This mask I wear

[JenniferAlice]

Doctor, Doctor, you gotta answer the questions too!!

 

[Skanky Vamp]

Sometimes maybe people expect some comic relief?

so you think you are filling a role? being the wild and crazy girl is filling a needed role in society/forum?

then to quiet and introverted

I think you are more quiet and introverted than you care to admit.. but you think its safer to be the comic relief... not as hard when you can laugh at everything... but.. I got no degree in this, just a hobby so take it with a pinch of salt.
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Doctor, Doctor, you gotta answer the questions too!!

NOOO WAY! I was just curious...

 

[Washburne]

I did not mean honest as in truthful, but honest to your real self. Is there a difference between (sorry, dont know your name) and Kinslayer? Would you rather your real life be more like Kinslayer or vice versa?

I know you didn´t mean that. I just got sidetracked as I always do. 😉 Eh, Kinslayers life isn´t that much to brag about but since I online seem more talkative and less shy of course I´d like the real me to be more like the Kinslayer. No it´s not weird at all to talk about your internet persona as a third person...

I would make a guess that (being one one one) you are very much like 'yourself' on MSN, would that be wrong

It depends on the person. But as a whole I wouldn´t say that I´m more the real me on msn no. But on the other hand. I do have a mask irl too. 😉

You mention IRL being shy but not so much on the forum; are you shy in chat as well (which is why you are never there)

The shyness has nothing to do why I´m extremly rarely in the chat. I have been two times not that long ago. 😉 But not for a very long time. It´s just my eyes/head not liking the speed.

Does the forum seem more or less personable? Does the fact that (for the most part) people are just letters on a screen make it easier for you to be more vocal and 'talkative?'

I guess that´s one thing. Don´t get me wrong. IRL it´s a comfort thing. There are times when you can´t shut me up.

 

[definition of insane]

I am pretty much who I am here, there...even over there!

Yep...over there as well. 😛

 

[Skanky Vamp]

Doctor, Doctor, you gotta answer the questions too!!

This is really close to me. On the forum proper I am alittle more silly than normal, not saying I am not silly, I just have to amp it up a bit so the people in the cheap seats can get a laugh. I am really multi-faceted and have a few different personalities. I think it would be fair (maybe not to her) to compare me to blonde bear in many regards. I was rather surprised how close her answers resembled my own.

Unlike the others I dont curse on here for fear of how it would make me look.. I dont want to look like a total spaz to strangers.. the age thing really doesnt bother me (nor it being against the rules) its more of peoples perception that inhibits the cursing. You get me alone in a room or private chat (even if you are the head honcho bosslady herself) and I curse up a storm.

Um.. this is me.. everything is an aspect of me. I am shy and quiet here but yet talkative and abrasive. Thats how I am in real life. With the exception of sometimes acting more a fool (though in groups IRL I am that way too) this is me. Good, bad and indifferent.

 

[Amicelli]

I think I act and post like in my real life. But maybe in reality I am not as formal as I am here =) Besides my first language isn't English and I only have learned it for a few years without any practical experiences so it's hard to to write what is exactly on my mind. and most of the time it doesn't sound like it should
But for this reason i am here to practise!

 

[Black Eye Guy]

Im allot dumber IRL, I dont think before I speak, and usually say things before realizing what they actually mean!

 

[StuckinTraffic]

^^ I can't picture you as being dumb, really! That's weird, how my perception of you is different than how you perceive yourself, but I guess that's true with anyone, huh? I liked your honest answer, tho, that was interesting!

 

[Rebecca]

I think I am the opposite of most people here. Whilst most people are saying they are more confident on the boards and shyer irl, I am a lot shyer on the boards and more confident irl. I think too much on here about what I am saying, who I will offend if I say a certain thing, how stupid I sound etc. to the point where I end up writing posts and then deleting them because I am too afraid to post.

The Rebecca irl is not much like the one online, I am fairly opinionated, loud, and possibly annoying. I don't very often think before I speak but when I want to can have heated debates and arguments. I couldn't do that online though, I find the problem is that when you are typing something on the net, you have to think about it, and in order for it to come across well you it is no longer your initial thoughts, but your edited thoughts, which to me, when read back always sound stupid.

This is probably just me though, I have always had problems writing down my thoughts and feelings.

So yes and no to is my online persona like that irl, I am the same person of course, I do not pretend to be some one or something I am not, I just find communication a lot harder online.

(after Reading I know all of this sounds stupid, and this is a circumstance where I would usually post, but I will go ahead anyway 😉)

 

[Black Eye Guy]

^^ I can't picture you as being dumb, really! That's weird, how my perception of you is different than how you perceive yourself, but I guess that's true with anyone, huh? I liked your honest answer, tho, that was interesting!

