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[asthran]

I had an idea for a post, really I did....

One of the things that surprises me greatly about this online stuff is how differently I come across. At least, I think I come across vastly differently online, anyway...

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I was at work a few weeks ago, and my cute coworker had figured out how to write messages to other users on our Unix network - so we amused ourselves by writing to each other for a while.

In conversation, a standard reply for me is to say, "Neat!"

In text, a standard reply for me is to say "*chuckles* Heh, I wouldn't have expected anyone to come up with *that* idea... *ponders a bit* Yeah, that is really cool!"
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In real life, I am so awful at improvisation. Then on Everquest a few days ago, a situation came up, where I needed to ... enforce, basically, a new thing that my guild has been doing. I mentioned to our guildleader that I needed to check the messageboard quickly to prep, because I'm awful at improv, and her reaction was, "... actually, you're quite good at it."

!?!?! WTF?

People think online that I'm a good roleplayer. !?!?!

Seriously, the dictonomy between online perceptions and real-world realities is *so* vast... I guess I'm not expressing myself very well, but I think it's just crazy.

Sorry for randomness of post. Be well, peeps.

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[marlowe1.livejournal.com]

It's the introversion. It gets us all. Especially the IN (I'm INFP - but I don't believe in that. Same as being a Libra - it just fits my personality somewhat) The computer is a great way of taking away that barrier that an introverted personality would inhibit. The flip side is that I've met people that I know online and when I see them in person I have no clue what to say. I'm practically a mute and half the things I do say they've already read online. Of course the other drawback is that you can say these friendship-killing things online just because you're being honest. Well that's my case.

On the other hand it's nice to have the freedom that being online gives one.