View Full Version : What are you like??
OK - so i'm playing basketball with some 'academic-types' the other day and in the midst of general chatter i mentioned something about 'not getting much work done since i'm always on HDC' - well, this starts a long conversation (mainly among them) about the effect of message boards on people and why people go on message boards . . . blah blah blah
ANYWAY, one of the points they insisted on was that people "go on messageboards/chatrooms because they can be different than they are in 'real life'" - no one knows who you are and you can create some new persona. . . .
SO, my question to the board members - how different are you in your regular life than you are here on HDC?
taylorsmommy
12-14-2005, 07:35 AM
No difference at all
meetthecreeper
12-14-2005, 07:40 AM
Here is who I am
Biker
Redneck
Country Bumpkin
Dirtbag
Hippie
Libertarian
Anarchist
angry
compassionate
hater
homicidal
street smart
tortured
creative
artistic
loner
Wiccan.
I hate labels.
but in the grand scheme of things....
Soloman Kane
12-14-2005, 07:49 AM
Having reached the age of 36 & not giving a sh*t helps alot. I was out to impress people in my 20s but it wasn't anyone's fault really. I had the car, the job, the girl, the apartment etc. What I found was that I didn't like myself. Then I lost everything.
So its been a slow & steady climb back from being virtually homeless. I have my own business with my family & while everything isn't "glowing" its growing. Having a lady who loves you helps alot.
So in answer to your question no I don't act any different accept I'am sane. :D I have a life & try not to spend hours here but sometimes its hard. One makes alot of friends on line but its all a matter of balance really.
Dante'sInferno
12-14-2005, 07:54 AM
In real life im Chewbacca.:eek:
Originally posted by Dante'sInferno
In real life im Chewbacca.:eek:
that explains all the hair on the floor - STOP SHEDDING!!
lol
I think i'm a bit quieter in "real life" - i often can't be bothered to say something since i figure no one's going to care what i think anyway. . . . but otherwise, i don't think i could act much different from how i am.
Dante'sInferno
12-14-2005, 08:02 AM
RAWR!!!!!!!!
ItsAlive75
12-14-2005, 08:34 AM
I'm shorter.
that's funny - "i thought you'd be taller" (now, name that film)
taylorsmommy
12-14-2005, 08:59 AM
Originally posted by Zero
that's funny - "i thought you'd be taller" (now, name that film)
Road House
I'm pretty much the same here as in person....never serious [ drives the wife crazy ]
Originally posted by taylorsmommy
Road House
hmm, i think that's right - though its not the one i was thinking of . . . weird huh!?
taylorsmommy
12-14-2005, 09:25 AM
Originally posted by Zero
hmm, i think that's right - though its not the one i was thinking of . . . weird huh!?
Very weird! So, what were you thinking of?
isn't that the line in Escape from LA - the parallel of the "I heard you were dead" line in Escape from NY??
(i may be mixing things up :confused: )
taylorsmommy
12-14-2005, 09:35 AM
Originally posted by Zero
isn't that the line in Escape from LA - the parallel of the "I heard you were dead" line in Escape from NY??
(i may be mixing things up :confused: )
I'm not sure. It's been a very long time since I've seen either of those movies.
oh well - :D
i say we forget about all this nonsense & just dance
taylorsmommy
12-14-2005, 09:58 AM
Boogie down!!:D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/rockinmule/groovy64.gif http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/rockinmule/baby14.gif
psiren
12-14-2005, 10:18 AM
i'm the same, i don't put on fronts, not even in my job and sales is famous for bullshit! having said that, i say things here about myself i wouldn't tell most people in everyday life!:D
the only person i have no secrets from is Solomon!
VampiricClown
12-14-2005, 10:20 AM
Mostly the same. Tend to be a little more shy in person though.
stubbornforgey
12-14-2005, 10:28 AM
em no different here or anywhere else..
pinkfloyd45769
12-14-2005, 10:38 AM
No difference!! Same old boring me!! :p
Originally posted by pinkfloyd45769
No difference!! Same old boring me!! :p
pinkfloyd45769
12-14-2005, 12:14 PM
Originally posted by Zero
I'm not the one doing all the crying around here. *looks around for Zero* :p
BlOoDy_DeSiRe
12-14-2005, 02:01 PM
In person you will find me down to earth, but I can be the craziest person.:eek: Sadly I hate myself completely.
watch out, I bite:rolleyes:
ItsAlive75
12-14-2005, 02:10 PM
Originally posted by BlOoDy_DeSiRe
Sadly I hate myself completely.
