On the internet, do you sound different from who you are?

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On the internet, I'm a lot more articulate, more open, and on some stuff, I may even come across as aggressive or arrogant, but I'm usually not like that in real life.

I'm more likely to speak my mind, here than I am, in real life.

Way different. Way more outgoing and confident. What do you expect, with such a degree of anonymity?

oh hayul yeah... I write with an accent-neutral prose, but IRL sound like a Texas @#$-kicker...
I can edit the text on the screen (and often do), but can't cram the words back in my mouth if they come out wrong...

I almost don't talk at all in real life. Here I post 50 or so times a day. o_O

On the internet do you sound different than who you are?


No....I sound EXACTLY like who I am.

One tends to be less inhibited with e-mails, and internet forums and messaging...

...but as aspies we may not be as inhibited (socially) anyway.

My social anxiety is certainly less, And I have more time to structure my statements/actions.

On the internet I can't think of anything to type when (and if) I'm replying to a serious thread or discussion while in real life I can easily contribute.

I can't think of anything else besides that.

I am more assertive online, FOR SURE!

I usually appear fairly passive, though really it is not passivity and more that I simply don't do social. Combine that with my lack of decision making capabilities, inability to ask for things on my own, etc I look like the quiet, shy, passive type...which I am not.

Online, I am my own true voice

Online I seem perpetually cheerful, when in reality there are times when I get really sad.

I find it difficult to discuss things IRL. Because I need time to formulate thoughts, and once I've formulated my thought the topic is dead. That's not the case on the Internet. On the Internet a topic can go on for days, and I can formulate and re-formulate while typing. I can even type a message, read it, think and then delete it to type a better message.
But that's just on message boards.
On IM, I tend to accidentally say things that can get misinterpreted. And in accord with Murphy's Law, they do.

In real life I sound dumb and am quiet. I write better than I speak, as a child all my apologies were written out rather than spoken because I would start laughing alot.

I seem to piss everyone off on this site... waah... I don't mean to! I do have real problems with wording and getting my meaning across so I guess I sometimes seem to be angry or aggressive in my writing without meaning to be.

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