This is half a rant and half a proper thread, so please excuse the mess.
Im one of those people you hear about, the ones who have very evolved internet personalities, perhaps better evolved than their real life selves. Some of the closest friends I have are people I have never met or seen. I have nearly 6000 posts in this forum alone, a fairly active blog. Whereas, except for perhaps 6 or 7 people in the world, I would be characterised as someone who doesnt have much to say at all, let alone anything close to my expressive online self.
In some ways, I am closer to my online friends than my real life ones. Some of my most profound thoughts have been narrated to a laptop, that happened to answer back and give me hugs. hugs… what is that?
All of this wouldnt be so disturbing, if online raza didnt matter so much to offline raza. If I could seperate my “fake” personality from my real one, my modem based relationships from real ones. If I didnt forget in all this that for the world that matters, I am the raza that is completely reclusive and subdued and non poetry sprouting, non intruiging instead of the online figure I project.
Is this a common affliction? Is there any way I can translate my online self into my real personality? Has anyone done that?
Very well written,
in this day and age our online personality is what our desires can’t discuss in real life, hence the freedom of not discussing the issue face to face where people can spot your shady eyes or weak chin. after reading the above post,
And with much sadness please click on the link below and be happy,
Go smell the flowers, get sting by a bee, or someone you know.
PS; don’t delete this post, you mighty MOD you, it’s just my opinion.
the real me? to the extent that it is a better expressed version of me, thats true. but just the fact that I express myself in a fake world better doesnt help things does it?
jassoos, why would i delete your post? Im not a mod of this forum, and even if i were, you havent said anything half as offensive as I've already said about me.
how about u go and meet your online friends. see them in flesh n blood. since they already know u for your online self…u might be able to translate your online personality into the offline raza.
jassoos, i dont like this site. they made me take a test, told me i have a problem, then asked me to give them money. im giving no money to anything in the fake world
shweetdreams.. that is an option, unfortunately most of them are quite far from where I live.
ravage if it'll make u feel any better, its true that even in the "real" world people have different personalities.we speak, write and act according to who our audience is. i like to think that my "real" personality is that which is in front of my closest friends but I am not sure even of that because I think that there will always be a sort of "posing" even in front of real close friends/family.
The benefit of being online is that since you know you most probably wont be seeing these people so you can go ahead and say whatever u want, like a close close friend in real life with whom you can share anything....doesnt mean u are crazy since i think it is only human nature to do so.
LK, I completely fail to understand you .. :halo:.. perhaps you can enlighten me when you send that chicken soup recipe
schweetdreams, not true. I was telling you the situation presently, simply because I’ve recently moved to Karachi. nothing psychological going on here.
who cant be thoughtful, itnelligent, compassionate, and everything else when all one has in front of him is a screen to judge him? the internet allows people to become the people they want to be, instead of the people they are.
how far before you see that you’re only being your “real” self before an imaginary audience?
