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If so, does your persona reflect reality? Without the subtlety of face to face conversation, do you feel that your online persona is divorced from your real life one?

I ask this because I know a few of you consider me a troll, or at least a cock. I think I have a brash, uncompromising and often cold online persona, but I don't know if it realistically reflects my true self. I'm curious if anyone else feels the same.

I may have slighlty less inhibitions online than I do in person, but no.. I don't have a different online persona.

no

but i do stop myself from flamey posts that arent allowed on this site.

I may have slighlty less inhibitions online than I do in person, but no.. I don't have a different online persona.

I certainly have fewer inhibitions online. This seems to translate into being a cock, at least judging by some opinions. Does this mean that when distilled, fundamentally I am a cock?

I'm not convinced.

I'm pretty much myself on here, although anonymity allows me to skip over the "getting to know you" stage of a real-life acquaintance, when I have to be all shy and stuff. :p

No.

No.

Why?

I certainly have fewer inhibitions online. This seems to translate into being a cock, at least judging by some opinions. Does this mean that when distilled, fundamentally I am a cock?

I'm not convinced.
are you a cock when you have been drinking?

if so, you are suppressing your cockishness in sober real life.

I certainly have fewer inhibitions online. This seems to translate into being a cock, at least judging by some opinions. Does this mean that when distilled, fundamentally I am a cock?

I'm not convinced.

I'm saying that online I think less about what I am going to say or do next, but only marginally. I'm not saying anything about you being a cock.

are you a cock when you have been drinking?

if so, you are suppressing your cockishness in sober real life.

I have been drinking while posting this thread, perhaps this is a more realistic representation of myself.

I don't think I'm a cocky drunk. I like to make people laugh.

I'm saying that online I think less about what I am going to say or do next, but only marginally. I'm not saying anything about you being a cock.

It wasn't my intention to put words in your mouth, sorry.

No, I pretty much am a short tempered, sarcastic, prick. Yet people like me both here and in person. Which is awesome.

I think its cause I balance that by being a genuinly nice, caring, guy at heart. And Im hilarious.

The only difference is I actually get along a lot better with my ideological opposites in person. One of my best friends is actually a Christian libertarian. :p So are a lot of my buddies I drink and hit the bars with.

I'm pretty much me here, just that I wear cat ears in NS and pretend I'm not owned.

I'm pretty much myself on here, although anonymity allows me to skip over the "getting to know you" stage of a real-life acquaintance, when I have to be all shy and stuff. :p

Its a good thing, if you were all shy and stuff I'd have one less person to feebly attempt flirtation with.

I'm pretty much the same, only more reserved. I tend to just blurt things out IRL, while typing I have a chance to backspace before I post......although I don't always take advantage of that.

No, I pretty much am a short tempered, sarcastic, prick. Yet people like me both here and in person. Which is awesome.

I think its cause I balance that by being a genuinly nice, caring, guy at heart. And Im hilarious.

The only difference is I actually get along a lot better with my ideological opposites in person. One of my best friends is actually a Christian libertarian. :p So are a lot of my buddies I drink and hit the bars with.

Haha, yeah, that is an odd consequence of the degree of separation between online and reality - a lot of my friends, if they had an NSG account, would be relentlessly mocked by me.

Haha, yeah, that is an odd consequence of the degree of separation between online and reality - a lot of my friends, if they had an NSG account, would be relentlessly mocked by me.

Oh, theyre still relentlessly mocked. We just have a lot more that binds us then politics, so its known to be purely in good fun.

I think its why the right wingers I get along with the best here are people like TBC, Neo Bret, and TAI. We've had discussions on things outside of politics and found a lot of common ground, so to me their not just a faceless ideology on the internet for me to ruthlessly attack.

Oddly enough, I have fewer inhibitions in person than online. I'm actually quite dynamic and unpredictable as opposed to my calm and thoughtful online persona. *nod*

No; I act the same here as I do face-to-face.

Oddly enough, I have fewer inhibitions in person than online. I'm actually quite dynamic and unpredictable as opposed to my calm and thoughtful online persona. *nod*

I'm frightened.

I talk more online than IRL (because I don't like the sound of my own voice), and can put together words somewhat more coherently when I'm writing them down (because my brain is like that). I also used to be a lot sillier and less inhibited online than IRL, but that's changed, it's about balanced by now, so I'm just as emotionally repressed here as I appear to normal people.

So, only slightly I guess.

I do not, but of course you don't know my real identity or age (or maybe you do, but I'm watching you closely). I think only a character like Getbrett's avatar would have a different persona. A sick freak of some sort. Or perhaps an e-tranny.

One of my best friends is actually a Christian libertarian. :p So are a lot of my buddies I drink and hit the bars with.

Holy %#&*!

I certainly have fewer inhibitions online. This seems to translate into being a cock, at least judging by some opinions. Does this mean that when distilled, fundamentally I am a cock?

I'm not convinced.

Sure it does. Assuming a person is serious about what they post and not just posting it to troll or take the piss, if they post like an asshole they're an asshole, online or not.

I don't care all that much if someone who's consistently a mean, callous asshole on an online forum has a number of "redeeming qualities" in real life - if they have it in them to be a mean, callous asshole to people online I'm not going to think better of them just because they're not a mean, callous asshole to people offline.

I do not, but of course you don't know my real identity or age (or maybe you do, but I'm watching you closely). I think only a character like Getbrett's avatar would have a different persona. A sick freak of some sort. Or perhaps an e-tranny.

As I've stated before, a certain amount of my "persona" online is hyperbole. There's truth in what I say, but it's exaggerated for effect. This is what I'd describe as my online persona. I was just curious as to whether I'm alone in doing this.

Holy %#&*!

I am from a wealthy, mostly white, Christian upper middle class county. I grew up 3 minutes from a town that spends more capita per GDP on churches then any other place in the country. Guess the political stance of 90% of the people I used to encounter on a day to day basis? :D

These are the guys I went to school with. Like I said, there is a lot more to our relationship then politics. In fact, even with new friends I make, politics is usually not an issue discussed right away :p. All though I must say Ive made a lot more left wing friends since I came to university.

Its like Neo Bret and I. We have warhammer and Star Trek to talk about. So even if his politics are wrong (:p) we have common ground. So hes not a faceless ideology to me. Same with me and TBC with history or TAI with traveling.