The only people who should hate themselves are the elderly.
...like Sadistro.
RavageRitual
12-14-2005, 02:15 PM
I dont think im different, except i might be a lil more energetic. Idk though
stubbornforgey
12-14-2005, 02:20 PM
gee..whats with the insults..??
MS aint old.n besides..if it weren't for the
elderly ..there would've been no future
for you younguns.:D
RavageRitual
12-14-2005, 02:23 PM
Originally posted by stubbornforgey
gee..whats with the insults..??
MS aint old.n besides..if it weren't for the
elderly ..there would've been no future
for you younguns.:D
Future isnt looking very good man
ItsAlive75
12-14-2005, 02:23 PM
Originally posted by stubbornforgey
gee..whats with the insults..??
MS aint old.n besides..if it weren't for the
elderly ..there would've been no future
for you younguns.:D
Twas a joke, stubbs.
massacre man
12-14-2005, 02:34 PM
i didn't know i had a persona on here...
after all i have so little posts...
:D
DraculaInDallas
12-14-2005, 04:17 PM
In real life I'm a OBGYN who lives in Vancouver, BC
This Dallas, Texas ladies man act is just a front :p ;) :D
X¤MurderDoll¤X
12-14-2005, 06:02 PM
Originally posted by ItsAlive75
The only people who should hate themselves are the elderly.
...like Sadistro.
I love IA. It needed to be said.
ItsAlive75
12-14-2005, 07:35 PM
Originally posted by X¤MurderDoll¤X
I love IA. It needed to be said.
I agree.:D
Marroe
12-14-2005, 07:54 PM
Originally posted by DraculaInDallas
In real life I'm a OBGYN you wish:p
outside of here I talk and move and breathe...stoopid shit like that. I'd hope we'd all be at least a little more interesting in person.
MoonLit Meadow
12-14-2005, 09:23 PM
I'm honestly the same. If I type on the board that I just farted and then picked my nose....trust me. I DID.
Haunted
12-14-2005, 09:57 PM
That's funny MM, I can smell you from here:D
I'm much the same in real life that I am here. The only difference is that I'm prettier on the board than I am here.
MoonLit Meadow
12-14-2005, 10:10 PM
Originally posted by Haunted
That's funny MM, I can smell you from here:D
I'm much the same in real life that I am here. The only difference is that I'm prettier on the board than I am here.
DUH. That's cause I just farted. OOPS:p
SKOOFx
12-15-2005, 06:24 AM
I dont think people aim to be different on msg boards. I just think people are more inclined to express their exact thoughts on the topic which is presented. Thats all.
nothing more. nothing less.
X¤MurderDoll¤X
12-15-2005, 06:29 AM
Originally posted by SKOOFx
I dont think people aim to be different on msg boards. I just think people are more inclined to express their exact thoughts on the topic which is presented. Thats all.
nothing more. nothing less.
Exactly. I have a filter to keep me from getting killed in real life. :D
ItsAlive75
12-15-2005, 06:33 AM
Originally posted by SKOOFx
I dont think people aim to be different on msg boards.
Eh, I dunno. There's shit-tons of people who join these things and do that subtle "I'm really awesome in real life."
Like when they just slip shit in like, "Well yeah, I didn't get to see that movie cuz' and my girlfriend went out that night. Yeah, she's a porn star.... my... my girlfriend."
X¤MurderDoll¤X
12-15-2005, 06:40 AM
Originally posted by ItsAlive75
Eh, I dunno. There's shit-tons of people who join these things and do that subtle "I'm really awesome in real life."
Like when they just slip shit in like, "Well yeah, I didn't get to see that movie cuz' and my girlfriend went out that night. Yeah, she's a porn star.... my... my girlfriend."
Fuck you, my girlfriend is a porn star. :mad:
ItsAlive75
12-15-2005, 06:41 AM
Originally posted by X¤MurderDoll¤X
Fuck you, my girlfriend is a porn star. :mad:
Well you just got a whole lot fuckin' cooler.
