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⌈ Secret Post #2377 ⌋

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Re: Talking to People on the Internet

[intrigueing]

Depends on what it is. I find that getting into "spirited debates" is easier for me to do without getting nasty online, because I can think before I speak, I don't have to respond right away and I can look at my words before the other person hears them. IRL, I tend to either shy away from spirited debates because I'm afraid of saying someone rude in the heat of the moment (I have impulse control problems), or be unnecessarily confrontational/sharp-tongued.

I also tend to like online discussions when talking about specific subjects like fandom or academia or politics, things you need a bit of a well-reasoned argument for, because again, it's easier to think the whole thing over and put down a full paragraph of your thoughts and opinions in text form rather than having to say things live. Plus, anonymity shield eases any worrying about seeming stupid.

For general conversations where I'm just chatting about things/exchanging stories and thoughts, or where I'm talking about a specific person's personal situations/experiences, real life is infinitely better. It's hard to get a personal touch across online, what with the lack of a reliable tone/body language/eye contact/ability to interrupt each other/kind of "sync up" and finish each other's thoughts.

I don't like talking online to people I know IRL - I'm more attentive than most people to stuff like tone and cadence and expressions, so live verbal communication provides me with way, way, way more information than text communication, and I therefore tend to get really disoriented and feel like I'm missing out on 50% of the conversation when I talk online with someone who I'm used to using face-to-face communication with. Hell, I even vastly prefer voice phoning to texting.

So as a general rule -- talking about generalizable subjects where you want to discuss your opinions with someone and don't really care who in particular you're talking to: online. Talking about personal things and opinions associated with specific people's lives and actions, especially people you know IRL: in real life.