To answer the other question: No, I don't have an online persona.

Very much so, I think "Rotovia" is very much an extreme of myself, more Catholic, more Atheist, more secularist, more liberal, more blunt, more confusing.

I also participate in a number of government and parliamentary simulations and my characters tend towards the classical liberal/libertarian side, and that has translated into a gradual shifting of my own views.

Very much so, I think "Rotovia" is very much an extreme of myself, more Catholic, more Atheist, more secularist, more liberal, more blunt, more confusing.

I also participate in a number of government and parliamentary simulations and my characters tend towards the classical liberal/libertarian side, and that has translated into a gradual shifting of my own views.

Yes, this is what I'd say happens to me when I come to NSG. I take my innate personality, and then extend it to the maximum level allowed under NSG rules. There's a certain amount of irony inherent in everything I post.

Why?
I'm better than most people I know IRL, I'm better than most people I know online.

I have opinions that differ from most people I know IRL (conservatives), I have opinions that differ from people I know online (pinko liberls).

I don't hide that IRL, I don't hide that online.

I'm what you call a dick IRL, I'm what you call a dick online.

If so, does your persona reflect reality? Without the subtlety of face to face conversation, do you feel that your online persona is divorced from your real life one?

I speak like a nobleman in the Middle-Ages when I'm online. I CALL MY ATTACKS, and I came up with several ways to deliver them, from haikus to prose, going through some Shakespeare in the process. I sometimes act like I'm a wizard or like I'm on a stage, and I use Bleach-Kido-recitation-esque preparations for my arguing moves while I'm at it.

So, yeah, I'd say my online persona is divorced from my real life one, because otherwise I'd be VERY insane. :p

As I've stated before, a certain amount of my "persona" online is hyperbole. There's truth in what I say, but it's exaggerated for effect. This is what I'd describe as my online persona. I was just curious as to whether I'm alone in doing this.

I was only talking about the image that is your avatar, that character from the movie, not your posting.

Slightly, just a little more social online than in person, though that is starting to change.

On the regional forums I'm a psychotic mad scientist dictator. In RL I'm libertarian.

As I think about it, I am a bit more of an attention whore online than in person. In person I'm fine with being included, online I tend to get discouraged if I think my input is being disregarded.

I'm frightened.

*pelts you with blueberries*

So, yeah, I'd say my online persona is divorced from my real life one

This disappoints me.

This disappoints me.

Well, I'd have to either have balls of steel, or be an ACTUAL anime character, or just be insane. :p

As I think about it, I am a bit more of an attention whore online than in person. In person I'm fine with being included, online I tend to get discouraged if I think my input is being disregarded.

I used to be an attention whore. By now it's more-or-less degraded into occasional sarcastic jabs at myself. IRL, in fact, I can't stand being the center of attention -- I'm always the token observer. (Well, most of the time.)

I suppose a related question would be: if you represent yourself differently online than in reality, does it bother you when people assume your online persona is your real one?

*pelts you with blueberries*

*helps you by bringing the mud*

I suppose a related question would be: if you represent yourself differently online than in reality, does it bother you when people assume your online persona is your real one?

Considering I'm unlikely to ever meet anyone from NSG?

Considering I'm unlikely to ever meet anyone from NSG?

That is not what you told me last night.:fluffle:

Considering I'm unlikely to ever meet anyone from NSG?

Indeed, but if youre ever in Chicagoland, let me know. Ill get you hammered. This goes for a lot of you. You know who you are :p


Except for Neo Bret. Ill give him water while I get hammered. Crazy mormon.

Considering I'm unlikely to ever meet anyone from NSG?

I've met two people from Nationstates - Jordaxia and Arizona Nova. I'd like to meet more in future, but I think with my current negative reputation that'd be unlikely. ;)

I suppose a related question would be: if you represent yourself differently online than in reality, does it bother you when people assume your online persona is your real one?

Nah. They'll never meet my real persona anyway, so they can be excused for it.

On the other hand, this severely limits the number of joke/devil's advocate puppets I can create.

I used to be an attention whore. By now it's more-or-less degraded into occasional sarcastic jabs at myself. IRL, in fact, I can't stand being the center of attention -- I'm always the token observer. (Well, most of the time.)

I'm not an attention whore at all (unless I am working, but thats my job). I just naturally become the center of attention on a lot of occasions because people from all walks like and respect me. Online I sometimes actually strive to be that center of attention.

Indeed, but if youre ever in Chicagoland, let me know. Ill get you hammered. This goes for a lot of you. You know who you are :p


Except for Neo Bret. Ill give him water while I get hammered. Crazy mormon.

I don't drink, but I'll be glad to have LOTS of Dr Peppers. It tastes GREAT.

I don't drink, but I'll be glad to have LOTS of Dr Peppers. It tastes GREAT.

That can be arranged.

I don't drink, but I'll be glad to have LOTS of Dr Peppers. It tastes GREAT.

You are an awesome person.

I'm not an attention whore at all (unless I am working, but thats my job). I just naturally become the center of attention on a lot of occasions because people from all walks like and respect me. Online I sometimes actually strive to be that center of attention.

I am the center of attention. Always, or I go mad. I'm a bit of an oddity amongst a collective of largely introverted people on NSG, maybe.

I'm not an attention whore at all (unless I am working, but thats my job). I just naturally become the center of attention on a lot of occasions because people from all walks like and respect me. Online I sometimes actually strive to be that center of attention.

*shrugs* everyone's a little more of an attention whore online than in real life. just 'cause if you didn't want attention, you wouldn't post to message boards.

You are an awesome person.

Yup. ;)

*shrugs* everyone's a little more of an attention whore online than in real life. just 'cause if you didn't want attention, you wouldn't post to message boards.

Good point.

That can be arranged.

Hehe. I WAS in NY less than a month ago. Wonderful town. I got introduced to Dr Pepper there. (We don't have it here, unfortunately.)

*shrugs* everyone's a little more of an attention whore online than in real life. just 'cause if you didn't want attention, you wouldn't post to message boards.

What does that make me, a self confessed extrovert, then?

Hehe. I WAS in NY less than a month ago. Wonderful town. I got introduced to Dr Pepper there. (We don't have it here, unfortunately.)

