Does your DU persona differ from your real world persona?

[Section_43]

Mine does a little.

I'm not so dumb in the real world and I am a much better speller, when I post I suffer from brain lock to the 9th power.

Thank some god for the huge row of reference books on my left (of course.)

[arwalden]

1. Nope... I'm REALLY This Mean And Arrogant And Antagonistic And SARCASTIC

and insensitive, and boorish, and bullying, and hypersensitive, and militant, and aggressive, and humorless and condescending in person too.

-- Allen

Edit: Added "Sarcastic"

[Lars39]

7. No you're not!!!!

Absolutely no way! :loveya:

[Drifter]

12. And that's why we love you ...

and your gay stars.

Cheers
Drifter

[Kathy in Cambridge]

61. You Are not, Allen!

You're witty and a real joy to have on DU!

:loveya:

[oneighty]

2. For sure, for sure!

180 cannot be seen in a mirror.

180

[proud patriot]

3. Nope

people have always said I'm passionate strong and nice :D

[Section_43]

6. well, I'll officially 2nd that!!

eom

[Fenris]

4. Mine does. I wouldn't talk to any of you in the real world

I do not talk to ANYBODY, period. Here I am anaonymous and can be real. But away from the safety of a monitor I am no better a conversationalist than a mute.

[Section_43]

14. I hear you Fenris

I am often accused of being arrogant and above it all when in actuality I am very shy. I also don't have much trust in anyone until I have known them for some time.

So, from one Smiths fan to another, I avert my eyes elsewhere.

[Fenris]

21. Yeah, I get the arrogant thing too

Truth is, most people are surprised that when I have to speak to people at social functions, I'm exceedingly polite. I guess my daily silence leads most people to believe I'm just some jerk, when the reality is quite different.

[Section_43]

24. Wow, my wife says that I am

the most polite person she has ever met.

She calls me a southern gentlemen's gentlemen.

Although I am quite Middle West.

[Zhade]

93. I know this sounds weird...

...but do you happen to have an account at LiveJournal?

[THUNDER HANDS]

5. no, I'm really not this horny

I'm actually a unic.

:)

[Lars39]

9. You're really a unicorn?

I think you mean "eunuch". :evilgrin:

[Fenris]

11. Eunuch?

I think that's how it's spelled.

[arwalden]

15. Isn't That An Operating System.

Unix?

[Fenris]

22. That's what it's called when your OS isn't Windows or Mac OS

Unix.

[patdem]

60. god...are you all idiots and i am the ONLY intelligent person on earth!!!

Unix is more than one unich...god do i have to correct everyone all the time...will you people give me a break----for once?

Yeah, this is me...the real deal neal..the one and only...the cats pajamas...the BMOC (for you less fortunate than I ..that means Big Man On Campus)..the bees knees...you know...the one in the zoot suit...ME...the REAL ME the ME you all wish you were.

Or not...? :shrug:

[FlaGranny]

62. Zoot suit?

I'll wager not many people know what you're talking about, but I do. ;-)

[patdem]

71. us..or is that we granny's got to stick together....

zoot suit indeed....i love to mix it up with these young wipersnappers!!!...LOL

[Zhade]

94. I've always wondered - do bees actually have knees?

And with a name like Smuckers, does it have to be good?

[SuffragetteSal]

85. LOL

endearing.

[GOPisEvil]

8. I think I'm quieter and not as rowdy in real life.

Some of you whom I have met expressed disappointment in that. ;-)

[SOteric]

27. Quiet is nice.

:hi:

[GOPisEvil]

32. I think it comes from solitude...

...I rather like being alone much of the time.

But, with the right group of people, I can cut loose.

:hi:

[Section_43]

34. Mine comes from

being an only child.

That's the result of growing up playing with yourself, I mean, um, er, nevermind

[GOPisEvil]

37. I'm an only child, too...

I am quite used to entertaining myself, uh, er, you know what I mean...

[ForrestGump]

64. Cut loose?

Oh, dude...please not after those frijoles refritos....phewwwwwwww...

:D

You sound a bit like me, and not just in flatulent brotherhood. I can be very quiet and reserved (yeah, and shy), don't like crowds, but if you get to know me, or I need to be 'on' or 'performing,' I'm about as boisterous and shameless as Forrest.



And that's not my real name, either.

[GOPisEvil]

69. Yeah, when I'm in my element...I can be the life of the party!

But, that's rare. :-)

[ForrestGump]

78. Well, those rare elements are the most precious for a reason

(and, no, I'm not being affected by the heinous ronnykmarshalls infernal Hypno-Judy device!)

Party on, dude!!

[GOPisEvil]

80. Whoa...that dancing bikini-clad woman-gif...

I, uh, er, I should get to bed soon...*thud*

[foxy]

45. I find that hard to believe

:hi:

[GOPisEvil]

46. It's true...I am normally quite the shy guy.

:hi:

[Skittles]

57. HE'S LYING, FOXY

I MET HIM AND HE'S FREAKING LOUD.

