Are you similar in real life to your online personality?

guitarzero · 18-03-2021 01:38AM

Deleted User wrote: »

I'd like to think I'm as witty, argumentative and judgemental as I am in real life as I am on here. The ideal boardsie, if you will.

'boards.ie me' would call you a smug, well-chuffed toffer

'real world me' would... yeah...probably call you a smug, well-chuffed toffer, 'if you will.'

Surreptitious · 18-03-2021 01:39AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I'd like to think I'm as witty, argumentative and judgemental as I am in real life as I am on here. The ideal boardsie, if you will.

Never heard of you

Aceandstuff · 18-03-2021 01:43AM

I try to keep things bland and non-controversial online, to the point of seeming stupid. In real life, I'm open to discussions around politics and current affairs, but it gets a bit pointless getting in random arguments online. I prefer to only use Boards/Reddit for fun and the occasional opportunity to earn money because there's a chance someone could find my account and figure out it's me.

I recently found an acquaintance's Reddit account because he had used his own name on it and started posting in a sub asking for career advice. Everyone was able to look up his previous comments calling anyone he didn't agree with a Communist/Nazi, and accidentally claiming to be a black man. (He is extremely white.) There were also some threads where he insisted posters were self-righteous POS for following lockdown rules because "COVID didn't do me any harm".

When lockdown ends, I'll have to track his da down and have a chat...

Aceandstuff · 18-03-2021 01:44AM

SineadSpears wrote: »

Irl I've a bit of a dry sense of humour & can be sarcastic at times. I don't think sarcasm transfers well online so I tend to never try it.

I'm definitely very vocal with my opinions offline but again, its not something I do online.

Think its because I don't come online for any heavy debates. I just want to find something funny to 'thank'.

I don't like a troll. I think it a disgusting trait to have. To intentionally wind people up for a reaction. Anyone who acts like that for their own satisfaction without any consideration for who is on the receiving end, is just a bully imo.
Irl i'd pull them up on it. Online, I'd simply try ignore it if anything came my way (It hasn't yet thankfully).

So I suppose I am different. But not so different that I'm trying to put on any kind of an act. Couldnt be arsed with that carry on

+1

18-03-2021 02:19AM

guitarzero wrote: »

'boards.ie me' would call you a smug, well-chuffed toffer

'real world me' would... yeah...probably call you a smug, well-chuffed toffer, 'if you will.'

Harsh, but fair.

Tell me how · 18-03-2021 04:56AM

Very similar I think.

I talk about things on here that interest me or grab my attention in real life and don't think I express any opinion on here that I wouldn't do in real life but obviously wouldn't be as forthright in some more contentious topics in real life as you still have to work or engage with people or whatever and there isn't an ignore button or a mod to come and keep things in order.

I often wonder about the overlap moments that must have happened between people on here who don't know that they know each other in real life. Surely there's some where they get on fine in real life, but always at each others throats here, or vice versa.

Sgt Hartman · 18-03-2021 06:38AM

I'm definitely a little less inhibited on Boards than I am in real life, and i moan and complain a lot more often on Boards also than I do in real life

Offline I'm a bit too nice for my own good.

Sky King · 18-03-2021 06:39AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I'd like to think I'm as witty, argumentative and judgemental as I am in real life as I am on here. The ideal boardsie, if you will.

Yea when I do one of my hilarious quips, randomers walk up to me and thank me.

AdrianBalboa · 18-03-2021 10:26AM

I'm just as forthright in real life which leads to a lot of gendered insults coming my way, so I'm usually called "shrill," "bossy," or worst of all, a "Karen." People are threatened by outspoken, opinionated women whether it is offline and online.

I'm also the victim of a lot of reverse classism: I am from an upper middle-class background with a plummy South Dublin accent so my opinions regarding the plight of the working mxn are usually rejected by the kind of people who think drinking wine is snooty or who grew up in homes where people smoked indoors.

Despite the fact that my views on the elite and the ultra-wealthy are generally more progressive than theirs are my thought are often dismissed out of hand because of my perceived "affluent" lifestyle. It's just jealousy.