You know what would get you Dr. Pepper down there?

A pro-capitalist coup.:p

Hehe. I WAS in NY less than a month ago. Wonderful town. I got introduced to Dr Pepper there. (We don't have it here, unfortunately.)

See, this is one of the Pros about Texas. We have the Dr Pepper museum, which has like eight different version of Dr Pepper. Also, we are the only state that has Big Red, possibly the best beverage ever. :D

Hehe. I WAS in NY less than a month ago. Wonderful town.
The Bronx is up and the Battery's down.... *hums*

What does that make me, a self confessed extrovert, then?
I dunno, what does it make you?

See, this is one of the Pros about Texas. We have the Dr Pepper museum, which has like eight different version of Dr Pepper. Also, we are the only state that has Big Red, possibly the best beverage ever. :D

Mmm... Dr. Pepper is so good...:tongue:

You know what would get you Dr. Pepper down there?

A pro-capitalist coup.:p

Brazil is capitalist. :p

online i am an asshole. even more so when no one knows my identity.

Mmm... Dr. Pepper is so good...:tongue:

I have an eight-pack that I would be plenty happy to share. ;)

Brazil is capitalist. :p

Zombie Pinochet disagrees.


Yes, I know that was in Argentina.

I dunno, what does it make you?

A troll? ;)

I have an eight-pack that I would be plenty happy to share. ;)

Hell, even I would sleep with you for it!

What's your gender anyways?

I have an eight-pack that I would be plenty happy to share. ;)

You're too far. But, if I'm ever in TX, I'll take your offer.:tongue:

Hell, even I would sleep with you for it!

What's your gender anyways?

Male. Yet I think this whole gender and race business is such silliness, so I merely go by elf!

You're too far. But, if I'm ever in TX, I'll take your offer.:tongue:

*looks up costs of plane tickets to Spain*

Aww, crap.

*goes to see if he can qualify for a loan* :p

Male. Yet I think this whole gender and race business is such silliness, so I merely go by elf!

:fluffle:
I'll be your friend for life for saying that!

*looks up costs of plane tickets to Spain*
You can buy a train ticket to Mexico or NO MORE Mexifornia*, it's pretty much the same thing.


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*By supporting Prop.8, the Californians have proved they're real people and not a bunch of Mexican fags everyone thinks them to be.

You can buy a train ticket to Mexico or NO MORE Mexifornia*, it's pretty much the same thing.


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*By supporting Prop.8, the Californians have proved they're real people and not a bunch of Mexican fags everyone thinks them to be.

Bwuah?

You can buy a train ticket to Mexico or NO MORE Mexifornia*, it's pretty much the same thing.


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The nerve!:mad:

No, I pretty much am a short tempered, sarcastic, prick. Yet people like me both here and in person. Which is awesome.

I think its cause I balance that by being a genuinly nice, caring, guy at heart. And Im hilarious.
I succeed with this as well, minus the whole "nice" and "caring" bits. :p

Oddly enough, I have fewer inhibitions in person than online. I'm actually quite dynamic and unpredictable as opposed to my calm and thoughtful online persona. *nod*
Look, you're not fooling anyone! :D

Sure it does. Assuming a person is serious about what they post and not just posting it to troll or take the piss, if they post like an asshole they're an asshole, online or not.

I don't care all that much if someone who's consistently a mean, callous asshole on an online forum has a number of "redeeming qualities" in real life - if they have it in them to be a mean, callous asshole to people online I'm not going to think better of them just because they're not a mean, callous asshole to people offline.
I've posted like an asshole. I've also posted like a woman, if a post could be characterized as such. But you never seemed to dislike me overmuch, and I am certainly no woman.

To answer the other question: No, I don't have an online persona.
I disagree with you. Everyone has an online persona, and yours in particular is too lovely and blunt... er, insightful to dismiss so easily. :tongue:

I really am an anthropomorphized superdeformed humanoid kitten. :tongue:

I really am an anthropomorphized superdeformed humanoid kitten. :tongue:

So, there is no difference between you online and offline then?


;)

At the moment I think my online persona is totally divorced from my online one. For instance, seeing as I'm currently fucked off my face on alcohol, I doubt I could pronounce "divorced."

I really am an anthropomorphized superdeformed humanoid kitten. :tongue:

And I want to keep you with me and feed you salmon and allow you to play with catnip all you want.:fluffle:

:fluffle:
I'll be your friend for life for saying that!

^_^

And I want to keep you with me and feed you salmon and allow you to play with catnip all you want.:fluffle:

Way to suck up to the Mod... :tongue:

I'd probably echo KoL as much as anybody; the anonymity and distance provided by an online forum permits me to be a somewhat more abrasive and dismissive than I would be personally. I suspect I'd get on far better with any number of posters in person.

However, yes, I am a little arrogant, vain and self-regarding.

At the moment I think my online persona is totally divorced from my online one. For instance, seeing as I'm currently fucked off my face on alcohol, I doubt I could pronounce "divorced."

Bastard. I'm writing an essay I couldn't care less about on C17th and C18th urbanisation, which I was allocated despite having no interest in anything after the denouement of the Carolingians. Wish I was drunk; as it is, I'm in that liminal state between exhausted and awake achieved only with excessive amounts of caffeine at unconscionable stupid hours.

Way to suck up to the Mod... :tongue:

Me, sucking up to a mod? <.<

Way to suck up to the Mod... :tongue:

Well when that Mod is an awesome anthropomorphized superdeformed humanoid kitten, then it's soo easy to.

Well when that Mod is an awesome anthropomorphized superdeformed humanoid kitten, then it's soo easy to.

Indeed. Even more so when I am the kitty freak I am. And Kat is NSG's Ceiling cat!:D

Mmmmmm.... bagels, lox and cream cheese.
Prrrrrrrrrr

It should also be noted that I do know a few loons in real life. New Mitanni style right wingers. Im even related to one.

No matter how much common ground may exist, I still dont get along with loons. I treat them in real life exactly how I treat them here.

Me, sucking up to a mod? <.<
I wouldn't know. I'm not very familiar with your online persona yet. :p

Well when that Mod is an awesome anthropomorphized superdeformed humanoid kitten, then it's soo easy to.

