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I don't know why people bother with "personas" online. It sounds exhausting.

Posted by Reagen Sep 2 '11, 12:22

this is also the reason I could never have an affair. I barely have enough time for my life, let alone a second.

Responses:

*scritch?* -- nm - Qale Sep 2, 12:47
I really am a guy -- nm - amoxy Sep 2, 12:40
i dont think i understand - tRuMaN Sep 2, 12:37
I think I've met too many STers to ever be anything but *me* - sometimes I think I'm too open :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Sep 2, 12:37
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it's not so much a persona as it is choosing to emphasize different aspects of yourself in an online forum versus in an in person interaction. -- nm - znufrii Sep 2, 12:34 2
- sometimes it's not a choice. I sound different online. -- nm - loosilu Sep 2, 12:34 1
  - exactly -- nm - znufrii Sep 2, 12:37
when I first got here, I thought I had one, but it was just a different name in the end. I just leave some things out, but I'd never be someone else. -- nm - amanda "late sleeper" jones Sep 2, 12:32 13
- I think we all self censor to an varying extents and that makes sense. - ty97 Sep 2, 12:38 5
  - I honestly wish I shared more. sometimes I feel as though the people I most want to give me advice (you all) are the least equipped to do so because - amanda "late sleeper" jones Sep 2, 12:42 3
    - I feel this way sometimes, too. -- nm - b. Sep 2, 12:55
    - like if life were soup. -- nm - TFox Sep 2, 12:43 1
      - LIFE is ARB -- nm - Mr. Havens Sep 2, 12:50
  - you know who taught me that lesson, swiftly and effectively? amanda. - TFox Sep 2, 12:39
- I think too that I'm different here because you all are so smart and funny and you can keep up so well in conversation. in real life, I know - amanda "late sleeper" jones Sep 2, 12:36 6
  - how does this logic explain me? - tRuMaN Sep 2, 12:38 5
    - and I shall call you Self-Deprecating Man. - b. Sep 2, 12:39 2
      - i may or may not believe it, depending on the day, time, phase of the moon, position of jupiter, or the color of my shirt - tRuMaN Sep 2, 12:41 1
        
        I think we all are different around different people - we'd better be, because that's, like, sane and stuff. - b. Sep 2, 12:48
    - Monkey quotas. (nm) - musubi Sep 2, 12:39 1
      - oh, makes sense. - tRuMaN Sep 2, 12:40
While I'm not a "persona", per se, but I'm certainly different here on TT than I am in real life. - musubi Sep 2, 12:27 1
- that's true for a few STers, I think. I don't think they are cultivating a persona, just that things seem different. -- nm - loosilu Sep 2, 12:29
Word. -- nm - The Chicken Man Sep 2, 12:26
OK fine. There is no box. - prayformojo Sep 2, 12:25 2
- that's just what Athena wants you to sy -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 12:30
- I don't believe in nothing no more. (nm) - musubi Sep 2, 12:27
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- I think that's probably true enough, plus there's a -- nm - Reagen Sep 2, 12:35 3
  - "ha ha, you never saw the true me so you can't hurt me!" bit to it - Reagen Sep 2, 12:36 2
    - That's deep. (nm) - musubi Sep 2, 12:39 1
      - so deep, put yo ass to sleep. -- nm - TFox Sep 2, 12:40
Oh come on Reagen, I know all about your alter ego - Strongbad Sep 2, 12:25
anything ongoing is just sad, too. - b. Sep 2, 12:24

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I don't know why people bother with "personas" online. It sounds exhausting.

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