Who here has a split personality?

[Nohbody]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26837911/?GT1=43001

I thought this was pretty funny. I definitely have a split personality, and the part thats odd is that Ive never really fully acknowledged it until recently. On the internet in general, I am a trolling flaming asshole but in the real world I barely talk. Sort of.

[Tables]

... Nah, I'm pretty much the same online as I am in real life. Just a bit more profane on the web since I can get away with it. Fuck yeah dickshoes.

[WillRock]

I don't but I have met people that have. One of them had a serious anger problem, I won't name names, just to be safe (you never know lol) but this guy and a friend of mine were playing a game (chess I think it was) and the angry bloke cheated as he was losing. My mate hit him (not hard, just as a joke you know) and this bloke snapped, and you can guess the rest.

Frightening as hell, as it happened right in front of me. My mate was all right luckily.

[Drack]

I try to be pleasant online. I've seen the phenomenon of internet = anonymity = troll plenty, though.

My attitude's a bit different on the net than in real life, but it's mainly because I'm speaking to a different audience.

You say different things when you're on a website about video game music than you would to friends with other interests. As most of the internet is organized into groups and communities with people with a lot in common, or at least the same interests and hobbies, people can be a lot more open and deep about that interest, where in real life, communities in the same location are often much more diverse, somewhat ironically. This is from my experience, and I'm in college, so it may not be typical. It's the type of community and people you KNOW are on the other side of the connection that shape your words and attitudes; not just what you say but how you say it. I believe this is the reason so many gamers trash talk on Xbox Live, for example.

[Global-Trance]

I don't think acting differently online compared to real life indicates a split personality. I think how you act online can possibly show a lot about you because you get to hide behind a computer when you speak up. I know a lot of people who will act like a dick online but wouldn't DARE act like a dick in real life because boohoo they will get looked down upon. On the Internet nobody really knows where you live or how you look like (unless you post a picture obviously) and with the ability to hide behind that monitor of yours, you get the opportunity to be who you really are without any fear of consequences.

[Nohbody]

I don't think acting differently online compared to real life indicates a split personality. I think how you act online can possibly show a lot about you because you get to hide behind a computer when you speak up. I know a lot of people who will act like a dick online but wouldn't DARE act like a dick in real life because boohoo they will get looked down upon. On the Internet nobody really knows where you live or how you look like (unless you post a picture obviously) and with the ability to hide behind that monitor of yours, you get the opportunity to be who you really are without any fear of consequences.
so is the lack of inhibition a good thing or bad? sort of makes you realize what a funny thing inhibition is.

[Hawkwing]

I think that saying someone has split personalities based on the fact that when they're anonymous they get nasty...is just stupid.

Thats not split personality, that's just that person taking advantage of a situation where they know they can get away with being assholes.

In America we get so excited at the opportunity to find reasons to diagnose more people with mental disorders that we cross lines between normal human behavior and twisting that behavior to fit some form of mental disease. We do this so the pharmaceutical companies can make more money. It's bullshit.

We wonder why America has insurance companies going under.

[WillRock]

Thats not split personality, that's just that person taking advantage of a situation where they know they can get away with being assholes.


Thats not true, some people can't control their anger, trust me mate, I've seen it.

[Hawkwing]

I was specifically talking about people who turn into assholes behind a keyboard. Thats not uncontrollable anger.

[WillRock]

I was specifically talking about people who turn into assholes behind a keyboard. Thats not uncontrollable anger.

Oh sorry, I didn't read your whole post :D

In that case... I agree.

[Hawkwing]

I figured, that's why I clarified. No worries.

[atmuh]

i used to be way different irl than on internet but now im basically the same in both except you cant spam irl

[Sinewav]

i used to be way different irl than on internet but now im basically the same in both except you cant spam irl

Says who?

10char

[atmuh]

Says who?

10char

i dont talk much irl

[Shadowe]

I do.

No I don't.

Yes I do!

[Sinewav]

i dont talk much irl

lol. What I meant was "who says you can't spam irl?"

I thought I was different online until I read this and started thinking about it. The things I say here aren't really that much different than the things I'd say irl, except that I can assert myself a lot better with writing than I can with speech.

I guess to some degree everyone is a little bit different on the internet. For example, irl I make a lot more stupid "that's what she said" and "your mom" type jokes. Then again, that's probably not any different than the way people normally act different around different people.

[SlickDaddySlick]

I'm the same in real life as online: Politically incorrect, relax, and hold no biased towards anyone.

[WillRock]

I'm a little different. I'm not so good at conversations irl, but on the internet, you can think about what you say before you say it a little more.