X¤MurderDoll¤X
12-15-2005, 06:50 AM
Originally posted by ItsAlive75
Well you just got a whole lot fuckin' cooler.
LOL
SKOOFx
12-15-2005, 07:00 AM
Murderdoll...
Your fan-freakin tastic
filmmaker2
12-15-2005, 07:44 AM
Hey, um.......uh........HEY. MY girlfriend is a....a porn star too.
Yeah.
novakru
12-15-2005, 08:28 AM
I don't complain as much in RL.
I tend to listen more than talk.
But I do share sorta the same as on here,maybe not as detailed though.
Haunted
12-15-2005, 11:58 AM
Dolly, I didn't know you banged chicks.:eek: :D
Nova, you rock, I really like people who listen more than they gab.
Despare
12-15-2005, 01:43 PM
As far as personality goes I'm pretty much the same. I don't say too much but I say pretty much what I want without caring what people think about it. I can also ramble on sometimes but hey who doesn't? I can also be insensitive and tempermental but I'm pretty nice overall I think...
in real life i am an actual monkey - - - so i've got that going for me, which is nice
Doc Faustus
12-16-2005, 07:49 PM
I'm more sarcastic and I use bigger words.
The STE
12-16-2005, 08:07 PM
EDIT again: And it all seems so pointless now, as my post has been quoted.
ItsAlive75
12-16-2005, 08:08 PM
Originally posted by The STE
when I'm not on HDC, I'm a serial pedophile. I look after the children of busy, workaholic single parents who obviously don't pay much attention to their kids. They leave their kids at my daycare, we have fun, play games, et cetera for about an hour. After that, I give them snacks that I drugged before the kids arrived. I then take them to my basement and violate them for hours. Afterwards, I drug them again, they wake up with no memory of what happened, we have more fun, the parents pick them up, and since they pay so little attention they don't notice any evidence of all the sodomy.
I also play Mah-Jhong.
Aw, I love Mah-Jhong.
MoonLit Meadow
12-16-2005, 08:34 PM
Originally posted by trippin_the_rif
Every thing must result in laughter. Loyal and caring. Practical joker within reason, noone gets hurt. I'm all about a great debate that results in good drink and eats. I dont back down or run from a fight. Contrversey and chaos make up my life and I live for it. I take each day as it comes, I dont suffer from stress, and criticism rarely bothers me unless its used to excess, then the gloves are off, whoever loses, buys the drinks.:)
This is what I MEANT to say I'm like...it just didn't come out that way...somehow I started talking about farting, etc...just like always. :eek:
stubbornforgey
12-17-2005, 01:27 AM
I like your random topics moonlitmeadow..
its kewl when you type out the 1st thing that comes to mind..I do that too..its fun.
:D
Does it bother me when its misinterpreted...hell no!! and as i can see..
neither do you..wtg :D
PR3SSUR3
12-18-2005, 12:37 PM
ANYWAY, one of the points they insisted on was that people "go on messageboards/chatrooms because they can be different than they are in 'real life'" - no one knows who you are and you can create some new persona. . . .
Absolutely, like road-ragers in their cars (where they are safe to shout abuse from within their steel cages and can speed away from trouble at the touch of pedal), the internet messageboard user is able to administer the way it is ("IMHO" - lol!), and say fuck you to non-conformists - safe within their houses and at the mere touch of a button!
This isn't a "new persona" as such, but rather an internet personality... where interaction exists only on the very surface, with use of words the defining element.
It always raises a snigger when folk type away lovingly about friendships with fellow users they have never met (discounting "cyber-handshakes" or whatever - d'oh!) - and is slightly disturbing... in an Orwellian, distopian kinda way.
:D
stubbornforgey
12-18-2005, 12:45 PM
hey!!
I was told that em a lovely lovely lovely
person.. :D
PR3SSUR3
12-18-2005, 12:49 PM
...and we're all sure you are!
Wait, you could be a slobbering serial killer too...
:eek:
stubbornforgey
12-18-2005, 12:52 PM
hahahahahaha!!
