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I'm curious...are you talkative in real-life, too? Or are you a shy person who says everything they have to say here? A bit of both?

Please, tell us!

I'm a total antisocial introvert who can only express my personality through NationStates.

(My real post count is 5,300.)

Extremely talkative with friends … not so much around strangers

Edit: unless you by your standards I dont have a high post count then ignore me lol

Extremely talkative with friends … not so much around strangers

Edit: unless you by your standards I dont have a high post count then ignore me lol

No, you certainly have a high post count by my standards.

Does that make everyone on NS your friend? :p

@Czardas: Well, at least you've found company who appreciates you!

I have been around a while and I was a moderator for a year and a half and I don't have a shy bone in my body.. so, yeah, I guess I'm just a social animal..lol

@Czardas: Well, at least you've found company who appreciates you!
They do? Funny, the last time I was here, everyone was either making fun of me or getting pissed off at me. Wait...they still are. :(

Me, I find talking to strangers almost impossible. I also hate the phone. Assuming you consider my PC to be high enough.

Shockingly quiet when surrounded by people.

(Actual post count - circa 11,300.)

Wow, to most I can be talkative, but I choose not to be. It all really depends on if I feel like I have something meaningful, or interesting to say.

My posts on NS follow about the same methodology.

No, you certainly have a high post count by my standards.

Does that make everyone on NS your friend? :p

@Czardas: Well, at least you've found company who appreciates you!
To an extent yea … but also the lack of in person shyness that I normaly feel

They do? Funny, the last time I was here, everyone was either making fun of me or getting pissed off at me. Wait...they still are. :(
In an affectionate way, I'm sure.

Or at least, keep telling yourself that. It eases the pain.

depends on the company... and my mood (a lot). when i first get together with friends i'm really quite talkative but if no booze is around i tend to dry up, become self-concious and become as shy around them as i am with strangers (which is really quite shy) after not too long, maybe an hour or so

and i'm antisocial depending on mood - i can be normal and want to go out & do things most of the time but then my mood flicks some kind of switch and i won't want to see anyone or do anything for days... sometimes weeks on end. i've lost a lot of friends this way :(

Simonist']In an affectionate way, I'm sure.

Or at least, keep telling yourself that. It eases the pain.
Thanks a lot. :rolleyes: ( :fluffle: )

I tend to be very talkative in real life, but I'm also pretty good at listening and knowing when to stay quiet.

I'm not shy, but I definitely don't rant and argue/debate anywhere near as much in person as I do here.

depends on the company... and my mood (a lot). when i first get together with friends i'm really quite talkative but if no booze is around i tend to dry up, become self-concious and become as shy around them as i am with strangers (which is really quite shy)

and i'm antisocial depending on mood - i can be normal and want to go out & do things most of the time but then my mood flicks some kind of switch and i won't want to see anyone or do anything for days... sometimes weeks on end. i've lost a lot of friends this way :(
That sounds a lot like me actually, although I didn't have the friends in the first place. Every day for the past 4 weeks or so, I've just wanted to sit at home and do very little. Before that I was really active and extroverted. My moods fluctuate so much I think I should take medication sometimes.

I also hate the phone.
oooh me too! phoning people scares the shit out of me for some reason. i'll go days without switching my phone on cos i don't want to answer it on the offchance it rings :S

the difference between NS and RL is here you have as much time as you want to think about what you're going to say before you say it (and go back and edit what you said ;))

My moods fluctuate so much I think I should take medication sometimes.
lol yeah i know what you mean
*is getting counseling for it*

oooh me too! phoning people scares the shit out of me for some reason. i'll go days without switching my phone on cos i don't want to answer it on the offchance it rings :S

Holy fucking shit I thought I was the only one!

the difference between NS and RL is here you have as much time as you want to think about what you're going to say before you say it (and go back and edit what you said ;))

Also you have no chance of getting hit and you don't need to make eye-contact.

oooh me too! phoning people scares the shit out of me for some reason. i'll go days without switching my phone on cos i don't want to answer it on the offchance it rings :S I just don't answer my phone at all, or try to lose it in some inconvenient and hard-to-get-to place.

the difference between NS and RL is here you have as much time as you want to think about what you're going to say before you say it (and go back and edit what you said ;))That's one reason why I prefer it. Also, you get to meet and debate with really interesting people. I've met more people like me here than in the whole real world.

