do you like your online self?

OldNotWIse

DeadHand wrote: »

Then you've been saying an absolutely moronic thing for years.

Oh the irony!

Do you even know what irony means? it's ok if you don't, lots of people get it wrong. Asserting that things which are unfortunate or funny or tragic are "ironic" when, in fact, they are not.

Shakespeare's Sister

DeadHand wrote: »

Then you've been saying an absolutely moronic thing for years.

Oh the irony!

It's cool to pretend to be all misanthropic though. These folks who "don't like people" - I wonder might they ever consider that maybe the problem is themselves, seeing as others don't "dislike people" to the extent they do and seem to know far more nice people.

Shakespeare's Sister

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Do you even know what irony means? it's ok if you don't, lots of people get it wrong. Asserting that things which are unfortunate or funny or tragic are "ironic" when, in fact, they are not.

Irony is a person going on about how sh-t people are.
Arrogance is too.
As is lack of self awareness.

OldNotWIse

Shakespeare's Sister wrote: »

It's cool to pretend to be all misanthropic though. These folks who "don't like people" - I wonder might they ever consider that maybe the problem is themselves, seeing as others don't "dislike people" to the extent they do and seem to know far more nice people.

Why are you so upset at the idea that someone you don't even know doesn't like people?

OldNotWIse

Shakespeare's Sister wrote: »

Irony is a person going on about how sh-t people are.
Arrogance is too.
As is lack of self awareness.

um....ok.

Molester Stallone II

endacl wrote: »

Kate Pierson in honey..... :pac:

She's about 64 though

Sclosages

I like my online self as much as I like my real self as we is both the same. Innit.

catallus

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Why are you so upset at the idea that someone you don't even know doesn't like people?

I'd say it's more the idea that someone is so far up their own hole that they think they're better than 99% of people?

DeadHand

Shakespeare's Sister wrote: »

It's cool to pretend to be all misanthropic though. These folks who "don't like people" - I wonder might they ever consider that maybe the problem is themselves, seeing as others don't "dislike people" to the extent they do and seem to know far more nice people.

Exactly, it's a teenage attempt to appear "edgy". These keyboard warriors turn into
Dr. House when they log into AH- "I hate everyone, everyone's an idiot blah blah blah".

It's unoriginal and boring.

OldNotWIse

catallus wrote: »

I'd say it's more the idea that someone is so far up their own hole that they think they're better than 99% of people?

I actually never said that. Is there not enough in the world to get annoyed over without having to be annoyed over stuff you made up yourself. There's a word for that - oh I know - ironic.

I'm pretty much exactly the same here as I am offline. And I like me, a lot actually. I'm pretty sound. (my mod self is slightly separate to this of course :P).

I rarely bother arguing here on the internet because, quite frankly, I can't be arsed trying to make angry and aggressive strangers see my point of view. It doesn't appeal to me whatsoever. There is the odd time that something might mean a bit to me and I'll fight it, but once I feel my temperature rise even a just a little, I step away. I'm the same in RL, there are very few people who will see me lose my temper because I cannot be arsed. There aren't many things on the planet that are worth getting myself worked up for. I've been to hell and back in my life, so I'm lucky to have perspective, and unless it's extremely important to me then why would I bother my hole getting pissed off for it.

I try try try to live by the motto "Don't sweat the small stuff". It works.

Sclosages

OldNotWIse wrote: »

I actually never said that. Is there not enough in the world to get annoyed over without having to be annoyed over stuff you made up yourself. There's a word for that - oh I know - ironic.

This conversation would never happen in real life. :mad:

The Backwards Man

I liked this thread better when it was about the B-52s

RonanP77

Shakespeare's Sister wrote: »

But of course YOU'RE better than them. 99.99 - huh? Where do people pull this figure from? Oh wait, I know.

The lack of self/irony awareness from people who make statements like the above is hilarious.

I'm beginning to suspect I've found another one, time will tell.


