how many ILXers post, what you might call, 'in character'?

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do you feel like a specific character when you post/respond? is it something you put a degree of effort into? do you feel that others are aware of this character, and is that good or bad? perhaps you are not aware of it all

(this, for example, is not stevem in character - it is more an impersonation of a couple of people on ILX who i feel do adopt a certain character, which in turn may constitute a character of sorts for me, stevem)

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:09 (twenty-two years ago)

I of course imagined you posting that in your gurning grinning photo mode from Tom's wedding FAP.

I tend to think I'm much more quiet and gruff in real life. Almost everyone I know denies this (keep in mind I also think I'm an introvert, which nobody believes).

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:11 (twenty-two years ago)

hahahaha, Ned Raggett, "quiet in real life," hahahaha.

I love you, NED.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Aw.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't have much of a character, I'm pretty nondescript -- except for whatever people choose to hate on me for.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:13 (twenty-two years ago)

my posts often use/utilise/feature forward slashes denoting that i am applying meaning to more than one term in a certain context, and also 'words' in single 'quotemarks' as demonstrated here. sometimes i wonder if people notice that and attach it to whatever perception of me they have i.e. 'stevem is the guy who does that a lot when he posts', if not some distinctly more interesting characteristic. i use perhaps/seems a lot rather than asserting my opinions too (making them effectively suggestions rather than opinions).

oh and i swear a fucking lot. and i sometimes think about really pointless stuff.

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Hrm. I don't feel like I modify my normal personality/character much at all when I post. I suppose I may not be the best judge though. Perhaps Ned or DB or someone else who knows me in real life can tell me if I'm drastically different here.

Ned, I 'spect you are balanced between introvert and extrovert pretty evenly. I get the impression that you are equally comfortable getting your energy from others or alone.

― martin m. (mushrush), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:13 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't put the slightest bit of effort into my ILX persona.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:14 (twenty-two years ago)

On the other hand, if you look up "extrovert," there is a picture of me next to the entry. And I'm giving the finger to the camera just because.

― martin m. (mushrush), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:14 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't really try and be a charcter, I don't put a whole lot of thought into creating a monkier. Sometimes I'll do the West London thing, but I truly do love West London.

Am I the same offline? I don't know, similar I guess.

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:15 (twenty-two years ago)

I say stupid things in real life too!

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:16 (twenty-two years ago)

this thread was partly inspired by you jel - curious

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I am just as stupid in real life, and many ILXors can attest to that.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I guess my "character" is that I'm a little weirder on here than I am in real life, plus for some reason I'm less likely to engage in heated arguments on here than in real life, i.e. last night when I told my roommate she was "being stupid" for leaving for work at noon and leaving the front door unlocked so her friend could get in at 5pm to "read lines" with a friend of hers. here I'm much more diplomatic.

also in real life my Kylie Minogue love is basically unknown.

― Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Perhaps Ned or
DB or someone else who knows me in real life can tell me if I'm drastically different here.

You're pretty much yourself, I think. This is very much a good thing!

Ned, I 'spect you are balanced between introvert and extrovert pretty evenly. I get the impression that you are equally comfortable getting your energy
from others or alone.

I think this is a perfect description of me. Thanks!

Stence is not stupid.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)

you don't seem stupid h

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)

you have not met me yet.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:19 (twenty-two years ago)

i like dumb pictures. I send them to people in real life, too.

http://www.osric.com/~jeremy/hooray.jpg

― Kingfish Disraeli (Kingfish), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:19 (twenty-two years ago)

But I HAVE met Stence and he's not stupid.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:19 (twenty-two years ago)

I really don't say anything different here than I do in real life, except I get a chance to talk about my petty loves and hates like viking hats or beards a lot more. But I don't have much of a character.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:20 (twenty-two years ago)

perhaps the acid test might be if you were to present another ILXer with five uncredited posts, all by the same author, and whether that person could guess who the five posts were by, or indeed whether they were all by the same person.

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:20 (twenty-two years ago)

a viking hat would definitely add character to you Nicole (not that i don't think you have any already)

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:21 (twenty-two years ago)

I used to be polite, productive and serious in real life. But my ILX persona has taken over .. please, send help ...

― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:21 (twenty-two years ago)

but that might not mean "in character" as much as just them being clearly themselves.

fwiw I think I am fairly similar here to real life.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:21 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't think I ever post in character. But I have posted a few times in costume.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Have I mentioned my monstrous thundercock lately?

― "VengaDan Perry" (Dan Perry), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:22 (twenty-two years ago)

You're pretty much yourself, I think. This is very much a good thing!

Thanks. Now that I think of it though... The one thing I may put more effort into on here is making sure that I phrase things a little more precisely. Since a great deal of my humor is sarcastic, I think I often run the risk of being misinterpreted when represented as text only.

But then that's pretty much par fot the course on the interweb.

― martin m. (mushrush), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:23 (twenty-two years ago)

I will say I am much more likely to correct someone's grammar on ILX than I am in real life, mostly because you are all out of punching range.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Then again, if someone doesn't get it when I'm being sarcastic, fuck em.

― martin m. (mushrush), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:24 (twenty-two years ago)

In 'real life' I'm actually quite smart.

― Andrew (enneff), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:25 (twenty-two years ago)

It's okay if you think jel is a character, it's just that I don't want you to think that James in real life is a whole lot different to jel online - I do like staying in, I do like Poison, I have a small group of close friends. I guess, I do not have in me to argue with or be mean to people online, something I can do okay offline but only with people I know really well. Which means even though I've posted here for three years, I'm still not sure how well I know most ilxers.

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Dan is full of hate.

Nicole has plenty of character!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

in real life i am not an immediately noticeable computer dork

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I also have never met anyone from ILX (yet, I will soon probably)

― Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, like tomorrow. For instance.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:28 (twenty-two years ago)

in real life CUTTY is a COOL DUDE!

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:28 (twenty-two years ago)

tho a soybomb BIOTERRORIST

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:28 (twenty-two years ago)

this is true. red alert in the 10th floor bathroom.

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:29 (twenty-two years ago)

"perhaps the acid test might be if you were to present another ILXer with five uncredited posts, all by the same author, and whether that person could guess who the five posts were by, or indeed whether they were all by the same person.

Surely, that just means a person has posted a lot and has a recognisable style and range of interests?

Maybe, I've misinterpreted 'in character' as meaning a negative trait? i.e they are acting in a way that is not really 'them', which I'm not.

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:29 (twenty-two years ago)

jon williams is exactly the same in real life as he is online.

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Raggett you post-tease you know I can't do it then!

― Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:31 (twenty-two years ago)

so is mark casarotto.

crosspost

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:31 (twenty-two years ago)

gear!'s roommate is really thoughtful and well-read.

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:32 (twenty-two years ago)

gygax! becomes abusive when drunk.

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Anyone who likes Tweedy that much has to be very deep.

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― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:33 (twenty-two years ago)

jel i think you are reflecting your actual genuine character a lot in your posts, which is also what i mean with this thread really. it's not like i've ever seen a post by you and thought 'oh he's lying' - i believe everything you say about yourself, tho often it feels like you do actually revel in pointing out that you don't like x because it's not y or whatever on threads in a sort of...unsatisfying way? as in being contrary for the sake of it, or highlighting your eccentricity, clockwork style, to make an unwarranted point. no offence dude, i just think it's interesting (and i have other examples of other people in mind, having already thought about myself).

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:34 (twenty-two years ago)

i wasn't meaning it as a negative trait, just an interesting trait

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:34 (twenty-two years ago)

it would appear to be true tho that some people on here ARE acting in character(s) they do not resemble offline. the most apparent example may be c-mang.

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:38 (twenty-two years ago)

lauren are you still bitter over that fracas? i've been working out, i think i can take you.

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I haven't met enough ilxors to judge, but I'll bet that the craziest or most irritating people (like c-man) are probably just as obnoxious in real life. They may not be as overt about it, but it's still there.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Friday, 11 June 2004 17:40 (twenty-two years ago)

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boring online, boring IRL

― congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 15 August 2010 01:46 (fifteen years ago)

gangster online, gangster irl

― Ruffalo buffalo Ruffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Ruffalo buffalo (m bison), Sunday, 15 August 2010 01:47 (fifteen years ago)

j/k, meek irl

― Ruffalo buffalo Ruffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Ruffalo buffalo (m bison), Sunday, 15 August 2010 01:47 (fifteen years ago)

i dunno, i guess in real life i'm not like "I HAVE OPINIONS, LET ME TELL U THEM" as much as i am here but otherwise i'm about the same.