Of course you also get to meet people like Colodia... :( and dangerous ones like Commando... :mad: ....but that's all part of the adventure! *triumphant horn calls*

I do not have a high post count. In fact, I don't know why I read this thread in the first place. And I post in it just to add 1 to my post count and to say, if anyone is listening, that I tend to be more talkative in real life as a by-product of working with people.

But my phone conversations end under a minute 90% of the time.

lol yeah i know what you mean
*is getting counseling for it*
*continues to resist counseling*


Also you have no chance of getting hit and you don't need to make eye-contact. ...And you can talk with people 4-10 years older than you like equals. See, no one has to know that I'm really an 11 year old geek who wears contacts and is really short and overweight...er nevermind *shifty eyes* ;)

I'm curious...are you talkative in real-life, too? Or are you a shy person who says everything they have to say here? A bit of both?

Please, tell us!
I'm very gregarious IRL, as likely to start up a conversation with the waitress, mailman, store clerk, etc., as anyone you know. I tend to avoid politics and religion IRL though, as opposed to on here.

That's one reason why I prefer it. Also, you get to meet and debate with really interesting people. I've met more people like me here than in the whole real world.

Of course you also get to meet people like Colodia... :( and dangerous ones like Commando... :mad: ....but that's all part of the adventure! *triumphant horn calls*

What do I fall under? Have to ask.

But my phone conversations end under a minute 90% of the time.

You are lucky.

What classes as a "high post count" or was it said in the first post and i am so dumd i missed it?

well anyway..if i class in it. i generally tend to keep myself to myself except when i disagree with someone... then all hell breaks loose.

No. I hate people. Go away. Don't bother me anymore.

:D

...And you can talk with people 4-10 years older than you like equals. See, no one has to know that I'm really an 11 year old geek who wears contacts and is really short and overweight...er nevermind *shifty eyes* ;)

Nowt wrong with being 11 (we all were/are/will be), or a geek (I am), or wearing contacts (better than milk-bottle glasses), or short (Many of my friends are short. Or am I really tall...?) or overweight.

I'm curious...are you talkative in real-life, too? Or are you a shy person who says everything they have to say here? A bit of both?

Please, tell us!

I went on a post spree, 350 in 14 hours a few weeks ago. :upyours:

My post count's not that high, but I'll be presumptuous enough to answer: I would say yes. I can talk on the phone for hours with friends, and even longer face to face. I like meeting people. I also work in a profession where talking to and interacting with people is essential.

I am however quite shy, actually. The trick is that I don't let it hinder me.

Nowt wrong with being 11 (we all were/are/will be), or a geek (I am), or wearing contacts (better than milk-bottle glasses), or short (Many of my friends are short. Or am I really tall...?) or overweight.
Actually, that was a complete fabrication, I'm not really any of those things. I could take the form if I wanted, but right now I prefer to be a 15-year-old outcast of about average height, particularly because my birthday is tomorrow... :D

Actually, that was a complete fabrication, I'm not really any of those things. I could take the form if I wanted, but right now I prefer to be a 15-year-old outcast of about average height, particularly because my birthday is tomorrow... :D

Happy birthday fellow outcast!

What do I fall under? Have to ask.
You fall under the category of "People I'd like to meet but don't have the time/money/effort to fly/swim/drive to Britain/Scotland/France/Ireland/Germany/L.A.". :D

Happy birthday fellow outcast!
Thank you. :)

You fall under the category of "People I'd like to meet but don't have the time/money/effort to fly/swim/drive to Britain/Scotland/France/Ireland/Germany/L.A.". :D

Yay!

And I'm in Scotland, just outside of Glasgow. Just in case you find the time/money/effort.