The number is probably quite generous to be honest, I was just rounding it up to two decimal places.

I'm 37, I've worked in 9 different places, went to 2 schools and uni. I've done a little travelling too. I'm not terribly outgoing but even at that I've met quite a few people. I'd probably struggle to name 100 that I've ever actually truly liked in all that time. The fact that I've liked any puts it at less than 100%

Better than people? Yes, of course I'm better than some people at some things. If I wasn't then I'd be an idiot too.

DeadHand

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Do you even know what irony means? it's ok if you don't, lots of people get it wrong. Asserting that things which are unfortunate or funny or tragic are "ironic" when, in fact, they are not.

Yes. Yes, I do.

So do you agree that 99.9% of the world's population are morons?

Or do you think it's funny to say 99.9% of the world's population are morons?

Shakespeare's Sister

DeadHand wrote: »

Exactly, it's a teenage attempt to appear "edgy". These keyboard warriors turn into
Dr. House when they log into AH- "I hate everyone, everyone's an idiot blah blah blah".

It's unoriginal and boring.

Spot-on. Being eternal sulky teenagers. And proud of it too. But of course it's everyone else who's the problem.
I love how disputing of it = being upset/offended.
All it is is arguing against a stupid, illogical comment - the thing that happens all the time on a discussion forum.

OldNotWIse

DeadHand wrote: »

Yes. Yes, I do.

So do you agree that 99.9% of the world's population are morons?

Or do you think it's funny to say 99.9% of the world's population are morons?

er...no

OldNotWIse

Shakespeare's Sister wrote: »

Spot-on. Being eternal sulky teenagers. And proud of it too. But of course it's everyone else who's the problem.
I love how disputing of it = being upset/offended.
All it is is arguing against a stupid, illogical comment - the thing that happens all the time on a discussion forum.

It's a statement of fact, albeit one that you are unwilling to accept so...I can't help you.

DeadHand

RonanP77 wrote: »

I'm not terribly outgoing

There's the crux of the matter.

Take a few more chances and you may find people in general are more admirable than you like to think they are.

Shakespeare's Sister

RonanP77 wrote: »

I'm beginning to suspect I've found another one, time will tell.


The number is probably quite generous to be honest, I was just rounding it up to two decimal places.

I'm 37, I've worked in 9 different places, went to 2 schools and uni. I've done a little travelling too. I'm not terribly outgoing but even at that I've met quite a few people. I'd probably struggle to name 100 that I've ever actually truly liked in all that time. The fact that I've liked any puts it at less than 100%

Better than people? Yes, of course I'm better than some people at some things. If I wasn't then I'd be an idiot too.

You suspect I'm an idiot only on the basis of me contesting what you say. Right. The problem is clearly with you, not everyone else - your post above makes that obvious.
You're backtracking - I didn't say anything about you thinking you're better than "some" people. I said you think you're better than 99.99% (or whatever stupid "stat") of people.

DeadHand

OldNotWIse wrote: »

er...no

So you'd agree that the statement "99.99% of the world's population are absolute morons" is an absolutely moronic statement?

nidgeweaseal

Not really because I come across as a bit of a stuttering buffoon online, I'm quite confident in person and despite my awful grammar I consider myself adequately intelligent.

nidgeweaseal

Not really because I come across as a bit of a stuttering buffoon online, I'm quite confident in person and despite my awful grammar I consider myself adequately intelligent.

How Soon Is Now

Haha and he posted it twice!

Can't make that up! :-)

nidgeweaseal

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Haha and he posted it twice!

Can't make that up! :-)

I don't know what that happened,

OldNotWIse

DeadHand wrote: »

So you'd agree that the statement "99.99% of the world's population are absolute morons" is an absolutely moronic statement?

Er....yes. I don't really know what you are getting at though. Maybe when the red mist settles you can look back through the thread and see that it wasn't actually me who made that statement.

