I am the same here as irl. I will answer questions if directed towards me. I will add to a topic of dicussion only if I am compelled to do so and I think that I am adding something of value... but mostly I am a listener. I will listen to conversations irl out of curiosity and I will read them online for the same reasons. I try to keep the same moral and ethical princibles that I live by thoughout every aspect of my life.

"On this ship you are to refer to me as Idiot, not you Captain. I mean... you know what I mean."

Hard to say. Sometimes yes, sometimes no. It depends on the level of my intoxication
Ok, I'll be frank: no. In real life I'm much more open concerning my attitudes.
An idea came to my head and is now desperately searching for brain

Edited by - zlo on 5/24/2004 9:25:42 AM

Rec - Indeed. I assume that by "big" you mean "well-rounded"? That is a product of societal thinking, and by the sterotypes that are presented in the media as you said. I agree, if you look at many of the villains on children's television programs, they are often stupid and well-rounded. That is why forums are useful; no such preconceptions to worry about. By the way, where are these pictures of Arcon?

Wiz - I agree completely. It is well-known that most people act differently around different groups of people. My belief is that this has to do with societal/group expectations, peer-group pressure (if any), cultural/relgious beliefs, and/or image. Again, the anonymity present in the forum/chatroom system allows people to disregard such expectations because there are few preconceptions.

Chet - I think that the phrase "real life" *is* fraught with preconceptions, but it is a useful phrase in this context, because is helps us to differentiate between our online relationships, and those that we have off-line. I think that that separation is important, as you can clearly see from this thread that people often act differently (to a greater or lesser extent) when they are here on TLR.

topher - That's a useful skill, and I'm quiet in public too. I just wish I could learn to shut up more around the family; I'd get in fewer arguments that way .

zlo - Interesting. Tell me, why would you be more open in real life? Is it because certain conversational topics are considered taboo here on TLR or... ?

@Esq, Oi!! I'm not fat you silly twonk, I do too much sport to get fat. I'm big as in 2nd-row rugby player big! :p
Find one of the ArconTV threads if they haven't been pruned from the archives.

I act the same here as I do in real life .
Hopefully not like Taw, though

what's everyone having a go at me for?

btw i have the world's largest collection of Arcon pictures, in my "arch"-ive. All are available for a small fee, except nekkid ones which attract a premium charge. I recommend the Silver package which while not allowing access to adult material, will at least give you various examples of nose-picking, dribble, flies and spiders crawling into open mouth, and numerous failed Lego constructions.

A limited edition set of Arcon pictures on holographic foil will soon be available - also known as "shinies."

I'm always open to ideas for new Arcon products I q fancy a range of action figures based on Arcon not doing very much at all (so incredibly lifelike in their torpidity you'd think they were real)

Edited by - Tawakalna on 5/25/2004 4:56:11 AM

I do wonder, though, what percentage of forum visitors are pretending to be someone else.

I think mainly that people with pervy reasons would be the impersonators, like Taw mentioned early on. TLR isn't a site that would be very conducive to the needs of people like that... my guess... and hope.

Secondly, ones who pretty much made a bad job of it the first time they were here so they decided to come back as someone else. Like whomever the ping repeater guy says was his prior experience.

@Esqy,

Were you just coming up with a topic or is there something else you want to get at in this thread?

Edited by - Indy11 on 5/25/2004 7:34:07 AM

@Esq: the taboo is on topics only. What I meant was that probably my worldviews are rather... different from the officially accepted, so I discuss certain things only with guys who think the same way or at least are open to wholly different opinions. But enough of that - as Wiz (?) said, everyone's wearing a mask of some sort.

An idea came to my head and is now desperately searching for brain

Rec - How am I supposed to know? I thought that you were using a euphemism. *Shakes head* It's not my fault that your statement is so abstruse, twonk!

Indy - Why do you and Taw persist in this (amateur ) psycho-analysis? Why would I have an alternative reason for asking such a thing? What else do you think that I'm asking? Really, I want to know. Obviously you and Taw think that something is going in my head that I don't know about, and I want to know what it is .

zlo - Now I'm intrigued. Can you elaborate further? Do you mean that you have "controversial" views?

why are you being so defensive about it?

..how I dearly wish I was not here..

Defensive? I'm not defensive! Get off my back!

I must admit though, that I am very curious at to exactly why you two are of the opinion that I have some sort of ulterior motive. What makes you think that?

you're a paranoid compulsive obsessive (like me)

And one day they will come up with a cure for that.

Taw - You've got me there; maybe that's why we get along so well .Hmm, maybe Indy is too...

Final - What makes you think we want to be cured?