It's easier just to rub behind her ears. ;)

I try to project an older persona because being 6 years old can be intimidating on this board with all you smart teenagers.

Indeed. Even more so when I am the kitty freak I am. And Kat is NSG's Ceiling cat!:D

Indeed. The parts where just waiting there to be made whole. Yes! :D

Hm... Nanatsu...

Bagels and lox and cream cheese... yum!
Prrrr ;)

It should also be noted that I do know a few loons in real life. New Mitanni style right wingers. Im even related to one.

No matter how much common ground may exist, I still dont get along with loons. I treat them in real life exactly how I treat them here.

I'm not right wing in the slightest.

Also, I'm slightly disappointed at Kat deleting her post, I was decidedly confused when I attempted to quote it and nothing appeared in the text entry box.

It's easier just to rub behind her ears. ;)

Not when that cat does not know you! You are likely to get bitten or scratched. O_O

Hm... Nanatsu...

Bagels and lox and cream cheese... yum!
Prrrr ;)

Oh, feisty kitty Kat!:tongue:

I'm not right wing in the slightest.

Also, I'm slightly disappointed at Kat deleting her post, I was decidedly confused when I attempted to quote it and nothing appeared in the text entry box.
Yes, I'm rather curious to know what it said.

Not when that cat does not know you! You are likely to get bitten or scratched. O_O
Pfff, Kats like me.

Oh, feisty kitty Kat!:tongue:

I think there are rules against talk like that. >.>

*shrug*
Didn't make sense, given it was not directed to anyone... and re-done later, but restored.

*shrug*
Didn't make sense, given it was not directed to anyone... and re-done later, but restored.

Ah well, in any case I was going to say I'd prefer a kebab.

The blessed chris: I have a rather important deadline tomorrow, but I can't be arsed preparing for it, so I'm having a lot of vodka to compensate.

*shrug*
Didn't make sense, given it was not directed to anyone... and re-done later, but restored.

O, you are an indulging ceiling Kat, aren't you? :hail:

:P

lol, it's Fascist Dominion, who I still can't help thinking of as "one of those '06 n00bs" but who was apparently quite active on NSG about the time I turned more towards full-time RP. Along with Gravlen and a couple of people I forget.

Anyway, hi there.

Pfff, Kats like me.

Cats like me to, but it's still better to show them the proper respect before going in and invading their personal space.

I think there are rules against talk like that. >.>

Kat hasn't said anything bad about my comment.

lol, it's Fascist Dominion, who I still can't help thinking of as "one of those '06 n00bs" but who was apparently quite active on NSG about the time I turned more towards full-time RP. Along with Gravlen and a couple of people I forget.

Anyway, hi there.

I can't be the only one thinking "wtf, 12k posts and I've never encountered you?!"

lol, it's Fascist Dominion, who I still can't help thinking of as "one of those '06 n00bs" but who was apparently quite active on NSG about the time I turned more towards full-time RP. Along with Gravlen and a couple of people I forget.

Anyway, hi there.

n00bs!?:mad:

I was quite the prominent spammer, thankyouverymuch. :cool:
Unfortunately, I lost a good 9000 posts with the deletion of Spam, which contained many old threads. Half my sig links are dead now. :(

So, there is no difference between you online and offline then?


;)

I very much doubt she can perma-ban someone without incurring some kind of legal repercussion, IRL.

n00bs!?:mad:

I was quite the prominent spammer, thankyouverymuch. :cool:
Unfortunately, I lost a good 9000 posts with the deletion of Spam, which contained many old threads. Half my sig links are dead now. :(

You should stick around. WC Imperial Court often comments about how much she misses you. :)

Cats like me to, but it's still better to show them the proper respect before going in and invading their personal space.
You may be right. I have been away some time.

Kat hasn't said anything bad about my comment.
You have that many posts, and you still haven't been corrupted? *cocks eyebrow*
My, things have changed in these parts.

I can't be the only one thinking "wtf, 12k posts and I've never encountered you?!"

Before your time, sonny. :P
Reverse the order, and it's my actual post count.

I can't be the only one thinking "wtf, 12k posts and I've never encountered you?!"

yeah, back in my day 10k was a real achievement, only manageable by the true spam élite! *shakes stick, etc*

n00bs!?:mad:

I was quite the prominent spammer, thankyouverymuch. :cool:
Unfortunately, I lost a good 9000 posts with the deletion of Spam, which contained many old threads. Half my sig links are dead now. :(

I guess so, but I couldn't help reading those spam threads and wondering what happened to all the people I practically grew up with, like (Neo) Kervoskia, and Neo-Anarchists, and Pure Metal, and Potaria, and ... that whole generation really. That was back when NS was dying since I'd known about it for over a month or two, which appears to be the general benchmark.

You have that many posts, and you still haven't been corrupted? *cocks eyebrow*
My, things have changed in these parts.

I came corrupted already.;)

You may be right. I have been away some time.

Perhaps I should introduce myself to this Kat?

You should stick around. WC Imperial Court often comments about how much she misses you. :)

I'm not surprised. Any of the other old online personas still around? [/vaguely on-topic]

Perhaps I should introduce myself to this Kat?

You don't know The Kat?:eek2:

Before your time, sonny. :P
Reverse the order, and it's my actual post count.

You're not before my time, sorry. ;) March 2003 for me.

I came corrupted already.;)

You're missing a comma.

You don't know The Kat?:eek2:

I know of the The Kat, but not know her, or her me I suspect!

You're missing a comma.

Show me the expression as you would write it.

I know of the The Kat, but not know her, or her me I suspect!

No one really knows The Kat, but she watches. She knows everything. *nod*

yeah, back in my day 10k was a real achievement, only manageable by the true spam élite! *shakes stick, etc*



I guess so, but I couldn't help reading those spam threads and wondering what happened to all the people I practically grew up with, like (Neo) Kervoskia, and Neo-Anarchists, and Pure Metal, and Potaria, and ... that whole generation really. That was back when NS was dying since I'd known about it for over a month or two, which appears to be the general benchmark.
That changed a lot. 20k became the new benchmark for the spam elite, with 100, 000 being legendary, if also undesirable.

Yeah, I know what you mean. I've been lurking lately, and I've seen Nanatsu around a bit, so I might be keen on taking a new interest in the forum. For a couple of months. :p

If I can put up with the new smilies... sheesh...