RonanP77

DeadHand wrote: »

There's the crux of the matter.

Take a few more chances and you may find people in general are more admirable than you like to think they are.

To be honest I was fairly outgoing in my 20s, I stopped going out because people generally annoyed me.

I didn't like being a teenager when I was one so I'm certainly not trying to act/be like one now.

I don't generally like people, is it really that hard to believe? There's really no need for a bunch of strangers to get all worked up and annoyed over it.

tightropetom

WILL NEVER LOG OFF wrote: »

it appears to me that many boardsies are nothing like real-world people.

90% of people i meet in the real world seem kind, warm, and non-argumentative

whereas 50% of the online world seems hostile and looking for a fight

so i think a significant amount of onliners must lead a double life of hostility.

i'm not trying to demonize anyone. i've noticed myself that i am far more reactionary online than i would be in public.

so, AH, are you different online? and would you befriend your online self?

Oh yeah? And who the hell do you think you are? **** you and the horse you rode in on pal...

Seriously though, I'm not that bad in real life!

I remember when I started on boards and I was sure lots of people were a***hol*s for writing FYP all the time. I thought it mean F*** you pal.

OldNotWIse

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Haha and he posted it twice!

Can't make that up! :-)

That's mean but I laughed

One eyed Jack

DeadHand wrote: »

Yes. Yes, I do.

So do you agree that 99.9% of the world's population are morons?

Or do you think it's funny to say 99.9% of the world's population are morons?

Nobody claimed that 99% or whatever of the world's population are morons. Most people aren't misanthropes in the true sense of the word, and there's a fair distance between not having time for most people, and actually hating anyone, let alone everyone. Most people understand this difference, except the 1% that take everything literally and want to needle and pick a person apart to prove a point 99% of people don't actually care about.

I think you might understand better if I said that in my experience, the vast majority of people I've met, are people I wouldn't want to meet again, let alone spend any amount of time around them. They may see that as an issue I have, but because their opinion of me doesn't mean all that much to me anyway, their opinion of isn't going to bother me that much either.

I'm sure they're lovely and all, but I just don't particularly want to take the time to get to know them any better than their first impression. Most people are actually like that, they're just unwilling to acknowledge the fact when they see an opportunity to berate someone else in front of the 99% that really don't care all that much.

It's unnecessary really.

OldNotWIse

tightropetom wrote: »

Oh yeah? And who the hell do you think you are? **** you and the horse you rode in on pal...

Seriously though, I'm not that bad in real life!

I remember when I started on boards and I was sure lots of people were a***hol*s for writing FYP all the time. I thought it mean F*** you pal.

Every time I see that a voice in my head says, "fip" - maddening

kowloon

I come across stranger and more unlikable in real life, it probably helps that people can't see me online either as a whole bunch of judgement stems from that in real life.

Generic Dreadhead

I do

DeadHand

One eyed Jack wrote: »

Nobody claimed that 99% or whatever of the world's population are morons

Yes, a poster did.

He made that claim and later defended it.

DeadHand

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Er....yes. I don't really know what you are getting at though. Maybe when the red mist settles you can look back through the thread and see that it wasn't actually me who made that statement.

So, would you agree that stating "99.99% of the world's population are morons" is, therefore, an ironic statement?

Peist2007

OldNotWIse wrote: »

You think just because I talk to people online that necessarily means I like people offline? Has the meaning of this thread perhaps evaded you? FYI it's about the difference (if any) between your online and offline persona. I dont know how that escaped you.

The fact that you misread what the thread is about while being all superior and condescending is glorious, thank you

OldNotWIse

Peist2007 wrote: »

The fact that you misread what the thread is about while being all superior and condescending is glorious, thank you

Happy to have made your day.

How Soon Is Now

Well this turned into the fun time thread I hoped!

OldNotWIse

DeadHand wrote: »

So, would you agree that stating "99.99% of the world's population are morons" is, therefore, an ironic statement?

