Internet personas: impact on modern society

JLRJLR 3,835 Posts
edited February 2006 in Strut Central
behaviours on SS are often considered to be part of an "internet persona"Can the online persona be THAT different from the real life persona of a given individual?Do our unresolved childhood traumas take the form of 1's and 0's on the information superhighway?Let's debate. At the end of the day all participants will receive one of these with the SS logo:
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  • FlomotionFlomotion 2,391 Posts
    I come over like a record geek on SS. In real life I'm a Green Beret who does porn on the side. Now where's my bag?

  • coffinjoecoffinjoe 1,743 Posts
    what is to debate ?
    of course we are all the same on line as in the real world

    paychex doesn't like the weekend finds, never looks at them
    & i'm sure would never post there

  • I think a lot of people on the net behave in ways that they are scared to in real life as they are terrified of what the consequences would be...
    It's alway comedy to me when people get over heated and start calling one another out & making "threats" based soley on what they know about someone based on their posts/online behaviour.
    Remember..."It's only the internet..."

  • JLRJLR 3,835 Posts
    what is to debate ?

    YOU GET NO BAG DAWG

  • coffinjoecoffinjoe 1,743 Posts
    what is to debate ?

    YOU GET NO BAG DAWG

    wa wa wa waaaaa

  • I recently made flash cards with all of the graemlins on them. I cary them around so I can use them in conversations.

    When my boss says we have to work through lunch. I hold up my card that says .

    When he tells me I can leave an hour early.

    When my girlfreind and I are listening to the radio in the car and she asks me where she heard the song before.

    When she tells me I'm an asshole

    I figure I am just a few graemlins away from neer having to speak again.

  • DelayDelay 4,530 Posts
    I recently made flash cards with all of the graemlins on them. I cary them around so I can use them in conversations.

    When my boss says we have to work through lunch. I hold up my card that says .

    When he tells me I can leave an hour early.

    When my girlfreind and I are listening to the radio in the car and she asks me where she heard the song before.

    When she tells me I'm an asshole

    I figure I am just a few graemlins away from neer having to speak again.

  • The_NonThe_Non 5,691 Posts
    I think the muted nature of the internet makes it so people say on this forum stuff that they would not say elsewhere because a natural "filter" has been shut off. It's like their inner child has been set free to roam the neighborhood.
    My 2c

  • nzshadownzshadow 5,518 Posts
    I recently made flash cards with all of the graemlins on them. I cary them around so I can use them in conversations.

    When my boss says we have to work through lunch. I hold up my card that says .

    When he tells me I can leave an hour early.

    When my girlfreind and I are listening to the radio in the car and she asks me where she heard the song before.

    When she tells me I'm an asshole

    I figure I am just a few graemlins away from neer having to speak again.


  • JLRJLR 3,835 Posts
    I mentally press the "Post" button every time I'm about to say something.
    My unfinished conversations with wifey appear in bold in my head.
    People's faces are now just living avatars.

  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts
    I mentally press Ctrl+F everytime I'm searching for my keys or wallet.

  • Funny. But for real: switching between doing art on the computer and on paper, I did on some occasions do foolish things on the physical art because I felt like I could hit the "undo" button. Oops.

  • Here is what I think is a perfect example.

    I met Fatback one evening when he was djing at Cafe St. something. Birdman too but he didn't say much. Fatback was good natured, intelligent, and easy to talk to, me being a stranger. The only thing he had in common with his online persona was his knowledge and interest in politics. Now if you've been to the strut before and seen his posts you will know he doesn't come off quit that way.

    Since then I don't read much into persona's because it is different for the simple fact that it is not the same and it is, and can be fun, to front, be cooler than you may be known to be or whatever else you do because it makes you happy.


  • coffinjoecoffinjoe 1,743 Posts
    I mentally press the "Post" button every time I'm about to say something.
    My unfinished conversations with wifey appear in bold in my head.
    People's faces are now just living avatars.

    plaese to share graemlins you see ?

  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,903 Posts
    I wish to show all these internet feelings of mine with the following...