I came corrupted already.;)
Aha, and so we see that Kat isn't the only feisty kitty. ;)

Perhaps I should introduce myself to this Kat?

Have you not? It is always best to become well acquainted with your friendly neighborhood Mod. *nods*

No one really knows The Kat, but she watches. She knows everything. *nod*

The elf makes note of this startling bit of information! :eek2:

That changed a lot. 20k became the new benchmark for the spam elite, with 100, 000 being legendary, if also undesirable.

Yeah, I know what you mean. I've been lurking lately, and I've seen Nanatsu around a bit, so I might be keen on taking a new interest in the forum. For a couple of months. :p

If I can put up with the new smilies... sheesh...

Stay Dominion-sama. You're the life of the party.:fluffle:


Aha, and so we see that Kat isn't the only feisty kitty. ;)

I've retired.

Have you not? It is always best to become well acquainted with your friendly neighborhood Mod. *nods*

If what Nanatsu says is true, I have no need. The thought scares the elf just a tad.

You're not before my time, sorry. ;) March 2003 for me.

Alzheimer's has disposed of the month in 2002 I first tested these murky deeps, myself. But like yourself, under a different pseudonym.

If what Nanatsu says is true, I have no need. The thought scares the elf just a tad.

Kat is friendly. Fris scares the heck out of me though.:eek:

Kat is friendly. Fris scares the heck out of me though.:eek:

Fris just needs a kitten. The world would be better if everyone had a cute little kitten to love them. *nods*

Stay Dominion-sama. You're the life of the party.:fluffle:




I've retired.
Sweet of you, to be sure. :)
We shall see.

Bah! Nevar! There is no retirement from good-spirited playfulness. I suspect you'll always be a lively one.

If what Nanatsu says is true, I have no need. The thought scares the elf just a tad.

She ought not. Unless you're the.... Anti-Mod! :eek2:

Kat is friendly. Fris scares the heck out of me though.:eek:

I've actually come to appreciate Fris's rather acidic sense of humour, and the way he responds to statements like this one (which, however, he will not do because I altered the statement by adding the second clause.... so yeah.) And TNNN was a neat concept.

Fris just needs a kitten. The world would be better if everyone had a cute little kitten to love them. *nods*

Not Kat's type, I'm afraid. :p

She ought not. Unless you're the.... Anti-Mod! :eek2:

*checks pointy ears*

Are they a sign of that unspeakable horror?! :eek2:

I'm not surprised. Any of the other old online personas still around? [/vaguely on-topic]

Yup! A lot of the spammers from your era hang out on another forum (http://generalitemafia.ipbfree.com/) now, too.

Show me the expression as you would write it.

I'll tell you what. You tell me where the comma goes in this:


I came corrupted already.

And I'll answer any one question you want, honestly.

*checks pointy ears*

Are they a sign of that unspeakable horror?! :eek2:

It might well be that your online persona will be the eternal bane of Moderators everywhere. *nods sagely*

It might well be that your online persona will be the eternal bane of Moderators everywhere. *nods sagely*

I'm not sure if I should be smugly proud or timidly afraid of my own capabilities!

Yup! A lot of the spammers from your era hang out on another forum (http://generalitemafia.ipbfree.com/) now, too.
I'm too spam-servative to go to another forum. Mostly just interested if any still hang around here.

I'll tell you what. You tell me where the comma goes in this:



And I'll answer any one question you want, honestly.

I know! I know! I know! :D

I'm not sure if I should be smugly proud or timidly afraid of my own capabilities!

Or maybe you're just an excuse for me to keep posting in this thread. :P

You're not before my time, sorry. ;) March 2003 for me.

It's just dawned on me that I've been here for the better part of six years. Man, it really isn't worth it.

Yeah, this is totally a persona. In real life, I'm actually a conservative Christian.




....
No, not really. I'm actually pretty much the same, but I must echo those who have said it is far easier, in real life, to get along with ideological opposites.

Or maybe you're just an excuse for me to keep posting in this thread. :P

I have been accused of being an enabler in the past, so it would not surprise me in the least.

It's just dawned on me that I've been here for the better part of six years. Man, it really isn't worth it.

Good thing you didn't let it take over your life then, right? :p

I'm too spam-servative to go to another forum. Mostly just interested if any still hang around here.


Hehe, not having been much of a spammer back then, I can't remember who all I should be answering for, and hanging out on our spinoff forum as much as I do, I also can't keep straight which of them still stop by here and which I only chat with over there. :p

It's just dawned on me that I've been here for the better part of six years. Man, it really isn't worth it.
But there is no escape! Muahahahahaha!

Yeah, this is totally a persona. In real life, I'm actually a conservative Christian.




....
No, not really. I'm actually pretty much the same, but I must echo those who have said it is far easier, in real life, to get along with ideological opposites.
They are only ideological opposites in that Microsoft is an angry and spiteful God. More like the Jewish one.

I have been accused of being an enabler in the past, so it would not surprise me in the least.

It's a good thing in this case. My post count salutes you. ;)

It's a good thing in this case. My post count salutes you. ;)

In that case, want a cute little kitten?

Good thing you didn't let it take over your life then, right? :p
Oh, do give him time. :P

Hehe, not having been much of a spammer back then, I can't remember who all I should be answering for, and hanging out on our spinoff forum as much as I do, I also can't keep straight which of them still stop by here and which I only chat with over there. :p

No worries. It is nice to see a familiar username that isn't Kat.

In that case, want a cute little kitten?

Sounds delicious. :tongue:

In that case, want a cute little kitten?

Kittens are evil. Don't let their innocent appearance mislead you -- they have teeth on them like little else and, unlike full-size cats, they use them a lot against humans. And they never shut up. And they're not litterbox-trained. And you still feel sorry for them because they happen to look cute. I swear, it's nothing but a racket.

Apologies to Katganistan, of course. <.<

Kittens are evil. Don't let their innocent appearance mislead you -- they have teeth on them like little else and, unlike full-size cats, they use them a lot against humans. And they never shut up. And they're not litterbox-trained. And you still feel sorry for them because they happen to look cute. I swear, it's nothing but a racket.

