Are you the same person online as you are in the real world?

[KRYPTON INC.]

The anonymity of the Internet has allowed for people to create whole new selves in a new setting that did not exist a generation ago. Given the hidden nature of IDs on message boards and comment sections, many I suspect put on many airs while online, either with the pretense of impressing other faceless people on such boards or to live as another personality for a while, or a combination of myriad reasons. But that's not everyone that comes to a place like Superherohype. So... and be honest... Are you the same person in your offline life as you are when presenting yourself here or any other online communities?

For myself... I really am, for good or for ill, pretty much the guy you all interact with. Does that mean I have no mysteries? No hidden self? Not at all. But that's true in real life as well. I am not the type to go to my co-workers or even many family members and let it all hang out, or complain about something in my personal life to friends and acquaintances, even when I have cause to. I have my own deep seated biases I struggle with, fears, unfounded assumptions, fantasies, deep hatreds, lusts and petty animosities... But in real life I keep a lot of that under wraps no less than I do as KRYPTON INC., or at least, I would like to think I do. But more or less, the guy that likes to joke, takes genre entertainment WAY too seriously, yet is leery of fan culture, is a doubter of absolutes, has no patience for the willfully obtuse or those that in my eyes I find silly... Yeah, that's who you are gonna meet in the flesh as well.

I suspect that there's a good chunk of posters out there that are more or less the same, but I also am pretty sure there are those that can tell that they do act differently here than they would in the three dimensional world. So... Are you the same person on the electronic highway as you are interacting with people face to face? If you aren't, why do you think so? If you are, why do you think you don't give into the temptation to put on another face?

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I still try to be a no BS person as much as possible.
So I don't try to be someone else when online, except in death matches I took part in.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I still try to be a no BS person as much as possible.
So I don't try to be someone else when online, except in death matches I took part in.

Your blood lust is now legend Aziz. t:

 

[harryoscop]

Good thread And yes & no.

My personality on these boards (and just the internet in general) is pretty much how I am in real-life: my likes/dislkes, preferences, attitude etc. But a lot of my opinions/interests are a little bit suppressed from family, friends, school etc in the real world (like hating TASM2 suit). The Internet kinda allows me to fully express myself.

But yeah, I'm more or less the same guy in real-life.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Good thread And yes & no.

My personality on these boards (and just the internet in general) is pretty much how I am in real-life: my likes/dislkes, preferences, attitude etc. But a lot of my opinions/interests are a little bit suppressed from family, friends, school etc in the real world (like hating TASM2 suit). The Internet kinda allows me to fully express myself.

But yeah, I'm more or less the same guy in real-life.

So, are you saying you feel that online you are just a little less held back by the standards of behavior you think are acceptable in real life, but in the end it's not too big a deviation? Basically, this is a safe harbor to let your freak flag fly about certain pet peeves, ect. but in real life those aren't things you would make a stink about too loudly, am I hearing you correctly?

 

[Superwoman Prime]

I lost a lot of weight and grew my hair out. I can "pass".

In other words, the woman in my avatar is just what I wish I could look like. I'm not quite that pretty, honestly, but Simone Simons has given me plenty of tips online that have helped me, and I'm a huge fan of her music, so why the hell not?

As far as personality, I don't know. It's harder for me to say. I could sit and list out to you my traits as I perceive them. But an articulate person who knows me in real life could probably give you a more accurate description of what I'm actually like in face-to-face interactions. My outward disposition is for other people to explain, while only I can fully understand the internal workings which inform the external.

That is, other than the obvious. I am shy and soft-spoken. That much I can rightfully claim.

 

[Reek]

i am pretty sure ill go to hell if i answer this.

 

[Superwoman Prime]

What, now? Are you secretly a celebrity?!

 

[ThePhantasm]

I've had to tone down my sexiness considerably in my online personality

 

[Superwoman Prime]

^ HAHAHA! You conceited son of a bantha.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I've had to tone down my sexiness considerably in my online personality

It's working.

 

[ThePhantasm]

 

[Superwoman Prime]

But more or less, the guy that likes to joke, takes genre entertainment WAY too seriously, yet is leery of fan culture, is a doubter of absolutes, has no patience for the willfully obtuse or those that in my eyes I find silly... Yeah, that's who you are gonna meet in the flesh as well.

SuperHeroHype traumatized you.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

See... Now you are slipping. Ninjas are sexy. It's the one thing they can't hide.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

SuperHeroHype traumatized you.

I've kind of always been leery of the fan culture and mentality. I'm 39 and I am old enough to remember the schism when THE NEXT GENERATION came on in the Trek fandom. I remember how I was when I was a snot nosed, know it all teen and the arguments and pedantry I partook in when I worked at a comic book shop in high school. These entertainments we cherish affect us deeply often and we sometimes don't proceed with our enthusiasm in ways that show we have any self awareness. I've been to two conventions as a youngster for "enjoyment". They turned me off big time when I was interacting with the older fans of the time, and if the online experience has taught me anything it's that in some ways fan culture is worse, especially now that the culture at large is validating the tastes most of us share.

 

[Reek]

I have turned Krypton into a weapon.

 

[Superwoman Prime]

I've kind of always been leery of the fan culture and mentality. I'm 39 and I am old enough to remember the schism when THE NEXT GENERATION came on in the Trek fandom. I remember how I was when I was a snot nosed, know it all teen and the arguments and pedantry I partook in when I worked at a comic book shop in high school. These entertainments we cherish affect us deeply often and we sometimes don't proceed with our enthusiasm in ways that show we have any self awareness. I've been to two conventions as a youngster for "enjoyment". They turned me off big time when I was interacting with the older fans of the time, and if the online experience has taught me anything it's that in some ways fan culture is worse, especially now that the culture at large is validating the tastes most of us share.

Oh. Your lived experiences with fan culture go waaay before SHH. Sorry for being presuming too much.

I don't envy you, man.

My military/army father watched the pilot episode for TNG while stationed across seas. He and his friends had arguments afterward. And none of them were typical nerds, either, just everyday soldiers who knew the original series.

To think what the debates would've been like between actual nerds. HIDE ME!!

 

[Master Rebado]

Good question.

Suppose overall yes as I am.



Needs now a 4th added given the net.

 

[Superwoman Prime]

Or a revision of the third face.

"The third face you keep hidden from the material world, but reveal in the digital."

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

When I came here I embelished the truth and tried to make myself seem like a big shot. These days though I try to be honest in all my affairs including Internet forums.

 

[Superwoman Prime]

BOI, you say?!!

When I came here I embelished the truth and tried to make myself seem like a big shot. These days though I try to be honest in all my affairs including Internet forums.

You're something of a hero around here. You overcame common yet huge and age-old challenges right in front of our eyes. Drinking, for one.

Keep being honest, sir. Keep setting a brilliant example.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Thanks Prime, although I certainly would'nt use that word to describe myself.

 

[Fallen Angel]

Pretty much the same person you'd meet in real life. I like what I like and like having a good time. I'm a bit more of a sports and fanatic but seeing as this isn't a sport's forum I can't go all out.

 

[PacificBoy]

Same. Inoffensive, a bit boring, generally keeping to myself. It helped that I grew up without the internet, and was (still am) fortunate to be surrounded by loving family and friends that I didn't have the need to turn to the net to lose/find myself.

 

[SWAT]

More or less.

I've never been outgoing but I've gotten more unsociable over the years. Same thing online.