Happy birthday fellow outcast!
seconded

Shockingly quiet when surrounded by people.

(Actual post count - circa 11,300.)
Who were you?

Yay!

And I'm in Scotland, just outside of Glasgow. Just in case you find the time/money/effort.
Ok.

When I make my tour of the United Kingdom and visit all the other people I'd like to visit during that time (like PM, Jordaxia, etc.) I'll stop by.

Thank you. :)
Seconded.

Ok.

When I make my tour of the United Kingdom and visit all the other people I'd like to visit during that time (like PM, Jordaxia, etc.) I'll stop by.

Tour of the U.K?

Coming soon, all over the U.K, from Wembley Arena to the SECC to the Cardiff Millenium Stadium, it's...

Czardas!

Tour of the U.K?

Coming soon, all over the U.K, from Wembley Arena to the SECC to the Cardiff Millenium Stadium, it's...

Czardas!
The Ruler of All Creation! <shows empty space> Your God, descending to Earth as a boon to his followers! <shows a random guy walking on the street amid lots and lots of other people> A golden age of peace and culture! <shows car bombs exploding in Iraq>

LOL...No, I just want to visit the UK, so of course I'll have to take a tour...Wickedly twisted, no? >)

Who were you?

BWO.

<<<<has about six thousand posts given all his nations and 500 more if you count purged posts.

I'm quite comfortable chatting with anyone IRL. Like Santa Barbara and Eutrusca, I may not discuss the same way or the same things IRL though.

BWO.
I don't remember him/her/it. Who was that?

I simply can't find enough threads that I find interesting enough to bother posting on.

BWO.

Who? I done a search for BWO and found nowt.

I don't remember him/her/it. Who was that?

Bodies Without Organs - I retired it gracefully when it hit 10k posts about six weeks ago.

Bodies Without Organs - I retired it gracefully when it hit 10k posts about six weeks ago.

Now I remember you. Why'd you kill it?

Now I remember you. Why'd you kill it?

Where do you go from 'Honorary Spam Forum Owner'?

Where do you go from 'Honorary Spam Forum Owner'?

I think at 20,000 you get to put in your own title, but I'm not 100%.

Where do you go from 'Honorary Spam Forum Owner'?

You go to Jolt, asking for more.

Maybe there's a hidden one no-one has ever found...

Where do you go from 'Honorary Spam Forum Owner'?

If you take a thorough look at the Spam forum, you'll probably see that several people have gone beyond that.

I'm somewhat talkative in real life. Mostly around friends.

my post count is pretty high as is, but I lost about 4,000 in the old general forum purges.

BWO.
Nice to see you back, BWO - I was wondering where you'd got to. (Though I actually spotted your new identity just yesterday (never quick on the uptake, me!).)

Nice to see you back, BWO - I was wondering where you'd got to. (Though I actually spotted your new identity just yesterday (never quick on the uptake, me!).)

I never actually went away, more's the pity. Still it felt weird presenting a fresh and unknown face to some of the regulars such as yourself.

No, I'm not really that talkative at all. I've just been here for a very long time and come here quite frequently.

Where do you go from 'Honorary Spam Forum Owner'?

Bodies without Organs was a very reconizable name! With so many posts it gives off an aura of wisdom! :)

I'm curious...are you talkative in real-life, too? Or are you a shy person who says everything they have to say here? A bit of both?

Please, tell us!
Depends on the situation. If its something such politics or religion the answer is yes. Or science in some cases.
But if it's a female that I am talking to and she's attractive, I do the opposite. I do most of the listening. Especially if they are talking about themselves. Probably because they are very interesting. I only interrupt occasionally to ask questions or give sage advice. I like to look in their eyes when they are talking too.
A lot of females have said I am the only guy that does that but I do not think that is true. Course if it was, it would just be one more proof of the fact that I am indeed God's Gift To Women.

Bodies without Organs was a very reconizable name! With so many posts it gives off an aura of wisdom! :)

You know what they say - empty vessels make the most noise.

Well, in real life I am too shy for my own good around people I don't know well, but far too talkative for my own good around people I do know.

