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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.

Comments

[asthran.livejournal.com]

*laughs*

But I would have said you were goofy and silly IRL too!

[nightjasmine.livejournal.com]

hehe thats because I already quasi knew ya and had made sure I was chemically enhanced :P Its much easier when I already have an idea of what the person is like.. its usually when I either

A) Do not know the person
B) Am surrounded by people I do not know (That is horrid lol)
C) Cannot stand the person but for whatever reason am not in a position to express that

That I tend to be very anti-social... see.. I already knew you *winks*