― call all destroyer, Sunday, 15 August 2010 03:04 (fifteen years ago)

On ILE I slowly went from constant lurker to semi-regular with nothing interesting to say to blurting out awkward personal information out of desperate loneliness; in real life I'm still at the lurker stage.

― a black white asian pine ghost who is fake (Telephone thing), Sunday, 15 August 2010 05:03 (fifteen years ago)

nerdy online, nerdy irl

― caek boss (latebloomer), Sunday, 15 August 2010 05:53 (fifteen years ago)

I don't care if the west coast is fucking happier. They can eat a bag of dicks

Hearing east coast people say how nice Minnesotans are is really funny to me as a midwesterner who moved to the west coast - everyone in the midwest seems crazy uptight and repressed to me now.

I just lurk here for the most part, IRL I'm much more talkative.

― joygoat, Sunday, 15 August 2010 05:55 (fifteen years ago)

IRL, I am this guy:

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/fluxion23/this-guy.jpg

― kenan, Sunday, 15 August 2010 11:06 (fifteen years ago)

is that a dirty sanchez

― plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Sunday, 15 August 2010 14:52 (fifteen years ago)

i believe it is a dirty kenan

― zorn_bond.mp3, Sunday, 15 August 2010 18:53 (fifteen years ago)

Bartender, make me a Dirty Kenan on the rocks.

― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Sunday, 15 August 2010 18:59 (fifteen years ago)

"Dirty Kenan on the Beach"

― zorn_bond.mp3, Sunday, 15 August 2010 19:57 (fifteen years ago)

"Dirty Kenantini"

― zorn_bond.mp3, Sunday, 15 August 2010 19:57 (fifteen years ago)

"Dirty Kenanpolitan"

― zorn_bond.mp3, Sunday, 15 August 2010 19:57 (fifteen years ago)

"Dirty Kenan and Kel" (with orange soda)

― Joanie Loves Shakuhachi (corey), Sunday, 15 August 2010 19:58 (fifteen years ago)

― fear mongrels (Abbott), Sunday, 15 August 2010 20:53 (fifteen years ago)

lol

― puerile aretha franklin jokes (crüt), Sunday, 15 August 2010 20:55 (fifteen years ago)

I don't think n/a is boring at all and I think he knows it. He's very smart and charismatic in both realms, imo

― Henry's Hepcat (admrl), Sunday, 15 August 2010 21:36 (fifteen years ago)

joanie loves shakuhachi wins

― zorn_bond.mp3, Sunday, 15 August 2010 22:27 (fifteen years ago)

i dont know what my character is but i think i am it most of the time

― max, Sunday, 15 August 2010 23:03 (fifteen years ago)

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/thestepfather.jpg

― (e_3) (Edward III), Sunday, 15 August 2010 23:51 (fifteen years ago)

i'm much less stream of consciousness IRL. like i won't open my mouth unlses i think the ensuing conversation will have legs. i hate small talk and don't like talking about stuff that I know based on past experience won't interest the audience. IE, I'm not gonna launch into speeches about like, T.I. around a friend that hates rap.

― plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Sunday, 15 August 2010 23:56 (fifteen years ago)

A teacher once told me I talk like a book. This makes me much sought-after at parties and other social occasions.

On the other hand, I guess I'm looser and more willing to get excited about stuff in real life. Here I find myself drafting and rereading, even for boring posts like "Yay! This song rocks!".

― seandalai, Monday, 16 August 2010 01:24 (fifteen years ago)

eight years pass...

attended a funeral today, three kids (18-26ish) of the deceased all spoke. found it a bit much at times but all in all they were a credit to him i suppose

reminded (always want to say 'remound') me that the night of my mother's burial the aul fella handed me a poem to read (to myself, not perform or anything) about their travails and his feelings about events hitherto

theyd had a disaster of a marriage, id had a long few days and wasnt feeling hugely indulgent of the grosse pointe blank bully denouement at the time

i read it, criticised the scansion (which was v bad tbfttr) and suggested that hed want to revisit what he was trying to convey in two or three of the verses as hed let rhyming it get in the way of clarity imo

that is, imo, probably a notable crossover moment btwn ilx "character" and irl behaviour.