BWO.
Your posting of "How about just putting them all on an island, and letting them fight it out amongst themselves?" in italics, along with your general cynicalism in the NI rioting thread, had made me think it might be you.

Why the new user?


Anyhow, NS is one of the very few places I can be myself.

I'm as much of an asshole in real life as I am here...

Of course, I'm not known for my kinder, gentler side (in fact, it's mere existance is a rarely whispered rumor of which few know the validity)...

What does that have to do with my post count? Wellll...back in the day...I was an extremely active Moderator...probably 2/3 of my posts are Mod-action related...

I have a decent post-count, not a "high one". That just might be because I say a lot of what it is I have to say in the real-world. ;)

I'm curious...are you talkative in real-life, too? Or are you a shy person who says everything they have to say here? A bit of both?

Please, tell us!
Talkative in real-life to. I aslo spam conversation in real life. Plus, I'm just happy this is adding to my post count...

I'm curious...are you talkative in real-life, too? Or are you a shy person who says everything they have to say here? A bit of both?

Please, tell us!
Talkative in real-life to. I aslo spam conversation in real life. Plus, I'm just happy this is adding to my post count...

I'm curious...are you talkative in real-life, too? Or are you a shy person who says everything they have to say here? A bit of both?

Please, tell us!
Talkative in real-life to. I aslo spam conversation in real life. Plus, I'm just happy this is adding to my post count...-

Rotovia, the third repetition was a nice touch as it made the possibility of it just being an accidental double post less likely.

I salute your sense of humor

Rotovia...just.... :D

i am similar to how Pure Metal described himself, but maybe a little less so extreme. I haven't lost too many friends, but i am reluctant to get together. I have an unnatural fear of getting into relationships with anyone even on a friendly basis. I fear that I may hurt them or myself. I can be talkative and when put into a particular situation, I am pretty good one on one. I do go out of my way to avoid people.

Whatever I do, be it working (motion graphics/3D animation/photo manipulation), talking (politics, religion, cosmology), playing (board games, video games, card games) or posting on NS (see "talking") I do it with a hard focus. I really throw myself into all the things I say and do. Some think I scowl, but I'm usually deep in thought, considering and weighing things in my mind. And then, when the moment is right, I speak - in as concise a manner to which I'm able in the given circumstances.

i can and do talk to anyone about anything. im not shy and no one intimidates me (well except for those people who threaten to kill me, but i dont count that).

i have no problem talking to big wigs or insignificants. i used to have fun talking to a wacked out homeless man at the laundromat; he was a hoot. he still owes me $5 for overestimating the iraqi death toll. i likewise have no problem talking to the few influential people i meet.

my problem is that i have high standards for social interaction and i get really annoyed at people who dont know how to hold up their end of a conversation. i cant stand stupid small talk. it makes me crazy when people go through that "lets talk about who we know and where we have been until we have something in common" thing. who CARES if my college roommate rubbed up against your uncle at carnival in rio back in '82?

does my postcount qualify as high?

I set the standard for a high post count.

I have a moderately high post count, I guess.. I haven't spoken to anyone socially, in person, in almost 6 years.. I think that answers that. ;)

I must say, this is all fascinating. I think I'll go back and change the title of the thread; everyone should be able to post here, without the "is my post count high enough?" part.

Anyhow, NS is one of the very few places I can be myself.

I find that quite interesting; NS is a place where I feel I can't really be myself - although this mainly has to do with the fact that I have my own personal sense of humour, which very few people get and that requires a lot of body language etc to understand that I'm joking.


Whatever I do, be it working (motion graphics/3D animation/photo manipulation), talking (politics, religion, cosmology), playing (board games, video games, card games) or posting on NS (see "talking") I do it with a hard focus. I really throw myself into all the things I say and do. Some think I scowl, but I'm usually deep in thought, considering and weighing things in my mind. And then, when the moment is right, I speak - in as concise a manner to which I'm able in the given circumstances.

