Internet Lieing

[acturisme]

You realize that most people don't post to forums in their native accent.

 

[Reptiloid]

I'm 23, Norwegian and... non-athletic. Never claimed otherwise, either in real life nor on the internet.

Is this a "thing"? As in, is it a trend to lie about being American when you're not? If so, I wasn't even aware. Lying about being athletic and young, now that I understand, but nationality? I don't get it...

 

[Adecristo]

I haven't met any people who would claim they're american while actually being.. well, not american - even in the internet.
I'm pretty slim (but definietely not athletic), young (17) polish guy (I love Poland) and I really don't see any reason behind lying in these terms.

Also, I've got a feeling, that there's a mist of anti-"someone considered cool in certain social groups"-ism hovering around.
I understand America is pretty powerful country nowadays, but being american is a very different thing.

Every thread will begin with, or eventually devolve into, anti-American (or pro-Europe/anti-American) BS.

Now that sounds pretty anti-european.

 

[wordsmith]

To flip this on it's head: Why should we tell the truth? The internet is a chance to create a persona totally from scratch. In the real world, much of your "identity" is given to you by your parents. Your hair colour? Parents. Your accent? Where your parents decided to bring you up. Your height, your skin colour, your name... The list goes on. Your parents created your identity. You have the opportunity to re-create yourself from scratch, a new name, a new attitude, a new you. Isn't it rather... boring to limit yourself to what is "real"?

 

[Super Toast]

the reasons behind people lieing to other people are pretty obvious (so lets not bother with that)

the big question is, why are our the lies the same? what's so favourable with being young, american and athletic?

i mean where are the smooth talking british people, or the rough irish, or the down to earth aussies. mainly, where are all the things i havn't thought of?

i dont mean to offend anyone but i dont see the appeal of america. oprah is currently in my country and i feel the boost in tourism is going to lower our national IQ.

am i missing something? where is all the creativity when it comes to lieing to people?

Wow. Didn't you notice the spell-checker screaming in agony just now? I know I did. Use the correct spelling then complain about people's IQ.

Protip: It's spelled like this; Lying.

 

[Byere]

OT: More people seem to lie about being female. And 18. And skinny. And white. And having big boobs. And being single. And not being a virgin. And horny. And desperate enough to find a guy on the internet and cyber with him.

Note to the internet: THERE IS NOBODY IN EXISTENCE LIKE THAT.

Actually, I feel the need to disagree with you as I know someone who is most of those things (White, single, skinny, big boobs, constantly horny, desperate enough to cyber)... They do exist, but are very difficult to find on the internet.

OT: I'm British and am mostly smooth talking (not quite as good as what you'd see in the movies, I tend to be a bit nervous when talking to people face-to-face... but I can still be smooth when I want to be)

 

[Byere]

Protip: It's spelt like this; Lying.

Protip: It's spelled "spelled". Spelt is a type of wheatgerm.

Learn to spell before correcting others

 

[scrambledeggs]

Protip: It's spelt like this; Lying.

Protip: It's spelled "spelled". Spelt is a type of wheatgerm.

Learn to spell before correcting others

Actually spelt, like spelled, is another correct past participle form of the infinitive "to spell". It also happens to be a wheatgerm.

Just sayin.

 

[Irridium]

I'm a white, 19-year old skinny american. I haven't said otherwise, unless I was joking. When I'm joking I'll say damn near anything.

Anyway, I never truly believe anything I hear or see on the internet. I have my reasons. While some may be telling the truth, there isn't much of a way to trust they're telling the truth. As for me, believe what you want. What I say is true, believe it or don't. I don't mind. So long as we can still get along and laugh I just don't care who/what you are.

Unless your that guy who's in charge of cancelling things on FOX. In which case I hate you.

 

[Anarchemitis]

Regardless if people are lying or not on the internet, it's uncommon for people to care due to the shallow nature commonly evoked on larger website forum communities or public access chats.
Trust is a passive thing if you're inclined to it. For example, I have several friends that I've talked a lot on chats with, and they trust my existence fairly well, even though none of them know exactly what I look like, since I have never posted a picture of myself on the internet.
(Trust between these said individuals was empirically reinforced by the fact that I've sent them presents over the mail, though)

 

[Gildan Bladeborn]

I would say that I am both young and American (not athletic - skinny yes, but not athletic), except by the standards of this forum I am practically a geezer flailing my cane about impotently and screaming at those darned kids who won't stay off my lawn, but still - I've got no reason to lie about those things because they are true. The better question is what is the appeal to foreigners in pretending to be an American online exactly? That... doesn't really make any sense to me.

 

[BENZOOKA]

For an unrelated fact I've been mistaken for an Englishman on couple occasions on the Internet.

I don't lie and I had a hard time making the point of OP's post, especially with the awful generalizations.

Oh, wait. Not another anti-American thread, please.

 

[Outright Villainy]

Ah, confusing threads, gotta love 'em.

To the Op, the effect doesn't really carry over text, but imagine I'm staring at you blankly, cocking my head sideways, then slowly backing away.

 

[Suicideking]

The internet was made for lying. On the internet no one knows you're a dog. I consider this my personal fantasy space. I can be whatever I want to be. Today I am a 3 foot 5 gnome, tomorrow a 7 foot tall blue cat person. Yesterday I was a young athletic American male, and the day before an old all-knowing demigod.

None of those things I actually am. In all honestly I am what I first claimed to be on the internet, way back in the Yahoo! chat days. I am 4 foot 7 inch tall gray being from the planet Kruton in the Dalas solar system.

 

[KefkaCultist]

to avoid the anti-american thread I'm gonna talk about what I thought this thread was gonna be about...

I actually lie more in real life than over the internet because I really don't care what people think of me on here being that we all share pretty much same interests. I'm known to over exaggerate to make my non-eventful life sound more exciting but thats really as far as I go with lying

 

[Zykon TheLich]

...uhhh...what on earth is this thread about? Lying? Nationality? Oprah? I'm very confused.

 

[Hauntghost20]

Err........ I dun get dis thread.

The only thing that I lie about online is I say that I am [strike/]an 18 year old Filipino girl[/S] much older than I really am.

In terms of America? I think it's perfectly nice. I have been to many other countries and they all have their faults.

P.S. Why exactly would Opera's current location make you lie to say you lived there?

LOL i'm living in aussie world and Opera's Here YAY but me not care :}

 

[Byere]

Protip: It's spelt like this; Lying.

Protip: It's spelled "spelled". Spelt is a type of wheatgerm.

Learn to spell before correcting others

Actually spelt, like spelled, is another correct past participle form of the infinitive "to spell". It also happens to be a wheatgerm.

Just sayin.

Huh... seems I stand corrected. My mistake, good sir.

 

[Irony's Acolyte]

Being an actual young, out of shape American, I don't really have the need to lie about who I am. And I haven't really noticed anybody on here lying and telling us that they're an American. I mean the Canadians generally seem to revel in their Canadianness and the Brits don't mind dropping the fact that they're from the U.K.

Now I might leave out important information about myself at times, but that ain't lying. Its just not telling the whole truth.