Do you lie about yourself online?
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As I was telling Batman the other day whilst high-fiving my alien-robot-monkey-butler, I never lie online. He thought I was lying so I got into a fight with him and the rest of the Justice League. In the end, they decided I was too cool, smart, funny and handsome for them to be able to defeat me. True story...
I probably lie less online than I do IRL 
I'm very antisocial, so when around new people I have to be all friendly, which is not me. On the internet, I can be my people-hating self without fear. Ok, ok. Not a people hater exactly, but I dont like big groups of people or meeting new people.
I'm very antisocial, so when around new people I have to be all friendly, which is not me. On the internet, I can be my people-hating self without fear. Ok, ok. Not a people hater exactly, but I dont like big groups of people or meeting new people.
When I was really young and playing MMOs (EverQuest) I lied about my age a lot. I told them I was in college when I was really in middle school. I did it initially because I was a decent player and didn't want to be typecast as a "little kid". Of course problems arose when I developed real friendships with people based on lies I'd told.
I'm glad to be a grown up and able to tell the truth about myself now
I'm glad to be a grown up and able to tell the truth about myself now
No I don't since I don't like making lies about myself (I'm somewhat honest to a certain degrees). Sure there no way they can find out most of the time but I feel they do see through it.
I will in a joking manner, but if the topic being discussed is conducted in a serious tone, no, I don't usually lie about myself.
It's possible I may have done. I tended to lie about my age (I used to find that people listened to you less if you were under eighteen), and things developed from there. I guess I used to be more afraid of letting my identity out online.
Generally no, since I don't see the point. Sure people cannot validate what you say and have to take you at your word and so you can be anything, but that axe swings both ways. I can claim to be a neurosurgeon to "win" a debate, but what is the point? No one can validate it.
If someone asks specifics about my life and I am comfortable giving them, I usually will. Since people are generally spread out and posting from all over the place, I don't worry about anything coming back to me.
I've also given out my address to wannabe Internet tough guys in the past, secure in the knowledge that no one was actually going to actually go to where I lived. The second that I did, they made their excuses to not do anything about it and that was that.
If someone asks specifics about my life and I am comfortable giving them, I usually will. Since people are generally spread out and posting from all over the place, I don't worry about anything coming back to me.
I've also given out my address to wannabe Internet tough guys in the past, secure in the knowledge that no one was actually going to actually go to where I lived. The second that I did, they made their excuses to not do anything about it and that was that.
Sometimes I pretend to be a guy.
Because people online can be such asses to anyone that announces they're a girl.
Because people online can be such asses to anyone that announces they're a girl.
As I've grown older and more secure about what I am I've done it less and less during that transition into being an adult. I am still in contact with somebody I met online when I was about 12 or 13 and I eventually had to go back and talk about everything i'd said just for my own peace of mind to explain why I was insecure enough to be dishonest about this or that fact, since young boys have a special kind of stupid sometimes.
I lied about having my first girlfriend because I was afraid of being 'late to the party' so to speak, and hated so many things about myself that at the time I felt like i'd never have a relationship despite only just reaching the point where hormones were coming in to the equation. I lied about my weight at the time during puberty when I was heaviest, I lied about my age to people to be accepted, I lied about all sorts of things and none of them make me proud (as you can see, most of them are typical teenager nonsense worries about girls, appearance and achievements and proficiency at this or that subject or part of my life).
It's one of those things you look back on and face palm a little, internet being what it is it doesn't tend to hurt anybody when you move between communities every so often and the ones you do stick with don't remember most of it and are sympathetic because they watched you progress over time.
I probably still unconsciously stretch the truth about things which make me insecure. There's also that same compulsive urge to want to seem more intelligent than I am, that everybody has.
I lied about having my first girlfriend because I was afraid of being 'late to the party' so to speak, and hated so many things about myself that at the time I felt like i'd never have a relationship despite only just reaching the point where hormones were coming in to the equation. I lied about my weight at the time during puberty when I was heaviest, I lied about my age to people to be accepted, I lied about all sorts of things and none of them make me proud (as you can see, most of them are typical teenager nonsense worries about girls, appearance and achievements and proficiency at this or that subject or part of my life).
It's one of those things you look back on and face palm a little, internet being what it is it doesn't tend to hurt anybody when you move between communities every so often and the ones you do stick with don't remember most of it and are sympathetic because they watched you progress over time.
I probably still unconsciously stretch the truth about things which make me insecure. There's also that same compulsive urge to want to seem more intelligent than I am, that everybody has.
I don't lie, whether on the internet or in real life. There's no reason to. I'm not trying to impress anybody, nor do I need to. Not to mention, when I previously lied, it hurt far too many people far too harshly than I would ever intend.
I'm sincere about everything I say. And while that can not be validated on the internet, I suppose my word is all I can offer.
I'm sincere about everything I say. And while that can not be validated on the internet, I suppose my word is all I can offer.