I tend to be like that in most things - especially when I'm in new company. As I get to know people, I say more things on-the-fly, without thinking about them so much. Unfortunately, I have the bad habit of thinking about what I'm going to say so much that it finally falls out of my mouth when I open it, leading to some very strange looks. I've learnt to get over it a little, but not completely.

Anyway, keep it up guys! I've never had a thread that's made it this far! :p

Is my Post count High?

Is my Post count High?

High enough. Higher than mine's, anyway. :)

I tried to change the thread title, but it won't let me. Please, everyone and anyone, post here!

High enough. Higher than mine's, anyway. :)

I tried to change the thread title, but it won't let me. Please, everyone and anyone, post here!
I am incredibly shy.
Until i get some booze in me then i go home with random guys-its true. :mp5:

particularly because my birthday is tomorrow... :D
happy birthday! :fluffle:

Also you have no chance of getting hit and you don't need to make eye-contact.
yeah eye contact... unnerving and weird at times. other times i make and keep it without even noticing. its odd

happy birthday! :fluffle:


yeah eye contact... unnerving and weird at times. other times i make and keep it without even noticing. its odd
Take it back!
Czardas is Horrible! :mp5:

I'm curious...are you talkative in real-life, too? Or are you a shy person who says everything they have to say here? A bit of both?

Please, tell us!

Depends... I tend to be awfully shy around strangers. But if I'm with people I know, I'm more or less the same as here. Maybe even a little less polite and careful, because I know they will understand me correctly and not take offense.

Depends... I tend to be awfully shy around strangers. But if I'm with people I know, I'm more or less the same as here. Maybe even a little less polite and careful, because I know they will understand me correctly and not take offense.
How drunk do you get?

How drunk do you get?
:confused:

I'm curious...are you talkative in real-life, too? Or are you a shy person who says everything they have to say here? A bit of both?

Please, tell us!

I talk too much except to my parents who talk too much or not much.

:confused:
Well the drunker you are the less shy you are.
I think thats how it works. ;)

Well the drunker you are the less shy you are.
I think thats how it works. ;)
damn straight thats how it works :P

same with being stoned but you make less of an arse out of yourself (or at least thats what happens to me when i get drunk :p)

Take it back!
Czardas is Horrible! :mp5:
but i like czardas :(

damn straight thats how it works :P

same with being stoned but you make less of an arse out of yourself (or at least thats what happens to me when i get drunk :p)


but i like czardas :(
Yeah i had a real good time on Friday/Saturday.
You dont know him like i do. :(

You dont know him like i do. :(
now i'm curious :confused:

now i'm curious :confused:
It involves missing trains falling over in the dark grazing elbows knee and forehead then falling asleep in a Catholic School and then waking up without your jersey or cellphone.
Goodtimes!
Too Goodtimes
*Raises Tankard*

I'm shy with strangers, but I can talk for hours with people I know.

I'm very bad on the phone. I only call with a purpose (and no, just talking is not a purpose)

The internet is anonymous (well sort of anyway) so that takes away a lot of shyness.

Drinks help too (as stated before). I don't know about weed cause I've only smoked with friends.

I'm shy with strangers, but I can talk for hours with people I know.

I'm very bad on the phone. I only call with a purpose (and no, just talking is not a purpose)

The internet is anonymous (well sort of anyway) so that takes away a lot of shyness.

Drinks help too (as stated before). I don't know about weed cause I've only smoked with friends.
Your right about the internet.

almost 1%
i dont know how to make new thread... and no one wants to help me out???
can anyone help???

almost 1%
i dont know how to make new thread... and no one wants to help me out???
can anyone help???

0_o


Go back to the list of threads (the General forum), look at either the top or the bottom for the button that says, "New Post", click it, and start a new thread.

I agree, it's easier to talk on the Internet than with strangers in RL. Not only are you not afraid of being judged on appearance, but you can think about what you're saying and make sure it comes out eloquently.

0_o


Go back to the list of threads (the General forum), look at either the top or the bottom for the button that says, "New Post", click it, and start a new thread.