    WHAT PART OF QUIET DIDN'T YOU UNDERSTAND?[/b]



    EVERYONE NEEDS TO FEEL SECURE....[/b]



    COULDN'T HELP IT MA, THAT FIRST STEP IS A KILLER..[/b]



    NOW WHAT DO I DO???[/b]



    IT'S IN THERE SOMEWHERE, I JUST KNOW IT!![/b]



    I REALLY NEED TO GET GOING, BUT JUST CAN'T SEEM TO GET MOTIVATED.............[/b]



    MAN...I'M GETTING SO FAT I CAN HARDLY SCRATCH MY OWN BUTT!![/b]



    THESE MORNING WALKS ARE KILLING ME!!!![/b]






    HAVE YOU SMILED TODAY?????

    It is done by moving the corners of the mouth upward.

    LET ME SHOW YOU HOW..............[/b]









    NOW PASS IT ON, AND MAKE SOMEONE ELSE SMILE!!!
    Just in case nobody has smiled at you today....[/b]

  • FlomotionFlomotion 2,391 Posts
    No more cutesy animal pics or else.


  • JLRJLR 3,835 Posts
    This reminds me how much I hate to receive those "life is beautiful" kind of *.pps

  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,903 Posts
    No more cutesy animal pics or else.





  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,903 Posts
    This reminds me how much I hate to receive those "life is beautiful" kind of *.pps

    Yeah, isn't life grand?

    HA.. I just got that one this morning. I was like uhhgggg

  • FlomotionFlomotion 2,391 Posts



    That's fantastic on every level.

  • JLRJLR 3,835 Posts

    Yeah, isn't life grand?

    HA.. I just got that one this morning. I was like uhhgggg

    I fuckin hate those that end up with some kind of Paulo Cohelo bullshit.
    And while we are at it, I fuckin hate people that read Paulo Cohelo shit.
    I fuckin hate Paulo Cohelo too.



    "A ROSE NEVER ASKS WHERE THE RAIN COMES FROM"[/b]

  • nzshadownzshadow 5,518 Posts
    I fuckin hate those that end up with some kind of Paulo Cohelo bullshit.
    And while we are at it, I fuckin hate people that read Paulo Cohelo shit.
    I fuckin hate Paulo Cohelo too.

    Paulo Cohelo is a punkassbitchMotherfucker.

    i was on holiday with my wife in Thailand, she buys this goddamn Alchemist book and since im a native english speaker and shes not, i read her books out loud...

    Needless to say reading this cheezy shit was almost as much fun as chewing on tinfoil.

    Fuck Paulo Cohelo, and if you like him FUCK YOU TOO.

    As Bill Hicks would say: 'He was put on this earth to lower the standards".

    Ahhh shit man, now you done gone did it, im all fucking bitter again. Paulo Cohelo... FUck! i mean really, what a load of psuedo-newage-quasi-spiritual-flaccid shite.
    Fucking Shirley MacLaine wannabe cocksmoker.

    I bet his farts smell like patchouli.





    Cunt.

  • FlomotionFlomotion 2,391 Posts

    Yeah, isn't life grand?

    HA.. I just got that one this morning. I was like uhhgggg

    I fuckin hate those that end up with some kind of Paulo Cohelo bullshit.
    And while we are at it, I fuckin hate people that read Paulo Cohelo shit.
    I fuckin hate Paulo Cohelo too.



    "A ROSE NEVER ASKS WHERE THE RAIN COMES FROM"[/b]

    Kahlil Gibran and Paulo Cohelo are responsible for some of the dumbest platitudes ever penned.

    The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals. [/b]


  • JLRJLR 3,835 Posts
    PAULO FUCKIN COHELO AND ENNYA COMING THROUGH A PAIR OF SPEAKERS

  • JLRJLR 3,835 Posts


    The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals, or a fuckin onion. [/b]

  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    Post deleted by missbassie

  • JLRJLR 3,835 Posts
    Post deleted by JorgeLopezRuiz

  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,903 Posts
    hi

  • nzshadownzshadow 5,518 Posts


    The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals, or a fuckin onion. [/b]

    pure class.

  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
    behaviours on SS are often considered to be part of an "internet persona"

    Acting like an idiot on a message board and attributing it to some kind of off/online personality split is pathetic. Grown men need to get out of the sandbox and stop playing around with their own poop.
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