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I certainly find that I can express some aspects of my personality much more freely online than I tend to in real life. Of course, I may experience this particularly strongly as I'm still a bit reversed in RL, even after all the progress I've made in overcoming my extreme introversion of childhood.

I am... essentially the same online as in RL. I can be blunt in RL, and am usually honest about my feelings.

Online, I tend to be more polite and diplomatic for some reason while I'm asserting myself for some reason. Maybe because I have the time to think while typing. In RL, I tend to be a little to blunt and to the point. And in real life, I have a REAL WEAKNESS for women. Again, online it's not that bad for some reason.

God, that sounds corney, huh?

Mark wrote:Online, I tend to be more polite and diplomatic for some reason while I'm asserting myself for some reason. Maybe because I have the time to think while typing. In RL, I tend to be a little to blunt and to the point. And in real life, I have a REAL WEAKNESS for women. Again, online it's not that bad for some reason.

God, that sounds corney, huh?

Ah, but are you as...talkative in RL?

Yep. That I am. I got over being shy and bashful in high school, thanks to drugs. The only positive I can take away from the experience. So, I can walk up and talk to anybody pretty much about anything


Big surprise, huh?

At least you were able to find a silver lining, Mark. Kudos to you there, dude.

Yes, Kudos.

In RL, I'm shy, afraid of a fight, eager to make people laugh, lazy, and not terribly masculine.

I'm almost exactly the same. See link

I get no joy from pretending to be someone else, and nearly anything I'd say here is what I'd say face-to-face. I hold back a bit online because, well, people can see what we write.

I tend to be a bit of a yes-man both in RL and here. I can see where that might get annoying sometimes, so I thought I'd mention it.

Grundig wrote:I tend to be a bit of a yes-man both in RL and here. I can see where that might get annoying sometimes, so I thought I'd mention it.

Is that right, lieutenant?

Grundig wrote:I tend to be a bit of a yes-man both in RL and here. I can see where that might get annoying sometimes, so I thought I'd mention it.

There's nothing wrong with being diplomatic, but avoiding confrontations altogether gets you nowhere.

BE MORE ASSERTIVE!

I tend to be generally the same, although I am actually more sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek, and dry in RL because I know I can convey my intent as joking through body cues and vocal inflection.

Alright, alright. If you say so.

Me in real life is exactly the same as me online. I'm quite straight forward like that.