I agree, it's easier to talk on the Internet than with strangers in RL. Not only are you not afraid of being judged on appearance, but you can think about what you're saying and make sure it comes out eloquently.

Or come out a complete idiot for all to see. :)

I'm shy with strangers, but I can talk for hours with people I know.

I'm very bad on the phone. I only call with a purpose (and no, just talking is not a purpose)

The internet is anonymous (well sort of anyway) so that takes away a lot of shyness.

Drinks help too (as stated before). I don't know about weed cause I've only smoked with friends.
You are my soul mate! :fluffle: :fluffle:

Or come out a complete idiot for all to see. :)

It's much easier to do that in RL, I find. It takes skill and determination to pull it off here - if you do it once or twice, people may think you are being jokingly "n00bish".

Not having a high post count, I'm not sure if it's my place to answer, but I will say that I love meeting new people, so I love talking to people here. And the anonymity of the forum allows me to get into more heated debates than I would allow myself in real life.

I do talk a lot.....and express ,but mostly to my friends ,family,classmates ,professor......like people I know.
well I dont simply go to a stranger talk much, well I talk little but dont argue or discuss topics.....like I do in Nation states.I have been here just few days ago , a month or 2 probably.....so I have very few post and have not much time to post.

I do talk a lot.....and express ,but mostly to my friends ,family,classmates ,professor......like people I know.
well I dont simply go to a stranger talk much, well I talk little but dont argue or discuss topics.....like I do in Nation states.I have been here just few days ago , a month or 2 probably.....so I have very few post and have not much time to post.
well to be more specific when I joined Nation states its Aug 26th 2005

I'm curious...are you talkative in real-life, too? Or are you a shy person who says everything they have to say here? A bit of both?

Please, tell us!

Depends...

I'm always chatty if a stranger goes out of their way to initiate a conversation...but I wouldn't do so myself. I usually choose to keep to myself when among strangers. So i'm typically slow to make friends.

Around friends and people I know though, I can be pretty extraverted.

You are my soul mate! :fluffle: :fluffle:
Soul mate eh? :fluffle:

Soul mate eh? :fluffle:
:D Hehehe maybe

happy birthday! :fluffle: Thanks! :)


yeah eye contact... unnerving and weird at times. other times i make and keep it without even noticing. its odd
I can keep eye contact fairly well, it's just kind of hard, as I'm a little bit shorter than all the other 18-year-olds in my class. It's tough, skipping a grade.... :(

/growls at Harlesburg menacingly

Harlesburg, you know it wasn't my idea! It was LG's! And I already apologized! :(

Thanks! :)



I can keep eye contact fairly well, it's just kind of hard, as I'm a little bit shorter than all the other 18-year-olds in my class. It's tough, skipping a grade.... :(

/growls at Harlesburg menacingly

Harlesburg, you know it wasn't my idea! It was LG's! And I already apologized! :(
Ah ha i knew it was either you or Myrth that stole my stuff.

depends on the company... and my mood (a lot). when i first get together with friends i'm really quite talkative but if no booze is around i tend to dry up, become self-concious and become as shy around them as i am with strangers (which is really quite shy) after not too long, maybe an hour or so

and i'm antisocial depending on mood - i can be normal and want to go out & do things most of the time but then my mood flicks some kind of switch and i won't want to see anyone or do anything for days... sometimes weeks on end. i've lost a lot of friends this way :(

yeah, my brother is the only one so far that realises that when i shut myself in my room i don't want company. in RL im usually quiet with strangers and with people i don't like. otherwise im very talkative. ok so my PC isn't very high but who cares

*continues to resist counseling*

...And you can talk with people 4-10 years older than you like equals. See, no one has to know that I'm really an 11 year old geek who wears contacts and is really short and overweight...er nevermind *shifty eyes* ;)

lol, yeah its really good.

Hmmm what am I like in RL?

Pretty much the same. It can probably be said that I like to hear my voice. I have solitude moments as well where I am not in the mood for chatter.

I'm so talkative that people around me say 'Shut UP' before I can get one syllable out.