18-03-2021 10:29AM

I'm honest about my life but online you encounter people that face to face I would just walk away from and not bother trying to reason with

Humour and tone is harder online as well I think. I get accused of being angry in threads when I'm actually fine and dandy

PhilOssophy · 18-03-2021 10:36AM

I'm more of a debater in real life, on here I don't mind an argument.
I have the exact same triggers in real life though
- public money being wasted
- disrespect for the rules of the road (by all road users even though I am all of pedestrian/cyclist/occasional car user)
- our parks being wrecked after a fine day and general fly tipping / rubbish problems.
- people who just want to complain about everything, or blame somebody else for everything - life isn't perfect and some people want to take zero personal responsibility.
- insurance fraud and ridiculous pay outs.

Gregor Samsa · 18-03-2021 11:57AM

This may surprise you, but I'm not actually a human-turned-insect.

18-03-2021 08:44PM

much much darker sense of humour offline

Tend to be more private and keep people more at arms length offline,to point most my mates dunno where i work,or what exactly i do (its all v.boring mind,)

18-03-2021 09:00PM

I have no time for capitalism online and I have even less time for it offline.

Cheesey Cheese Hood Cheese · 18-03-2021 09:12PM

im the same, always the same

JupiterKid · 18-03-2021 09:34PM

Yes indeed. Very much so. The Boardsies who know me and have met me in person can attest to that.

Too much energy involved in creating an online “persona.”

B.A._Baracus · 18-03-2021 09:34PM

Vast majority of people are not the same in real life. Online people can hide behind their keyboard, become more confrontational, say mad stuff, the list goes on.

But I've learned in life that if you want to hear lies ask the average person to describe themselves. Which is what the op did

Dial Hard · 18-03-2021 09:44PM

Very aware of the irony of posting this directly after B.A.B's response above, but online me is pretty much offline me - food, books, petty rants.

Tbh, I could probably do with being a bit more equivocal. My original account got doxxed and I'm pretty sure this one has been twigged by more than one person.

*Re-registers as Hide Lard*

AlejGuzman68 · 18-03-2021 09:57PM

I am the same online as I am in person. Even if certain posters confuse me with someone else they have dealt with.Sad really.

endacl · 18-03-2021 10:00PM

In real life I’m a 3’7” nonagenarian Jamaican great grandmother.

18-03-2021 10:43PM

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Vast majority of people are not the same in real life. Online people can hide behind their keyboard, become more confrontational, say mad stuff, the list goes on.

But I've learned in life that if you want to hear lies ask the average person to describe themselves. Which is what the op did

You have a fantastic knowledge of all peoples minds. What sort of magic power allows to look inside?

kippy · 18-03-2021 11:09PM

I am the very definition of a keyboard warrior.

B.A._Baracus · 18-03-2021 11:15PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

You have a fantastic knowledge of all peoples minds. What sort of magic power allows to look inside?

It's this new lifestyle called "not being a fecking ejjit" - give it a shot sometime

18-03-2021 11:19PM

There's always one.

18-03-2021 11:24PM

I would be myself but I'd be more careful about what I reveal about myself compared to what I used to but overall I'm me rather than pretending to be someone I'm not.

Cheesey Cheese Hood Cheese · 18-03-2021 11:36PM

I think I'm in love with a poster

Leg End Reject · 18-03-2021 11:40PM

Cheesey Cheese Hood Cheese wrote: »

I think I'm in love with a poster

I recommend a vigorous wash under the hood before making any amorous advances.

I have a sauna in my high-end apartment, I use it every morning after my run and then shower. Using luxury brand toiletries and skin care of course.

Cheesey Cheese Hood Cheese · 18-03-2021 11:42PM

Leg End Reject wrote: »

I recommend a vigorous wash under the hood before making any amorous advances.

I have a sauna in my high-end apartment, I use it every morning after my run and then shower. Using luxury brand toiletries and skin care of course.

Wwhich products do you use

Leg End Reject · 18-03-2021 11:43PM

Cheesey Cheese Hood Cheese wrote: »

Wwhich products do you use

Oh, you couldn't afford them.

Maybe try Lidl?

Cheesey Cheese Hood Cheese · 18-03-2021 11:45PM

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Oh, you couldn't afford them.

Maybe try Lidl?

ah, seems you are being a smart arse. ive nothing against lidl although I have eczema on my armpits so i need to be careful what products i use

shhh

Are you similar in real life to your online personality?

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