[GOPisEvil]

68. NOT AS LOUD AS YOU!!!!!

:P

[foxy]

73. I should have got to meet him but golf won out

Story of my life :)

[GOPisEvil]

74. Hey - y'all should have kept the same date!

:P

[foxy]

76. Yes I agree KCDem should have kept the same date

But I guess weddings are an important part of some people's lives.

By the way how was your birthday golf date?

It was your birthday present wasn't it?

[GOPisEvil]

77. Yup. It went well.

Golf is good. Free golf is better! :-)

Oh well - I knew there was a good reason for moving the date. Lack of communication and all. I've met the two of them, though...hmm...I'll have to meet you at some point! :-)

[radwriter0555]

10. Nah, I'm always a bitch.

Too old to change now. Why pretend?

[jono]

13. Not really

Why try to be someone I'm not?

[JohnKleeb]

16. Me?

sure. I am quite quiet, I have a bad temper, I am very shy and I guess that goes along with being quiet.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

17. What?! This isn't the real world?!

I yam what I yam...
:silly:

[Robb]

18. I'm taller in real life.

;)

[rbnyc]

19. In the real world I'm more politically outspoken.

At DU I tend to hang out in the lounge and talk about personal things. Out in the world I don't talk about anything but politics.

;-)

[Skittles]

20. I'm usually madder in the DU

than I am in real life. I tend to vent a lot of frustrations here because the DU is my oasis from the f***ing conservative TRASH that abounds here in North Texas.

[SOteric]

23. Hopefully.

In private conversations with people I know well, I'm repeatedly told that I come across as open-minded and accepting, well-informed and quite intellectually competent.

In these hallowed halls I've been diagnosed more than once as a complete and utter bimbo, or some kind of tightly-wound petty tyrant of miscellaneous violations; I've been told I "hate gays, ...support slavery, ...couldn't possibly be a progressive, ...have a weak mind,...am an ignorant Fundie, ...am self-obsessed and care more about my lattes than childcare, ...am arrogant about my looks, ...am too underweight to ever be considered attractive..." and the list goes on ad nauseum.

Whatever persona I've projected to garner this level of admiration in DU, I very much hope I don't broadcast the same in my day to day existence.

[Section_43]

29. Your post gets to the heart

of what I was looking for in this thread.

How you are perceived vs. the truth.

I have lurked here for over a year and started posting a couple months ago, the only thing I have been accused of is being a "musical elitist" whateverthefuck that means.

[GOPisEvil]

31. ?!?!

?!?!?!?!?!

Count me amongst your fan club! :hug:

[SOteric]

35. Backatchya, cutie.

:loveya:

[ulysses]

53. you must

In these hallowed halls I've been diagnosed more than once as a complete and utter bimbo, or some kind of tightly-wound petty tyrant of miscellaneous violations; I've been told I "hate gays, ...support slavery, ...couldn't possibly be a progressive, ...have a weak mind,...am an ignorant Fundie, ...am self-obsessed and care more about my lattes than childcare, ...am arrogant about my looks, ...am too underweight to ever be considered attractive..." and the list goes on ad nauseum.

be kidding. Please tell me you're kidding...

[TXlib]

58. Yeah, well

I wouldn't take too seriously what cointelpro_papers aka higgsboson had to say about you.

[ForrestGump]

65. On DU, you come across as

open-minded and accepting, well-informed and quite intellectually competent. Anyone who says otherwise is a f....

...I mean...a poopyhead.

You yam what you yam, what can I say?

[kmla]

25. Well, if you must know, I am always an ass...

... I'm just as big of a smartass in real life as I am here.

But then, there are times when my wife thinks I am a DUMBass.

Anyway - just tryin' to cover my ass...

An ass emoticon fer ya...

:kick:

[Padraig18]

26. In real life...

... you can hear my brogue, or what's left of it. :)

[matcom]

28. EXACTLY the same!!

you :scared: yet?

really.

yes, i am this obnoxious in realy life :D

[GOPisEvil]

33. I pray for that wife of yours...

...has The Pope called about her sainthood yet? :D

[2cents]

30. Definately

Here, I'm much more polite and politically correct.

[Mikimouse]

36. No, I am not creative enough to be anything else

Takes too much thinking-too many potential directions, too few functioning brain cells.

[VelmaD]

38. I never thought so...

I always thought I was pretty much the same online as I am in person. But TXlib met me and said I wasn't what he was expecting. Don't know if that was a compliment or not. *confused look*

DV

[GOPisEvil]

39. I think he was expecting something like this...

:evilgrin:

[SOteric]

41. And she's more...what...like this?

;-)

[GOPisEvil]

42. Tee hee...

...something like that. ;-)

[VelmaD]

44. I wish...

actually I think he was expecting a gay guy. Something about being a Velma and my rainbow themed gay-porn webpage seems to point people to that conclusion. Who knew? *shrug* :-)

[SOteric]

48. Well.

You realise, of course, that now I have to go look. :hi:

[TXlib]

59. Actually, that's how i picture you, SOteric!

[VelmaD]

43. Never mind...

on edit: The pic wasn't working for me but I finally managed to get it figured out.