Thanks! 🙂

But it's true, maybe dumb was a bit harsh on myself, but I've always said if I was a girl I would probably be the blond girl from those jokes!

 

[Friendly Lurker]

I think I'm the same, at least personality wise. Probably a little more reserved though!

I know you all think I'm an annoying asshole, haha, AND in real life, I am an annoying asshole, Bluebird can back this up. 🙂

If you're so annoying, then why do I always get all happy when a certain Jennie joins IRC?!

 

[Skanky Vamp]

I dont think before I speak, and usually say things before realizing what they actually mean!

I know exactly what you mean. I always get words mixed up. When I was a kid I meant to call me mum a klutz and called her a slut instead. Sad, but true.

 

[sk]

I would not say that I have much of a mask anyway. I'm equally boring in real life.

It has never worked for me when trying to be anything else.

I'm very much like Rebecca when it comes to posting actually. I also often skip posting because I can't manage to write down my thoughts properly.
Some of it is due to my lack of english skill though.

The difference is that I do pretty much the same thing irl even when speaking.

/SK

 

[November]

I type the same as I write but alot of the time it doesnt make sense so many posts dont actually get posted.
I think on this forum Im very similar to how I am IRL but on another forum I am alot more quiet and reserved and sensible 😛 I ran into some people off the horsey forum on NYE and they were very shocked to say the least. If anyone is in chat then they know what Im like. Its too much like hard work to make up another persona, Im just not that energetic.

 

[Tueuse de Vampires]

I really suck at answering self-assessment questions, to be honest. Sooooo...I was thinking, if any of my roommates read this...why don't you say what you think about meIRL/meBB 😉

 

[Joan the Vampire Slayer]

Well, I don't hide anything. How I type on here is how I talk in real life. I've never lied about anything. I mean, I wouldn't give anyone on here my address or my number...

And about my screenname: I'm not that similar to "Joan" lol. I'm just doing the whole Tabula Rasa theme thing, so it fits 🙂

It kinda freaks me out...people that "create" a persona online...are they scared to show their true selves? Then you don't really know the real them...I don't like that. You can still bear your personailtiy without disclosing private information. I don't have anything to hide, so I have nothing to lie about or create about myself that's not true.

If you're all wildly interested in what I'm like, you can check out my Facebook if you'd like 🙂

 

[Blackloliita]

I clearly have much similarities. I'm much more serious in real life though. I get called by Laura in real life too, which is normal I guess. In crazy times people call me Lola though sometimes... I swear... a lot irl. And well yeah, if I should add it, I don't speak English irl but Dutch, so maybe my style changes a bit of speaking than when I'm here... My humor is dry, I make better humor in Dutch than English, which is normal I guess. I don't give my private feelings about things that happen to me irl too much price here though, so yeah that's the only thing I'm really hiding from time to time.

 

[Queen Mum]

I really suck at answering self-assessment questions, to be honest. Sooooo...I was thinking, if any of my roommates read this...why don't you say what you think about meIRL/meBB 😉

Oh God, I shouldn't have had a look here 😉

Well first of all I don't know you that long, but I think I can atleast say as much as that I find that there is no big mask you are wearing here for Buffy Board at least. I don't know how you started of here, but by now you are definetly basically the same as yourself in real life as being Cangel. ^^

Though I may want to point out that I'm being less ignored and forgotten about online than in real life 😛 😉 You tend to do that 😀 :: vampire

 

[4.O.cious Miss]

Re:

Good question. I think a good majority of people are a bit more rambunctious hiding behind their screen names. Some people would say the real you emerges online. I myself am not completely like my online "character" in everyday life. I'm pretty reserved when I'm first introduced to someone. But later I become a bit sarcastic, I try to be funny...Occasionally I actually sound like I know what I am talking about. BUT most times I end up with a foot in my mouth. LOL. I can be a vicious bitc* when I'm under pressure, but then I feel so terribly bad afterwards that I end up buying flowers or something. LOL. I'm very sexual in nature (except for when I am at work)...meaning I enjoy the occasional flirtations, and my humor tends to run toward the risque side. People have told me my whole life that I stress too easily about things I cannot change, and my overall style has always been just a little different. So I guess I am similar to the person you view here everyday, but not a mirror image.

 

[Nix]

To be honest I am louder and blunter in real life. Here I am me, but I stop to think more here before I type, than stoping to think before I speak in real life. Nix is my name so I am not hiding. I am also BiPolar so I am naturally all over the place hehe.