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Do you act the same way in real life as you do on boards?

  • 18-02-2011 3:02pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 689 ✭✭✭Khyra24


    I'm aware that there are some very opinionated people on these forums and there are comments that are thrown out there that would probably never be heard in real life unless you're asking for a good smacking. I was just wondering if people here would act the same way and say the same things in real life as they do on these forums or are many of you putting on a separate personality?

    In my case, I'm very shy and reserved in reality (I'm nervous right now about making a new thread) but on boards, I notice I'm a lot more outgoing and a bit perverted in a way. Well, I guess I'm that way in real life as well once I feel close enough to you.

    Are you putting up a facade?!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    Nah. In real life I'm very sarcastic and think I'm much funnier than I actually am.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    If anything, I'm worse in real-life.

    At least that way I can't get banned from anything :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Probably the same in real life or maybe a bit more moany!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,104 ✭✭✭easyeason3


    I regularly go around shouting 'Yore Ma' & blasting people with piss.


    So yes, I am the exact same.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,335 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    I'm awesome in real life...............

    So no!


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  • Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,639 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    I'm actually a super computer in real life


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,778 ✭✭✭Pauleta


    Pauleta is a character who i enjoy playing. Really the man behind the character is a sandal wearing left wing loon, who enjoys musicals and indie music.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,335 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    easyeason3 wrote: »
    I regularly go around shouting 'Yore Ma' & blasting people with piss.

    R.Kelly?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,408 ✭✭✭Captain_Generic


    AH is a place for brain farts, i'm actually a priest


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    more or less


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,128 ✭✭✭✭Oranage2


    Excatly the same - I regularly look for "thanks" when I make a comment!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 173 ✭✭loopyloulilly


    Same ish, more sarcastic beware!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,243 ✭✭✭LighterGuy


    I refuse to believe people act the same way in life...


    For example,
    You dont get it so much in After hours, but particularly in other forums you get people forcing their own opinion onto others and often even running down anothers because it doesnt agree with their own...

    same people in the real world wouldnt be so forward.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 220 ✭✭Jimmy the Wheel


    Yes.

    I constantly show only my best aspects. Say those things which I feel the majority will agree with, which fit within the accepted social parameters.

    And when somebody makes a statement, I rack my brain for ages before replying with a witty and humorous answer, not considering the timely delay.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭KeithM89_old


    Defintely not.... Im very,very shy really...:o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    Pretty much the same i think.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Bit more sarcastic and tetchy possibly, but essentially the same.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,104 ✭✭✭easyeason3


    KeithM89 wrote: »
    Defintely not.... Im very,very shy really...:o



    Awwww, how shy?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭KeithM89_old


    easyeason3 wrote: »
    Awwww, how shy?
    Im too shy to say....:rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 689 ✭✭✭Khyra24


    I'll tell you one thing that's the same in real life and on boards for me...I have no friends on either. WOOO!!! *softly cries in a corner*


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,598 ✭✭✭✭prinz


    More or less. Say what I think and don't care what anyone else thinks (unlike many posters it seems). There are a few posters on boards I respect because it's easy to see they are genuine in their opinions and not internet spoofing.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭RichieC


    I've better hair in RL.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,602 ✭✭✭Funkfield


    Yes, same.

    In real life I live under a bridge.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,119 ✭✭✭Mongarra


    I use the f**k, sh*t and b****cks words regularly when speaking but have not, so far, used them or their euphemisms on boards. Otherwise I am the same likeable, witty, intelligent and sociable bosterd I am in real life, apart from being normally condescending to less learned people, and with the exception of permanently being a smug git.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 689 ✭✭✭Khyra24


    It seems like everyone is either shy, sarcastic or smug in real life. Sexy!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,992 ✭✭✭Korvanica


    I talk more in real life... i couldnt be arsed having arguments with people on boards as i have to type loads... blah.. i type enough as it is...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭Badgermonkey


    Funkfield wrote: »
    Yes, same.

    In real life I live under a bridge.

    That would explain your barefaced Groucho thievery, you cad.

    If you'd picked Harpo I wouldn't even be able to hear you.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    No, I'm usually more obnoxious.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 856 ✭✭✭firefly08


    I refuse to believe people act the same way in life...


    For example,
    You dont get it so much in After hours, but particularly in other forums you get people forcing their own opinion onto others and often even running down anothers because it doesnt agree with their own...

    same people in the real world wouldnt be so forward.

    You are so lucky if you think that only happens on forums! I often read the more controversial forums on boards and honestly I see nothing in there that I don't regularly hear in real life. For the most part I think people are the same.

    I usually equate Boards personalities with people I know in real life, just to put a face to the piss-blasting so to speak, sometimes I even suspect they might really be the same person...I never have trouble picking someone I know that fits the bill!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,280 ✭✭✭✭Eric Cartman


    yep, exactly the same, im really sexist and strongly right wing in real life , im pretty much an asshole but people still like me for some reason...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,345 ✭✭✭landsleaving


    People are definitely the same on boards. The corpses of Roma gypsies, asylum seekers, immigrants, socialists and Catholics that litter the streets are clear evidence of that.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,239 ✭✭✭✭KeithAFC


    Yep..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,280 ✭✭✭✭Eric Cartman


    People are definitely the same on boards. The corpses of Roma gypsies, asylum seekers, immigrants, socialists and Catholics that litter the streets are clear evidence of that.

    you know theres some crimes that you dont do only because theyre illegal , not or any moral objection but just fear of prison - to me thats most crimes, 1 sentance written on a bit of paper is the only thing stopping your observation being true


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,345 ✭✭✭landsleaving


    I think since you don't think any of those groups are human beings, and the law pertains to humans, you might be able to defend your genocide in court.

