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meritocrat · 09-20-2003, 06:09 AM

I'm generally the same here as I am in real life. I don't really care if I am 'rude' to anybody here.

Heathen Dawn · 09-20-2003, 06:47 AM

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Originally posted by meritocrat
I'm generally the same here as I am in real life. I don't really care if I am 'rude' to anybody here.

Directum ab ore equi...

meritocrat · 09-20-2003, 11:20 AM

Heh, I'm not Roman, enough with the Latin....

ju'iblex · 09-20-2003, 04:32 PM

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Originally posted by Heathen Dawn
Directum ab ore equi...

i might not be roman, but i still speak latin.

nice one heathen

Mullibok · 09-20-2003, 04:36 PM

I don't speak latin but I still puzzled it out.

wildernesse · 09-20-2003, 05:45 PM

I do think that this is an interesting topic. I think that most of the time I'm more direct here than I generally am in real life. That is more clear to me when I post on Christian boards than it is here--and I think that I am less concerned with stepping on toes and saying what I think--although I am more careful when I post on theistic forums. I feel that I am able to be less respectful to "my elders" in online theistic forums than I ever would be able to be in real life.

In real life, I feel a great deal more pressure not to rock the boat about my ideas about what this whole world/meaning of life/God thing is. After all, in real life I am a young Southern woman who isn't in to confrontation. Being outspoken about what I think (on this particular day about random theological subject) may not jive well with the community that I love (church) that is held together really only by a common belief. I'd rather be privately set apart (in my head), than publicly set apart (there's that weirdo)--especially as I'm not settled into anything at the moment. Online, I'm already set apart because I don't have any connections to the community, so I've started out as a singular individual and what is it to me that I stay that way?

--tibac

Gothic_J · 09-20-2003, 08:53 PM

I like to think I treat people online same as irl. I just dont meet as many fundies, so am often less hostile over all.

Goober · 09-25-2003, 07:31 AM

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Having been at these boards three years this month*, there have indeed been many threads where members of the board treated each other horribly. Ad hominem, insults, heightened emotions, and the like.

You I'm rude? FUCK YOU!!!

Only joking.

Bright Life · 09-25-2003, 03:40 PM

I'm more assertive online. Being a "sweet little southern gal," I tend to walk away from arguments, as I generally feel no need to convince people that what I think is right.

Also when I get irritated or angry, I tend to cry, which is embarrassing. Here though, the jabs are just on the screen, so I feel more able to make my point without fear of getting emotional.

xorbie · 09-25-2003, 03:52 PM

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Originally posted by wildernesse
In real life

What's that?

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09-20-2003, 06:09 AM	#11
meritocrat Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: England Posts: 2,608	I'm generally the same here as I am in real life. I don't really care if I am 'rude' to anybody here.

09-20-2003, 11:20 AM	#13
meritocrat Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: England Posts: 2,608	Heh, I'm not Roman, enough with the Latin....

09-20-2003, 04:36 PM	#15
Mullibok Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: St. Paul, MN Posts: 814	I don't speak latin but I still puzzled it out.

09-20-2003, 05:45 PM	#16
wildernesse Veteran Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 1,578	I do think that this is an interesting topic. I think that most of the time I'm more direct here than I generally am in real life. That is more clear to me when I post on Christian boards than it is here--and I think that I am less concerned with stepping on toes and saying what I think--although I am more careful when I post on theistic forums. I feel that I am able to be less respectful to "my elders" in online theistic forums than I ever would be able to be in real life. In real life, I feel a great deal more pressure not to rock the boat about my ideas about what this whole world/meaning of life/God thing is. After all, in real life I am a young Southern woman who isn't in to confrontation. Being outspoken about what I think (on this particular day about random theological subject) may not jive well with the community that I love (church) that is held together really only by a common belief. I'd rather be privately set apart (in my head), than publicly set apart (there's that weirdo)--especially as I'm not settled into anything at the moment. Online, I'm already set apart because I don't have any connections to the community, so I've started out as a singular individual and what is it to me that I stay that way? --tibac

09-20-2003, 08:53 PM	#17
Gothic_J Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New England Posts: 1,290	I like to think I treat people online same as irl. I just dont meet as many fundies, so am often less hostile over all.

09-25-2003, 03:40 PM	#19
Bright Life Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 8,345	I'm more assertive online. Being a "sweet little southern gal," I tend to walk away from arguments, as I generally feel no need to convince people that what I think is right. Also when I get irritated or angry, I tend to cry, which is embarrassing. Here though, the jabs are just on the screen, so I feel more able to make my point without fear of getting emotional.

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