Apologies to Katganistan, of course. <.<

But that's the only way to train vicious attack Kats. *nods*

Kittens are evil. Don't let their innocent appearance mislead you -- they have teeth on them like little else and, unlike full-size cats, they use them a lot against humans. And they never shut up. And they're not litterbox-trained. And you still feel sorry for them because they happen to look cute. I swear, it's nothing but a racket.

Apologies to Katganistan, of course. <.<

I know this of course, I have legions of ninja kittens trianed to be my deadly secret police when I rise to global domination!

Sounds delicious. :tongue:

The nerve! :mad:

But that's the only way to train vicious attack Kats. *nods*
Irrelevant, as LG's trained crotch-seeking attack weasels will deal with them easily enough.

I know this of course, I have legions of ninja kittens trianed to be my deadly secret police when I rise to global domination!
ninja kittens?

kittens who don't follow bushido and specialize in stealth?

good luck with that. mine keep insisting they will only accept orders from a daimyo. and have you seen the colours they come in? shocking, I tell you.

ninja kittens?

kittens who don't follow bushido and specialize in stealth?

good luck with that. mine keep insisting they will only accept orders from a daimyo. and have you seen the colours they come in? shocking, I tell you.

It took several centuries of expirementing, but it has all proved worth it. They are the most efficient deadly weapon known to elf kind!

The nerve! :mad:
Is that expression "all the rage" in NSG or something? *cocks an eyebrow*

Irrelevant, as LG's trained crotch-seeking attack weasels will deal with them easily enough.

They aren't as stealthy. They just don't blend in with the household surroundings well enough to be as effective. It's never long before pest control is banging on your door, climbing through your walls, digging through sock drawers... it's just a hassle.

Is that expression "all the rage" in NSG or something? *cocks an eyebrow*



They aren't as stealthy. They just don't blend in with the household surroundings well enough to be as effective. It's never long before pest control is banging on your door, climbing through your walls, digging through sock drawers... it's just a hassle.

*GLOMP*

FD has an online persona, and it's all ego and seduction :fluffle:

Is that expression "all the rage" in NSG or something? *cocks an eyebrow*

It is when you insuiate that the precious kittens are a snack! :mad:

*GLOMP*

FD has an online persona, and it's all ego and seduction :fluffle:
You made even that quote sound sechsy. :tongue:

It is when you insuiate that the precious kittens are a snack! :mad:

Mmmmm.... precious kittens.... nom nom nom... :tongue:

You made even that quote sound sechsy. :tongue:



Mmmmm.... precious kittens.... nom nom nom... :tongue:

*whacks with a tire iron until you adjust your attitude towards kittens* :p

*whacks with a tire iron until you adjust your attitude towards kittens* :p

Kinky. :wink:

n00bs!?:mad:

I was quite the prominent spammer, thankyouverymuch. :cool:
Unfortunately, I lost a good 9000 posts with the deletion of Spam, which contained many old threads. Half my sig links are dead now. :(

Indeed, you taught me to be the spammer I am. You are my Obi Wan of spam.

I just out-nerded myself. I'll be in the corner, trying to get a grip on reality again.

Kat is friendly. Fris scares the heck out of me though.:eek:

Kat's easily my favorite mod.

On the other hand. . .

I'm asking for trouble, aren't I?

It is when you insuinate that the precious kittens are a snack! :mad:
You know you are basically talking to one of the old school Kings of Spam, right? Why would you take him seriously?

*whacks with a tire iron until you adjust your attitude towards kittens* :p

Kinky. :wink:

I saw that coming.


(That's what she said! <--saw that coming too.)

I still spam just like you do, even. *Gazes at admiringly*

If so, does your persona reflect reality? Without the subtlety of face to face conversation, do you feel that your online persona is divorced from your real life one?

I ask this because I know a few of you consider me a troll, or at least a cock. I think I have a brash, uncompromising and often cold online persona, but I don't know if it realistically reflects my true self. I'm curious if anyone else feels the same.

who are you?

Hate to derail the spamfest, but I felt like being on-topic.

I have several personas. One for college, one for people I know, one for people I don't know, one for the internet in general...

Acting a certain way in certain circumstances is the norm, isn't it? If so, can't that be classified as a persona? If not, at what point do habitual behaviors in certain environments become a persona?

Hate to derail the spamfest, but I felt like being on-topic.

This is a depressingly common occurrence on NSG, and I find it truly depressing.

Also, it was less a spamfest and more a reunion. I mean, this is to spamfest rough what masturbation is to reverse cowgirl position. I mean, satisfying, I guess, and gets the job done, ultimately. But not at all in the same league.

Indeed, you taught me to be the spammer I am. You are my Obi Wan of spam.

I just out-nerded myself. I'll be in the corner, trying to get a grip on reality again.

Use the Spam, Dubsy! XD

You know you are basically talking to one of the old school Kings of Spam, right? Why would you take him seriously?

Who says I wasn't? Don't let the smilies fool you. :tongue:

Use the Spam, Dubsy! XD

*defeats troll with spam*

I saw that coming.


(That's what she said! <--saw that coming too.)

Which is what he said. <-- didn't see that coming

That's what she said! <-- saw that before that ^

That's what I said! <-- It was inexorable.

I still spam just like you do, even. *Gazes at admiringly*

Like this? :tongue:

who are you?

lol!

Hate to derail the spamfest, but I felt like being on-topic.

Oh, it's all on-topic. We're demonstrating our online personas. Don't repress us! :mad:

Like this? :tongue:

JUST LIKE! <3 :fluffle:

This is a depressingly common occurrence on NSG, and I find it truly depressing.

Also, it was less a spamfest and more a reunion. I mean, this is to spamfest rough what masturbation is to reverse cowgirl position. I mean, satisfying, I guess, and gets the job done, ultimately. But not at all in the same league.

It is a little annoying.

I rather like that analogy. It's suitably you. :wink:

Oh, it's all on-topic. We're demonstrating our online personas. Don't repress us! :mad:

Without us, NSG has lost nearly all appreciation for truly lovely spam.

*defeats troll with spam*

The only way to deal with trolls is to bury them. :D

I rather like that analogy. It's suitably you. :wink:

Oh FD! *blushes*

I am rather in the mood for a good spam fest. Where is Ifreann when you need him? (No offense, but I would never want to offend your Lady Friend.)

