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Are you different irl than you are on the internet?

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by colours, Jan 21, 2018.

  1. colours

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    Or are you the exact same? =o
     
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  2. Pokémist

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    Well to be honest my personality is same except that IRL I'm very shy. I have no hard time talking to classmates but if some stranger comes to me, I lrobably would be shy enough to speak nothing.
    I'm not different online and IRL, its just I express myself fully online than in real life
     
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  3. awney

    awney i'm lame

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    Well I’m not an ampharos irl surprise surprise

    I don’t know how people see me on here. I’ve never really asked for anyone’s opinions haha. I’m probably seen as that annoying girl who posts art way too much. But I’m..super lame in real life. I’m quiet and never talk unless spoken to. I have a very hard time making friends as I’m extremely anxious. I try to avoid social interaction at all costs.
     
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  4. Dawn

    Dawn La vie est drôle

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    Pretty much the same. Quieter, in fact - I don't typically speak unless I'm spoken to around others. I at least post on forums of my own volition, which I suppose is interacting.
     
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  5. colours

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    I feel like, for the most part, my real life personality and my internet personality have slowly kind of melded to become one and the same. I'm just about as hyper and full of energy as I appear to be on the internet, so there's that. u.u

    Interestingly, I don't talk all that much irl at the same time, despite talking a ton on the internet.
     
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    I hold myself to the same standards online that I do in real life.
     
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  7. Tepig

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    To be honest, I'm very strange. As you see on here, I'm very erratic, but irl that's only half of me. If you ever found me relaxing, you would actually see a quieter, more... sane side of me. To be honest that random side of me mainly stays online, it is rare to see me like that irl.
     
  8. AeroHail

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    It's pretty much the same. I say much of the same stuff I say irl and I act pretty similarly. Maybe a little happier acting than I feel but most people are like that, I'd imagine. I talk about my passions more online though!
     
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  9. BaroqueGrimoire

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    On the internet I often try to present myself somewhat more formally and distantly than I would in real-life contexts. Of course, the emphasis lies on 'try' because my real-life behaviour always seems to bleed through a little. Still, I do think it's healthy to have at least some form of distance between who you are in real-life compared to who you present yourself as on the internet, in the spirit of not wearing one's heart on one's sleeve, if you will. Other than that, well, I suppose there's not much difference for me. :sweat:
     
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  10. CharlieWeasleyfan

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    Depends. Some days I am like what I am online, nice. But most days when I'm at school I am very different. I can't hold my temper often
     
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    I act the same way I do in real life. Here on the internet though, I tend to be a little more lose with my thoughts. If you'd know me in the real world, I always keep my thoughts on any kind of subject to myself and only ever take up a neutral stance. Here under anonymity though, I tend to be a little more free. Also I tend to not like to talk much. I prefer to listen to what others have to say rather than contribute, quite like my time here.
     
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    I'm similar in some ways but vastly different in others. It gets to the point where I'm not sure which out of my online versus my real-life self is the real one, and which one is the act. (I believe my real-life self is the 'act', though.)

    My mind works the same way regardless - my thought patterns are the same, I believe in all the same things, and I'll tend to react in very similar ways. However, in real life I'm able to act a bit more freely than I otherwise would. I act a bit differently here because I don't want my online self tied to my real-life self in any way - though that may be simply my cautiousness speaking. I can still have very deep conversations and challenge people in the most intriguing ways, though.

    So I think the only major difference is merely how I express myself. All of the mental underlying objects and concepts remain the same.
     
  13. Azazel

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    Well of course! I'm more open about my sexuality and gender identities here and stuff but I can't be irl because it's just not safe. I'm more reserved irl then online.
     
  14. BZRich64

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    I'd say I'm pretty much the same online as I am IRL: shy and socially awkward.
     
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    I think I’m way less shy on the internet, as it’s easier to talk when you don’t have a person in front of you who sees all your movements, hesitations, etc. You can just take your time and think about what you’re gonna say.
    Apart from that I think I’m the same irl, at least in my mind, because being online may make me say some things that I would've just thought irl.

    You killed my dreams ;w;
     
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    I’d say here I try to act a lot more professionally and formally, but on other sites I’m pretty similar to how I am IRL. Outside the internet, I’m loud, boisterous, and vulgar who makes way too much self deprication and dark jokes. I’m the kid you’d yell at to get off your lawn. Here though, I’d say I’m a lot more friendly and kind of ‘uwu’, so yeah.
     
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    Very different. I'm way more reserved online in comparison to real life.
     
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  18. Teddybear2345

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    Same in both online and reality.

    Straight up coolio and more so... Fashion extraordinaire. <3
    Personality, a 'ya dudes dude, kind of guy'

    My peeps respect me for my attire and insight on music and the worldly.
     
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    I'm pretty bubbly irl but shy in other situations; only difference is that I'm probably a bit less silly and comical online since it's harder to translate comedy when people can't hear my tone through text or anything. I'm extremely nice on both fronts though, that much doesn't change at all ha =p

    nonono you will forever be my sheep twinnie
     
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    I feel like both online me and irl me are the same thing but with different parts accentuated or dulled down. I'm a lot more open on the internet about myself and my interests than I am in real life, but on the other hand I have a silly side that I don't know how to express properly online. Also I sound smarter when I can take the time to think about what I'm saying :P At the core though, I'd say I'm the same.
     
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