[sexybomber]

40. People here think I'm a chick!

Apparently I sound more feminine on the board than I do in person.

[Zhade]

95. Hell, some people have thought me a woman IN PERSON. Go figure.

Must be my long black hair.

[foxy]

47. I try to be the same everywhere I go

That way I don't have to change my attitude around anybody.

:hi:

[ProfessorGAC]

49. No.

What you see is what you get. Some people like it, most people don't. Whatcha gonna do? My wife and my close friends like me, and that's good enough for me.
The Professor

[supernova]

50. Quiet and intense

I tend to be quiet most of the time, but I can easily get into intense, long-drawn out discussions with a small group of people, say 3 or 4. And of course, 1 on 1 is the medium I prefer.

Art, movies, politics, those are the things that get me going. And I tend to reveal more of myself in those discussions, moreso than someone who just wants to do idle chit-chat. I can do chit-chat, but I have little patience for it. I suppose if I volunteer for the 2004 election, I will have to dust off that skill.

I can be rowdy around people whom I have known for awhile. I have a great sense of humor. :D

[lazarus]

51. I think so

Most of the people who have met me think I'm the same person.

[Shanty Oilish]

52. I'm much nicer in person

:P

Actually, this is pretty much what you get, either way.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

54. I'm more confrontational in person..I tone it down here

Just as leacherous though :D

[ForrestGump]

66. Really? I mean, on both counts?

I like that lecherous bit. Don't change a thing...

[ulysses]

55. not that I know of

:shrug:

[Jonte_1979]

56. I'm even more handsome in real life

And my font is bigger too.

[Deja Q]

63. Trust me on this, I am waaaaay different in real life than I am virtually!

:D

I'm a pained, painful introvert... pained introvert who pains others when I attempt to make conversation! :D

[Terwilliger]

67. yes

[JanMichael]

70. Not really. That said I'm a lousy typist so the live version...

...is more verbose.

That's about it, really, that's it, stop looking at me THAT WAY!!!

I SAID: That's it...

[patdem]

72. I am the 'rock' of 'between a rock and a hard place'..ever see the SNL

skit...when each takes a turn to describe their most horrible experience..and every one laughs...till the one guy tells his 'horrible tale'..and they all look at him with disbelief...well here I am...and no..it is no different here than in real life...it is like I was born with plutonioum spoon up my anus???

Oh well as Camus says...you can get used to anything by degree?

[billfromwny]

75. I'm pretty much the same

I spell better in real life, since my typing sucks. But I would say I am a "what you see is what you get" type person. Have no use for lies; because you then have to remember who you told what lies to!
;)

[populistmom]

79. I'm much more reserved

Not with people I know really well, but to most people I'm friendly, but rather aloof in all honesty. I'm not at all shy, but I don't like to get too close either. Here I've said things that in other areas of my life, I'd wonder "what would people think?" and wouldn't say them.

[Solly Mack]

81. I'm far nicer on DU

otherwise...it's about the same

[Forkboy]

82. Not in the slightest

much to the the chagrin of people around me :)

[scarlet_owl]

83. I'm a little nicer here than I am in real life.

[burr]

84. I'm a walking mess in reality, whatever that is...

I am always looking for the shortest distance to travel within the singularity. outside of the singularity time passes quickly and distances are longer. Everyone is beautiful inside the singularity, but outside appearances are deceptive. Inside I know the important lessons of the 2000 election shall be remembered briefly and then forgotten. Outside I know it has already been forgotten.

Inside I can post my remarks and still have an intelligent dialogue. Outside most Americans either stopped caring or never gave a fuck. Perception is everything..and yet it reveals nothing.

[curse10]

86. In real life, I dominate conversations more

I'm a much smaller voice here :-)

[EV1Ltimm]

87. well, in the real world, i have 557 posts.

and i don't promote my website as much.

:)

[A-Schwarzenegger]

88. I am not as shiny or intriuging IRL and also

I can not send out morse code signals
by flexing my buttocks.

[Cosmic_Latte]

89. Quite the same, but still no

I'm a very reserved person, an introvert at that. I don't usually ask advice from people, but I sometimes do it here. And I'm nicer at DU... a grumpy shy girl in real life! :-)

:yourock:

[Armstead]

90. In real life I'm a conservative Republican

I just put on the liberal act here to try and pick up chicks.

[burr]

91. I knew it...

ya bum!!! x(

[Zhade]

92. Yeah - I don't normally wear full riot gear, as in my picture below.

NT!