JUST LIKE! <3 :fluffle:
I feel like I've been running... Dear Mod, I haven't done that kind of spamming in ages.

Without us, NSG has lost nearly all appreciation for truly lovely spam.

That's why so many vanished to begin with. We'll have to teach some whipper-snappers. *shakes cane*

Oh FD! *blushes*

I am rather in the mood for a good spam fest. Where is Ifreann when you need him? (No offense, but I would never want to offend your Lady Friend.)

We'd also need Gravlen for a good one. He's clever enough to keep things together and entertaining.

I feel like I've been running... Dear Mod, I haven't done that kind of spamming in ages.

Maybe we shouldn't have a full blown fest all at once. We can ease ourselves into it.


That's why so many vanished to begin with. We'll have to teach some whipper-snappers. *shakes cane*
I know. And it was disgustingly self-reinforcing. Spammers leave, NSG loses appreciation of spam, more spammers leave, NSG loses a large portion of it's sense of humor. Until it gets so bad that we realize without us NSG will consume itself in srs bizniz, and try to break the general population in again.

We'd also need Gravlen for a good one. He's clever enough to keep things together and entertaining.

Me, Grav, Iffy, TBD, sounds like an "spamfest" for the ages. I call Cowgirl! You and Lady Friend could (ahem) come (ahem) too.

Maybe we shouldn't have a full blown fest all at once. We can ease ourselves into it.


I know. And it was disgustingly self-reinforcing. Spammers leave, NSG loses appreciation of spam, more spammers leave, NSG loses a large portion of it's sense of humor. Until it gets so bad that we realize without us NSG will consume itself in srs bizniz, and try to break the general population in again.
Oh, the innuendo... lol

Me, Grav, Iffy, TBD, sounds like an "spamfest" for the ages. I call Cowgirl! You and Lady Friend could (ahem) come (ahem) too.

I thought TBD's nation died months ago?

I am actually more reserved on line than in life. I spent my life in the Corps and I am a very outspoken and "gun-ho" person in life.

Nah, my Online personality is my Personality...Im just as sick and stupid as I pretend to be, lol...

I have no persona, on or off-line.

Nah, not really. The only difference is that my posts are usually a bit more eloquent than my speaking style since I have more time to consider responses and can see them written out.

Oh, the innuendo... lol



I thought TBD's nation died months ago?

Her nation's life or death has nothing do with the potency of the innuendo, you silly boy.

Interesting topic. I know that I read somewhere that cyber bullying is on the rise due to the anonymity that the Internet allows. Granted, I'm sure none of us are cyber bullies, but it's a wonder if there's a correlation between an 'offline persona' and an 'online persona'.
I'm a bit more confident online than I am offline. I suffered some soft tissue damage while I was in the Army and I'm very sensitive to it. If there's a chance we have to run or do anything where its apparent I'm not as fit as I look, I avoid it unless its my closest friends who know my circumstances. I'm aware that's slightly crazy but I do get a lot of bowling in :P

I'm sure none of us are cyber bullies,

Actually, Id wager that the people who are susceptible to Cyber Bullying would call a great deal many posters that we dismiss off hand as "Trolls" and "Flaimbaters" as Cyber Bullies...

I think it has more to do with the fact that Nationstates generally caters to an older skewed Audience and so has a slightly higher tolerance level than the average, MySpace user, for example, lol...

If so, does your persona reflect reality? Without the subtlety of face to face conversation, do you feel that your online persona is divorced from your real life one?

I ask this because I know a few of you consider me a troll, or at least a cock. I think I have a brash, uncompromising and often cold online persona, but I don't know if it realistically reflects my true self. I'm curious if anyone else feels the same.

Everyone has one to some extent-just like everyone has a "Letter writing Persona" and an "Essay for the Prof Persona", a "Telephone Voice" and a "Talking to the HR manager because I want the job Voice".

People ARE different depending on where they are and who they're talking to, how they're talking, etc. etc.

That management prick at work is sometimes actually a decent guy off-the-clock, for instance.

Not really, its just an exaggeration of what I'm like in real life. Just a bit more sarcastic, cynical, and bitter :D

no, i don't see why i would.

I have several "personas", depending on the site, my mood, and my username. My "default persona" is very similar to my RL one, but more confident and better at communicating.

I'm quite quiet and non-confrontational. This may be reflected in my low posts per day and posting style.

I am much sweeter, kinder and more reasonable online than I am in real life.

I am also far more truthful ... :tongue:

No not really.

O, you are an indulging ceiling Kat, aren't you? :hail:

:P
That, or I didn't want people to think I'd said something completely different and wanted to cover my pawpri... er, my tracks.

No one really knows The Kat, but she watches. She knows everything. *nod*
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/Katganistan/NS%20forum%20macros/moderatorkitteh.jpg

But there is no escape! Muahahahahaha!
Welcome to the Hotel California..... ;)

I would say that I'm not so chatty in real life other than that no differance.

Online I am more prone to spew out the random ideas that come to mind. I often do it without thinking too much,as you can tell by my posts here on NSG. IRL though, I am a mix of quiet and thoughtful in certain settings, and a comical type of guy around the friends.

Nah, my Online personality is my Personality...Im just as sick and stupid as I pretend to be, lol...

Aww, but we love you that way!:fluffle:

Kat's easily my favorite mod.

On the other hand. . .

I'm asking for trouble, aren't I?

She knows all.:eek:

She knows all.:eek:

Does she know why the kitten I am babysitting is sneezing?!

Does she know why the kitten I am babysitting is sneezing?!

She does NOW.

As for the OP, no, I'm pretty much who i am, wherever I am, even when the where isn't really a where.

Hmm...this is some food for thought. I suppose I'm a bit different online than in real life. Maybe a little more reserved; I try to stay calm, collected, and eloquent online, especially here. I certainly use more advanced vocabulary than I do in real life. I wonder why that is?

I can't call you lot a bunch of cunts so yeah I guess

I'm that guy you know that happens to have all the offensive jokes and no fear of saying them in public however if I do it here the mods will club me to death for instance:

a woman takes [a certain member of the coloured race which may or may not descend from Africa] back to her flat after a night out.

she asks him to show her if its true what they say about [minority race]...

so he stabs her and runs off with her purse!