No! Why are you insisting on mis-understanding the meaning of the word "ironic"?

Just because a statement is false and idiotic does not make it ironic. It makes it false and idiotic. Do you have some kind of weird dictionary that tells you "idiotic and false" and "ironic" are mutually exclusive?? That if it's not one it has to be the other?

Mountainsandh

I'm pretty much like my real self I think, except I get a bit more obsessed (read an*l) with things as I tend to come on here when Mr M is away, and I may be lonely or have a lot of thinking time on my hands.
I guess it makes a big difference too, the context of what's going on in a persons RL. You know, if you have to be patient and polite outside, you might indulge in bitchiness here for a bit of release.

One eyed Jack

DeadHand wrote: »

Yes, a poster did.

He made that claim and later defended it.

Ohh right, yeah, I didn't care enough about their opinion to take any notice tbh

RonanP77

Shakespeare's Sister wrote: »

You suspect I'm an idiot only on the basis of me contesting what you say. Right. The problem is clearly with you, not everyone else - your post above makes that obvious.
You're backtracking - I didn't say anything about you thinking you're better than "some" people. I said you think you're better than 99.99% (or whatever stupid "stat") of people.

Who's backtracking? You're trying to put words into my mouth. Just because I think someone is annoying doesn't mean I think I'm better than them. I do a little running and cycling, morons finish ahead of me all the time, they're clearly better than me.

It seems to me that you're determined to be insulted here. You haven't a notion who I am so you really shouldn't worry yourself about the fact that I dislike other people you also don't know. I find it very odd.

To me an idiot/moron is either someone plain stupid or someone who annoys me in some way. It could be how they look, act, drive, they could be lazy, there are many many things that annoy me about many many people.

Chucken

kowloon wrote: »

I come across stranger and more unlikable in real life, it probably helps that people can't see me online either as a whole bunch of judgement stems from that in real life.

You do not!

DeadHand

RonanP77 wrote: »

To be honest I was fairly outgoing in my 20s, I stopped going out because people generally annoyed me.

I didn't like being a teenager when I was one so I'm certainly not trying to act/be like one now.

I don't generally like people, is it really that hard to believe? There's really no need for a bunch of strangers to get all worked up and annoyed over it.

It sucks that you've had negative experiences. Maybe the problem lay with you, the people you mixed with and/or how you socialised and not mankind itself.

Being more outgoing and amiable does not equal being a teenager, in fact it's the more mature approach.

I'm not the the least bit worked up or annoyed over it, just questioning your apparent misanthrophy. Hope you enjoy yourself a little more in the future!

osarusan

misanthropy, edginess, irony, moronic....AAARGH.

Thread gone to sh!t so quickly over the last couple of hours.

How Soon Is Now

osarusan wrote: »

Thread gone to sh!t so quickly over the last couple of hours.

It's not a Boards.ie thread unless it falls to pieces after few pages!

catallus

osarusan wrote: »

Thread gone to sh!t so quickly over the last couple of hours.

misanthropy, edginess, irony, moronic....STOP IT.

Oh look, here's our intellectual superior to tell us what to do!

Pay attention, people!!! :rolleyes:

DeadHand

OldNotWIse wrote: »

No! Why are you insisting on mis-understanding the meaning of the word "ironic"?

Just because a statement is false and idiotic does not make it ironic. It makes it false and idiotic. Do you have some kind of weird dictionary that tells you "idiotic and false" and "ironic" are mutually exclusive?? That if it's not one it has to be the other?

The statement was clearly ironic, I pointed this out and you claimed I didn't understand irony.
Seems that, in fact, you don't. Which is ironic.

Mountainsandh

Wow, what's up with people here today ?

Shiny happy people ... Lalala...










/
Sneaks out of thread hastily.

catallus

Macavity. wrote: »

I'm really cool online, but weird in real life. My online me is better looking as well.

Hi.

That's a very good-looking statement....;)