territory.

boomkatalog

boomkatalog wrote: »

I think I'm mostly the same. Maybe just a little bit braver about making the first move with talking to a new person.

Also, I'm trying to put a leash on the vulgarity, thats Mags and Randys territory.

Them boys do love vulgarity...and leashes.

Maguined

boomkatalog wrote: »

I think I'm mostly the same. Maybe just a little bit braver about making the first move with talking to a new person.

Also, I'm trying to put a leash on the vulgarity, thats Mags and Randys territory.

At your age I was shy, quiet and insecure. You are far more vulgar than I will ever be, Captain Awesome would also agree with me to prove the point.

FewFew

Boomkat does have a talent for the vulgar and the flirt. Shame about her face.

boomkatalog

Fewcifur wrote: »

Boomkat does have a talent for the vulgar and the flirt. Shame about her face.

Nice :pac:

Wait til you meet me and Im drunk, sarcasm and filth awaits.

FewFew

boomkatalog wrote: »

Nice :pac:

Wait til you meet me and Im drunk, sarcasm and filth awaits.

You're a nurse shark swimming with great whites lady, but at least you're swimming :cool:

boomkatalog

Fewcifur wrote: »

You're a nurse shark swimming with great whites lady, but at least you're swimming :cool:

Challenge accepted! :cool: