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[Avengers]

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[Terminator: Genisys]

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[Red Dwarf]

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[Gracepoint/Broadchurch]

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[Doctor Who]

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[All The President's Men]

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[The Great Mouse Detective]

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[Supernatural]

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[Transformers: Prime]

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Do you act different online than you do irl? Would your internet friends be surprised if they met you in person?

i'm more friendly irl, actually

i'm probably somewhat more abrasive online

I'm a lot more open and willing to share things about myself online than in real life. (As in feelings and such, not my address or full name) I feel like I'm generally more honest online too, as I tend to default to little white lies about a lot of things irl. I don't know why, as it's quite easy for my irl friends to stumble upon my online life, but it still feels a lot more secure to share a lot of things on an open blog than when actually physically interacting with someone.

My internet friends would most likely be surprised if they met me in person yeah, as I get quite anxious when meeting people irl for the first time and I'm a million times more guarded about everything.

I think my personality is basically the same.

But in some ways, yeah, maybe. And I was a kid who learned to keep secrets from a young age, even if I have no native talent for it.

I have a pretty dry, sarcastic sense of humor that often doesn't come across online because I worry a lot about it not coming out right through text, so I just keep a lot of thoughts to myself that I would say if I was talking out loud.

I'm much more sarcastic irl. I'm nicer online, although it's not like I'm an asshole irl.

I have been told by many many people that my irl persona and my online persona are basically identical.

It's my workplace persona and my socializing persona that are radically different.

Essentially this for me as well. Although I try to keep it all the same, i don't want to fragment myself or become a caricature of myself.

Pretty much the same, just a little more open and a little more unreserved.

I'm more opinionated online, and more likely to defend my opinion. I find it easier to be concise through writing rather than verbally.

I think both groups of people might say I'm more rude on the other medium: I'm much more stand-offish in real life, and sometimes that gives the wrong impression, whereas online I can be, and usually am, much more vitriolic.

I'm more sarcastic irl and less friendly/outgoing than I am online(not that I'm a huge jerk or anything but I find it easier to talk to people online than I do in person).

I'm nicer and I'm very shy around people I don't know.

Internet allows me to open up more.

Nope. Pretty much exactly the same. Right down to the fact that I will be really chatty and social on some days, and then disappear for weeks and not talk to anyone until I'm suddenly "on" again.

I mean, I'm as introverted as they come, so I don't interact with people much offline. But when I do, no difference. I think it's because I first got online via local BBSes, and so I was regularly hanging out in person with everyone I knew online. Acting differently online and in person would have been pretty ridiculous there. Though one guy was really surprised because he thought I was a dude.

I curse more in person. But I can also be a lot quieter because face to face interaction wears me out a lot faster.

I don't think I act that much more differently, but the last time I was in a big fandom, I got a reputation for talking big and being very strong in my opinions. Not in a bad way, but in a firm way.

I remember the one fandom meet-up I went to, I told the group my screenname and I could swear to you, the look on almost everyone's face said, "Holy shit, she is tiny!" It was very amusing.

People can actually tell when I'm being sarcastic.

THIS. I have to be so careful with written responses, because flip, tongue-in-cheek, and sarcastic are not always apparent without tone of voice and visual markers. IRL, people get it right away.

Kinda, sorta.

An ex once told me how I talk and type sound exactly the same. I figure, why change the way I express myself? If I'm being sarcastic, I try to indicate it online, somehow, but other than that it's really no different. Any IRL friend I have can tell when I'm being sarcastic, via the interwebz, but I'm sure that's because they can all but hear me saying shit. But then, people I'm not close with IRL also can't tell when I'm being sarcastic in person, so... yea, I don't change how I communicate. Just the medium.

Hi char.

Of course. I'm much lazier online than irl. Also more visibly stressed.

Hell, how I am irl depends on who I'm with.

I talk to people online.

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