Internet Lieing

[ThreeWords]

I am a smooth talking Englishman, and I've never made any claim to be otherwise! As for young and athletic, I am young but I'd go more for lazy than sporty.

Further, I must disagree with your assumptions. Sure, loads of people are American, but I see the English posting here more than enough.
I don't even know where you got the idea about us all thinking were athletic; if you look at the recent thread regarding people opinions of their own bodies, more than half were complaining that they hated their reflections for being fat.
And as for young; what do you expect? This is the internet, and natural the domain of the younger generations, having both more knowledge and more free time.

 

[MassiveGeek]

I personally feel uncomfortable lying.

So I don't.

And I can understand why others do it, but I don't.

 

[Geekosaurus]

i mean where are the smooth talking british people, or the rough irish, or the down to earth aussies.

You don't think that's a little stereotypical?

 

[[.redacted]]

I'm young, far too pale, and English. I'm not particularly athletic, though I play badminton to a high standard.

I'd like to consider myself smooth-talking, but that is subjective, and often wasted on people when pulled off.

I am a guitarist, and an arrogant, overzealous one at that - but I have problems performing onstage (not that it stops me).

I'm a gamer (or was untill about 6 weeks ago, I can't seem to find a reason to play any more), and am/was quite embarrassed about it, mostly concealing it from the outside world.

I'm a social chameleon, being all things to all people, ranging from the 'WoW nerds' to the the 'guys that get hammered every friday', but silently judging everyone.

I recently got into anime, and none of my friends know. Nor shall they find out.

I don't value people particularly highly, and often replace people who I grow tired of.

I have strong views as to how the world should be run, and where my will and supervision would improve humanity - but I suppose it's equally likely that's one of the side effects of teenage angst.

I continue to believe, despite my rational mind, that if I wish hard enough, I will wake up one day in a completely different world, in which I possess power of some kind or another.

I'd like to believe that I'm intelligent, and people keep telling me I'm for Oxbridge, so I'd also like to believe that I'm not disillusioned about it.

All in all, I'm not a very traditionally nice person at heart, I've kept a number of my more extreme political (could you call them political, I wonder) views to myself, nor am free from angst and stupidity.



The point I make is this: I actually portray myself very differently to the people I know in real life than this, subconsciously mimicking their mannerisms and though patterns: even if I don't like them - they end up liking me.

My representation of myself is far more dishonest in reality than on the internet.

 

[supermariner]

I dont think many people DO lie about being American
I'm british and it barely matters to anyone if i am or aren't
I don't really understand what angle you're coming from
Who on the escapist actually pretends their anything their not (other than ridiculous things like being a space pirate)

 

[Bloodstain]

Lying.
Lying.
For god's sake, it's lying.

Well, I've never seen anyone claiming to be American when they aren't. And I've been on the interwebz for the greater part of my life.
German nerd reporting in.