I know that I read somewhere that cyber bullying is on the rise due to the anonymity that the Internet allows.

*stuffs you in the garbage can*

also thats usually done by 13 year old girls over facebook so the anonymity is kinda disputed

I'm that guy you know that happens to have all the offensive jokes and no fear of saying them in public however if I do it here the mods will club me to death for instance:

a woman takes [a certain member of the coloured race which may or may not descend from Africa] back to her flat after a night out.

she asks him to show her if its true what they say about [minority race]...

so he stabs her and runs off with her purse!
Haha! I actually hadn't heard that one.

Haha! I actually hadn't heard that one.

why don't a minority race take cruises? because they ain't fooling for that one again

If so, does your persona reflect reality? Without the subtlety of face to face conversation, do you feel that your online persona is divorced from your real life one?

I ask this because I know a few of you consider me a troll, or at least a cock. I think I have a brash, uncompromising and often cold online persona, but I don't know if it realistically reflects my true self. I'm curious if anyone else feels the same.

I am who I am online and offline. I am only me. I wish I was someone a lot cooler but I am not. I am just me.

Does she know why the kitten I am babysitting is sneezing?!
Probably got some dust up its cute little nosey-wosey.

Probably got some dust up its cute little nosey-wosey.

OMG. She knows EVERYTHING!

*offers up libations*

I am who I am online and offline. I am only me. I wish I was someone a lot cooler but I am not. I am just me.

probabaly this.

I've never understood how you could keep up an online persona for years on end because surely at some point you would crack and let slip that your actually a billionaire looking to meet women who will love you regardless of money :wink:

probabaly this.

I've never understood how you could keep up an online persona for years on end because surely at some point you would crack and let slip that your actually a billionaire looking to meet women who will love you regardless of money :wink:

I.... I can't keep up the pretence anymore!

Marry me!

I'll buy you a country!

SNIP

just meet me in a seedy back alley hotel room and come alone...

Not really. I suppose I'm a bit ruder online, but then so are most people, I'd imagine.

just meet me in a seedy back alley hotel room and come alone...

I always come alone

:(

:$

I always come alone

:(

:$
Ouch, self-burn. Points for honesty, though.

Ouch, self-burn.

Luckily, I have cream for this.

OMG. She knows EVERYTHING!

*offers up libations*

I told you. That woman-kitty is experienced. ;)

Hmm...this is some food for thought. I suppose I'm a bit different online than in real life. Maybe a little more reserved; I try to stay calm, collected, and eloquent online, especially here. I certainly use more advanced vocabulary than I do in real life. I wonder why that is?

You have time to write out your posts and review them before sending them out to the world for perusal. Thus, you can add long or esoteric words like "perusal" that you would not have remembered to use in real life if you were simply speaking it.

Not really. I suppose I'm a bit ruder online, but then so are most people, I'd imagine.

the equation is "normal person + anonymity + audience = total fuckwad" IIRC

If so, does your persona reflect reality? Without the subtlety of face to face conversation, do you feel that your online persona is divorced from your real life one?

The Internet is a very very large village. Anything you do or say could become common knowledge. (eg a prospective employer might consider the content of your Facebook and gain information you would never volunteer in an interview.)

It's also a very very large city. You could get away with being an asshole for a long long time, and still be treated as a stranger not an enemy. (eg, getting the satisfaction of successfully trolling forum after forum, or get rich from phishing scams.)

If you want the trust and familiarity of a village, you can have them. If you want the opportunities of a city, you can have them. But you ought to have a clear idea of which model your "persona" is living in, lest your trust be exploited or your expectations dashed.

I'm a "village" persona, myself. I don't make it easy for internet strangers to find my real name or street address, but I don't say anything I really don't want my RL neighbours knowing. And I use the Internet because it is cosy and convenient, not because I expect to get rich in the big city.

I prefer to think of the Internet not as a village, nor as a city, nor as a series of tubes; but as a sort of spiderweb, with unbreakable filaments linking points which are individual servers. It forms a sort of web of servers, spanning the earth; you could call it a "world wide web". And I don't know about you, but the world is pretty wide, and webs are things that you can get caught in by a predator, such as a spider. Now, if you're -- to follow the analogy -- an insect trapped in a web, do you really want to release your personal information to the spider before it rolls you up in the threads and devours you? Which it was going to do anyway, but if it does it now, it'll do it knowing that you really like avocados. And dying with that kind of memory would just be embarrassing. Well, not really, because insects don't feel embarrassment, but it would be pretty embarrassing for me, who's a human, not an insect, and thus not caught in the metaphorical world wide web, which the cosmic spider only designed to.....

I'll come in again.

You have time to write out your posts and review them before sending them out to the world for perusal. Thus, you can add long or esoteric words like "perusal" that you would not have remembered to use in real life if you were simply speaking it.

I love it.

In the face of movies and TV, cable, soundbites for the evening news ... people have rediscovered for themselves the advantages of writing.

the equation is "normal person + anonymity + audience = total fuckwad" IIRC

It's a fair approximation, from an age when internet users were predominantly nerds, predominantly male, and elitist about "I did it first."

We still joke about it ("you are posting to an internet forum therefore you have no social skills QED") and it might still have some truth statistically.

But the Internet represents the interests (and to a lesser extent, the speech) of prosperous westerners far more accurately now. It's the intellectual suburbia of our age, and it can only become more and more representative of RL social interaction as net-enabled devices become cheaper, net access becomes cheaper, and more and more people who would otherwise be quite satisfied with their TV news and their greeting cards are exposed to the medium ... forced to use the medium in fact, to do their banking or their shopping or their work.

(Wow, that was a long sentence. Drinking before noon, bad Bunny!)

I think I'm trying to say: the more accurately a forum approximates a RL meeting-place, the more a fuckwad is just a fuckwad. And who wants to be that?

I like discussing all kinds of topics online, on all sorts of forums. I probably have tens of thousands of posts if I added them all up. In "real-life" I haven't had a simple non-work-related conversation with anyone in at least ten years. I'm not a different person online, really. It's just that whatever trace of a personality I do have is magnified many times over online - the defects, the good bits, etc., probably come across in an exaggerated way that is most unlike the "real" me. That makes it pretty important to stay anonymous, for me.