Elvis_Christ
12-18-2005, 07:02 PM
I'm the same execept I'd be less understandable cause the keyboard hides my drunkness.
stubbornforgey
12-18-2005, 07:03 PM
i like talking to drunk ppl via msn..
you can actually put words in thier mouths...pretty funny when ure bored shitless. :D
Elvis_Christ
12-18-2005, 07:06 PM
No one can put words in my mouth
Marroe
12-18-2005, 07:13 PM
Originally posted by Elvis_Christ
No one can put words in my mouth I could...if I wanted:)
Elvis_Christ
12-18-2005, 07:18 PM
Originally posted by Marroe
I could...if I wanted:)
....and what would you have me say?
Marroe
12-18-2005, 07:23 PM
Originally posted by Elvis_Christ
....and what would you have me say? DERRRRR:p
Elvis_Christ
12-18-2005, 07:28 PM
Originally posted by Marroe
DERRRRR:p
Hahaha ;)
Deposable
12-18-2005, 07:51 PM
I'm somewhat a different person on forums... least this board I am. everyone is, No matter how hard you try, you'll never fully know how a person is just by reading someone's post.
I am very negative, and don't take everyone's opinions lightly. Mostly, I am a dick because I have a bad sense of humor. And people take forums waaaay to seriously. You're not my real life friends, so fuck you. Am I that way in real life ? not unless you deserve it. In general, I am a really nice guy. haha, no seriously. I am.
Marroe
12-18-2005, 08:00 PM
Originally posted by Deposable
You're not my real life friends, so fuck you. :mad:
Deposable
12-18-2005, 08:03 PM
Originally posted by Marroe
:mad:
Besides you, your my friend... and you're special :cool:
pinkfloyd45769
12-18-2005, 08:06 PM
I think i'm REALLY not that different. I usually don't get on the same topics in RL. I do act the same, i take what everyone says to heart, i'm really soft-hearted. I show you all the same respect on here as i show my friends in RL. Sometimes i am happier that one of my friends, on here , is online than i do to chat with my "real" friends. I hope people are showing the true side of them, i hate fake people!!! :)
Marroe
12-18-2005, 08:09 PM
Originally posted by Deposable
Besides you, your my friend... and you're special :cool: :D
hey, but now I'm gonna get lots of "special" jokes.
AUSTIN316426808
12-18-2005, 08:11 PM
Only difference with me is I'm alot more passive. No sense in taking everything too seriously and holding grudges online.
X¤MurderDoll¤X
12-18-2005, 08:12 PM
Originally posted by Deposable
Besides you, your my friend... and you're special :cool:
Do you two actually know each other?
Deposable
12-18-2005, 08:18 PM
Originally posted by X¤MurderDoll¤X
Do you two actually know each other?
Yes, we do.
Marroe
12-18-2005, 08:19 PM
Originally posted by X¤MurderDoll¤X
Do you two actually know each other? haven't met in person...but we talk on the phone on occasion. I still consider him my friend.
Marroe
12-18-2005, 08:21 PM
Originally posted by Deposable
Yes, we do. shhhhhh...:o
The STE
12-18-2005, 08:34 PM
me too :D
Originally posted by pinkfloyd45769
I think i'm REALLY not that different. I usually don't get on the same topics in RL. I do act the same, i take what everyone says to heart, i'm really soft-hearted. I show you all the same respect on here as i show my friends in RL. Sometimes i am happier that one of my friends, on here , is online than i do to chat with my "real" friends. I hope people are showing the true side of them, i hate fake people!!! :)
isn't she sweet :)
(as for me, i'm the same bastard in real life - grrr - :mad: )
X¤MurderDoll¤X
12-19-2005, 06:15 AM
Originally posted by Marroe
haven't met in person...but we talk on the phone on occasion. I still consider him my friend.
cool :cool:
she_died
12-19-2005, 06:32 AM
I'm a really laid back, tolerant sort of guy. Very easy to get along with, I like people of all kinds, I can usually find something to like about most people. I love hearing about people's lives. I used to be the street punk type with a big purple mohawk and studded leathers (I have a tat of the London Calling cover on my right arm), but now I'm more of just a regular looking dude (took out my piercings, etc.), not because I got conservative, but cuz I felt like just being myself. Humour-wise, I'm pretty similar to how I come off on the forums, except with more context and nuance of expression :)