[DrumUltimA]

i have a false persona that i use anonymously online. Stopped using it though. It's name was "Gray Alexander".

[WillRock]

i have a false persona that i use anonymously online. Stopped using it though. It's name was "Gray Alexander".

Hahahaha good one.

[Neo Samus]

I'm not too differnet from real life to internet. The only difference I can think of is that I use more complex words in real life compared to internet because I don't know how to spell most of them. Also writing was never one of my better subjects.

[Nohbody]

Also believe it or not on the internet I care what other people think, as if reputation here matters. In the real world (and I hate saying real world for some reason), Im a lot more blunt, but sort of more sensitive. aah ffrikin whatever

[Global-Trance]

I don't think acting differently online compared to real life indicates a split personality. I think how you act online can possibly show a lot about you because you get to hide behind a computer when you speak up. I know a lot of people who will act like a dick online but wouldn't DARE act like a dick in real life because boohoo they will get looked down upon. On the Internet nobody really knows where you live or how you look like (unless you post a picture obviously) and with the ability to hide behind that monitor of yours, you get the opportunity to be who you really are without any fear of consequences.

so is the lack of inhibition a good thing or bad? sort of makes you realize what a funny thing inhibition is.

It can be both good or bad. I think it's good to speak your mind, but you have to understand what you say in real life can have both good and bad consequences depending on the circumstances. What I find humorous is that probably most "Internet Hardasses" wouldn't convey themselves the way they do online in real life because of consequences. Again, they have something to hide behind.

GRRRRRR I AM MEAN AND I DON'T LIKE ANYTHING I AM BADASS ON THE INTERNET

[I-n-j-i-n]

I don't know.. I can be the most evil thing you can meet even in real life. My family has a habit of snapping.. Almost to the point of something criminal happening. I just can't suffer fools if I'm pushed. Online, I don't think I can really convey it that well. Ironic really.

[Nohbody]

I don't know.. I can be the most evil thing you can meet even in real life. My family has a habit of snapping.. Almost to the point of something criminal happening. I just can't suffer fools if I'm pushed. Online, I don't think I can really convey it that well. Ironic really.
you just need to be more creative

[LuketheXjesse]

In real life I'm pretty shy. I don't like talking to people I don't know. But here everyone shares common interests, so I know I can have a good time talking to most of you guys.

[Cyril the Wolf]

I'm awkward everywhere. ;D

Meh, both sides mess. I say LOL out loud when I'm being sarcastic, same thing with OMG. Though LOL is not as much becuase i tend to actually use LOL on AIM, but before it was always haha. :D

THe only difference between me in real life and the me on the internet is the amount of smiling I do.

[Hawkwing]

I don't know if anyone saw that Ragnarok Online thread that Bleck posted. But he posted his opinion on private RO servers, and then as soon as I had anything to say about my own opinion he went off the handle, throwing insults and acting like he was supreme ruler of the thread. I think he actually got banned afterwards.

It's not split personality, it's just people behind keyboards that know that they can get away with such behavior because there are no repercussions. I can guarantee that 90% of the assholes on this message board would never act like that in real life. To anyones face at least.

[Mygames19]

I actually have a split personality.... Sorda. Sometines, I'm mr. Emo quiet and says nothing and only lissions. Other times, I'm happy, cheerful, and a little comidic. I guess it could depend on my mood. :P

[Global-Trance]

That would probably be called bipolar

[Nohbody]

That would probably be called bipolar
bipolar disorder is more like transitions from manic depression to megalomania, not just from happy to sad.

Its a common miconception perpetuated by non wikipedia readers. so here =D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipolar_disorder

for the record I would not have pointed that out anywhere but the internet

[Mygames19]

I went to the Wiki page and this one sounds a bit like me:
Hypomanic episode Main article: Hypomanic episode (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypomanic_episode)
Hypomania is generally a less extreme state than mania, and people in the hypomanic phase generally experience fewer symptoms of mania than those in a full-blown manic episode. During an episode, one might feel an uncontrollable impulse to laugh at things he or she does not normally find funny.[citation needed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)] The duration is usually also shorter than in mania. This is often a very "artistic" state of the disorder, in which a flight of ideas, extremely clever thinking, and an increase in energy can occur.


My sister is Bipolar. Maybe I have it too?

[Global-Trance]

bipolar disorder is more like transitions from manic depression to megalomania, not just from happy to sad.

Its a common miconception perpetuated by non wikipedia readers. so here =D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipolar_disorder

for the record I would not have pointed that out anywhere but the internet

Yea I rushed that post. But it was the first thing I thought of. And it definitely isn't a split personality of all things.