do we rly have characters anymore tho. we're all here long enough to have demo'd enough range to the place

― godfellaz (darraghmac), Sunday, 23 June 2019 00:12 (six years ago)

ain't no characters backstage

― j., Sunday, 23 June 2019 00:18 (six years ago)

no sweet thang exists

― godfellaz (darraghmac), Sunday, 23 June 2019 00:27 (six years ago)

日本語は話せます 🇯🇵

― If I were a POLL I’d be Zinging (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 23 June 2019 00:51 (six years ago)

wtf is scamsion d

― flopson, Sunday, 23 June 2019 01:03 (six years ago)

its what we call spring onions iirc

― godfellaz (darraghmac), Sunday, 23 June 2019 01:05 (six years ago)

going to a funeral and finding the performances lacking is in character tho

― flopson, Sunday, 23 June 2019 01:07 (six years ago)

id a said disregarding the allowances customary for the emotion of the event was alright

but look i dont mean *badly* by it or anything

― godfellaz (darraghmac), Sunday, 23 June 2019 10:43 (six years ago)

saer tbh

― imago, Sunday, 23 June 2019 10:57 (six years ago)

*adjusts monocle*

Good morning!

― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 23 June 2019 11:22 (six years ago)

in the olden days of ILX i used to, and it was bad. i think i still do, to the extent that everyone does, but i hide it better.

― Lil' Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 23 June 2019 11:34 (six years ago)

Possibly, when deems comes a-FAPping in London Twon, I might be able to tell if himself is himself.

― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Sunday, 23 June 2019 12:02 (six years ago)

pls god tom, pls god

― godfellaz (darraghmac), Sunday, 23 June 2019 21:16 (six years ago)

Hey, turns out my "neediness" was untreated mental illness; ever since I got it treated (medication and therapy) I haven't been as "needy, sensitive" or "insecure"! Nowadays with so many of y'all my friends on FB and thus able to see how I am on a day-to-day basis (i.e. my "real" self), I don't even have to answer this question. Also, if you are able to present a different persona to your IRL one every day on social media, you've got a lot more energy than I do/are a better actor than I am.

― Dee the (Summer-Hating) Lurker (deethelurker), Monday, 24 June 2019 02:07 (six years ago)

you've got a lot more energy than I do/are a better actor than I am.

and more than likely you have a strong ulterior motive for misrepresenting yourself, often a monetary one.

― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 24 June 2019 02:41 (six years ago)

j'en ai cache

― godfellaz (darraghmac), Monday, 24 June 2019 02:46 (six years ago)

i'm much more manic online than irl but other than that i'm not really trying to put on an act

― ciderpress, Monday, 24 June 2019 02:48 (six years ago)

the nuggets will win the nba playoffs

― k3vin k., Monday, 24 June 2019 03:07 (six years ago)

saer is v good at this, agreed

― Ambient Police (sleeve), Monday, 24 June 2019 03:28 (six years ago)

and more than likely you have a strong ulterior motive for misrepresenting yourself, often a monetary one.

Hm, trying very hard to think if we've ever had one of those people around these parts before.

― Dee the (Summer-Hating) Lurker (deethelurker), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 20:34 (six years ago)

i suppose now might be an appropriate time for me to finally introduce you all to cutco knives. i know you've all heard of them, but have you ever used one? here, let me just show you how easily it cuts through a tomato..

― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 20:46 (six years ago)

Wait, some people have been posting for free? How do you find the time?

― mick signals, Tuesday, 25 June 2019 21:17 (six years ago)

I used to have the same problem, but with cutco knives, you can speed through posting in no-time flat! It's easy and surprisingly affordable.

― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 21:24 (six years ago)

this pyramid scheme kicks MAJOR ASS

― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 21:30 (six years ago)

i post in character kinda

― mark s, Tuesday, 25 June 2019 21:31 (six years ago)

*throws tomato at Karl Malone*

― cheese canopy (map), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 22:48 (six years ago)

I don’t literally exist ergo I cannot assume an alternate guise to my pure self

― calstars, Tuesday, 25 June 2019 22:57 (six years ago)

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