    Just something to think about, you know :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,280 ✭✭✭✭Eric Cartman


    I think since you don't think any of those groups are human beings, and the law pertains to humans, you might be able to defend your genocide in court.

    Just something to think about, you know :p

    you raise an interesting point, tis going to be an exciting weekend for me so:D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Reallll...liiiifffe?:confused:

    oh thats that place I come here to get away from.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    LighterGuy wrote: »
    I refuse to believe people act the same way in life...


    For example,
    You dont get it so much in After hours, but particularly in other forums you get people forcing their own opinion onto others and often even running down anothers because it doesnt agree with their own...

    same people in the real world wouldnt be so forward.

    Something you notice with some posters in print who come across as if there's is the first and last word on a point or subject ( not talking about mods ) as if it's gospel .But soon as somebody disputes or has a different viewpoint they get very peeved or defensive.

    There's a difference in expressing ourself with the written word here on boards which allows us time to think things out and use our thought process to explain or reply to something that much better .In real live we would be looking at the body language and tone of voice as much as to what the person is saying .

    In real life I would probablly be more animated and earthy in my comments / opinions ,not forceful but more laid back .

    Korvanica wrote: »
    I talk more in real life... i couldnt be arsed having arguments with people on boards as i have to type loads... blah.. i type enough as it is...
    And saves tons of time and energy to


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭fakearms123


    well in real life when someone is telling me a story about a loved one or ex girlfriend who was sexually assaulted I interrupt the sad story by yelling PICS OR GTFO!

    So yeah I do and I also have prosthetic arms :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    kfallon wrote: »
    Probably the same in real life or maybe a bit more moany!

    You're A LOT more moany!!!

    I bite my tongue on here more than real life.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 446 ✭✭Up-n-atom!


    What's it Oscar Wilde said, about giving a man a mask so that he can show his true self?

    ...what I'm trying to say is that I'm exactly the same on here as in real life, except even more awesome:p


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭fakearms123


    Kiera wrote: »
    You're A LOT more moany!!!

    I bite my tongue on here more than real life.

    With almost 25,000 posts on boards I doubt you have much of a life to live, zing!


    go on bite your tongue :cool:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    You can't be exactly the same, seeing as this environment and real life are so different - you're not having a discussion with lots and lots of people on a constant basis in real life, and you rarely if ever get comments along the lines of some of the stuff said here.


  • Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Crew Unsightly Sociopath


    I'm a lot more quiet in real life. Otherwise, pretty much the same.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,740 ✭✭✭Asphyxia


    Pretty much just a little bit more shy :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,243 ✭✭✭LighterGuy


    firefly08 wrote: »
    You are so lucky if you think that only happens on forums! I often read the more controversial forums on boards and honestly I see nothing in there that I don't regularly hear in real life. For the most part I think people are the same.

    I usually equate Boards personalities with people I know in real life, just to put a face to the piss-blasting so to speak, sometimes I even suspect they might really be the same person...I never have trouble picking someone I know that fits the bill!

    Oh I know it happens in real life too :P
    Its just in my experience people are more likey to voice their opinion harder on the net than in real life. Generally like. But you always get hardcore opinionists in real life too.

    One thing i do think that is different is that from boards-to-real life .. is typically you can get alot of 'PC'-ness on boards.ie (not everyone now)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Well, I'm very animated when talking / telling stories and I'm self-depreciating / insulting to others in equal measures.............but in a light-hearted, loveable way...............*cough*

    It's harder to come across like that here, I just come across as a prick who's posts get taken up the wrong way. :pac:

    People's opinions don't bother me as my inner voice will quickly categorise them, i.e. "Fùckin' idiot!" both here and in real life :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,280 ✭✭✭✭Eric Cartman


    LighterGuy wrote: »
    Oh I know it happens in real life too :P
    Its just in my experience people are more likey to voice their opinion harder on the net than in real life. Generally like. But you always get hardcore opinionists in real life too.

    One thing i do think that is different is that from boards-to-real life .. is typically you can get alot of 'PC'-ness on boards.ie (not everyone now)

    indeed, a lot of my real life views would get me banned on boards, Also I can never post my true views in PI


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,262 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    I facepalm alot more IRL.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,766 ✭✭✭squeakyduck


    I guess so....:D

    It's alot easier to argue on boards than it is in real life! :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,713 ✭✭✭✭Novella


    I dunno. I 'act' depending on the situation. In real life, if I'm around people I know and am comfortable with, I'm relaxed and chatty and will say exactly how I feel etc. If I'm around people I don't know, I'm more reserved for the simple fact that I'm quite shy.

    This is an internet message board. I guess I censor myself to a degree because firstly, anyone can read the things I put on here and yeah, being open and honest is great and all, but realistically, there are people who I'd prefer didn't have access to certain information etc. Secondly, I think it's important to be more careful, I suppose, when expressing opinions or making jokes to people you don't know for the very fact that you don't know them, so it's harder to judge a response and you just cannot know what might offend.

    So, no.


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