How Are You Most/least Like Yourself In Real Life?

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While there are undoubtable those who present a totally fake persona on social media or online forums, I believe most people for the most part are true or open about who they are even if there is some minor alteration both for obvious privacy reasons, but more importantly to put one's best foot forward. So I'm not talking about any sort of purposefully deceptive stuff, but merely due to the fact of how has the anonymity of your online interactions made it easier to either downplay your real life negatives or express your opinion or feelings in a way that would prove more difficult in real life. In other words, how is your "online you" the most or least like the "real you"?

For myself, the most similarity is my sometimes dry, dark and sarcastic sense of humor. Pretty much what one sees in my writings online is what one gets in real life interactions. The only difference being that rather than a scattershot approach to a general (and anonymous) audience, I can tailor my humor to whatever family member, friend, work colleague or even stranger I am with at the time. This of course also allows me the option to refrain all together since I've found a few people who either don't have a sense of humor or just doesn't understand or appreciate mine.

I'm actually least like my online self when it comes to openness about discussing certain topics, particularly sex. Despite participating on websites devoted to sexuality and having been involved in the Lifestyle, I'm actually almost conservative and prudish when it comes to talking about such topics with anyone, no matter how close and comfortable I feel around them, other than my wife of course. In fact since both my wife and myself have always presented the facade of the most straight-laced couple, the times we both ran into co-workers (on different occasions) at swing clubs, they were shocked we actually would go to places like that.

So how alike/unlike are you to your real self on forums and social media and has it allowed you the freedom to be more different or open in certain areas you would never be in face-to face interactions?
 

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I think I’m pretty much exactly as I present online. My humour, thoughts and opinions, sexual openness, etc.

The only difference is that I hold back on events that have a real life effect on my life. So while I’m really quite open here, I hold back on sharing negative information. I might have a different answer if I knew how I was perceived here, but I’m oblivious!
 

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I am 100% true to who I am on and off screen. The way I type is the way I talk.

My sense of humor is a bit darker than I express here, but that's cuz sometimes it's hard to find humor in text and I don't want to ever be taken literally when I'm just fucking around. There's a time and place, this isn't the place for some of my less than tasteful thoughts.

Other than that? What you read is who I am
 

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Real life and on screen personas are somewhat similar. Both somewhat conservative, both hating stupidity. both willing to assist others when needed. However onscreen I am far more forward with compliments to the ladies.
 

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I don't really get involved in the Politics Forum here but in the pub it's about 50% of the conversation.
The flip side of that is my dick pics are not on show for all the pub to see.

I come here to pass the time and have fun, it's what I try to do in real life too.
 

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I’m fairly much the same but my love of words puns and innuendos is always the same.

probably least likely to be so open in real life.
 

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It's 7 o'clock Sunday morning. I can't be 100% sure what I will be saying, doing, thinking 7 o'clock Monday morning.

I can plan, have a pretty good idea on a prediction of how I will be..... but I can't in all honesty say for sure my responses will be the same.

What makes me up as a person... values, morals, frogs, snails and puppy dog tails, a deep sense of connection have always been there, has never changed, or ever will.
 
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Alike - my sense of humour. I do hold back a little bit, because 90% of my jokes are snark/irony which doesn't often translate well to text. I often need facial expression and tone of voice to indicate 'jokeyness'. So just like real life, my humour is mostly enjoyed (endured? :D) online in private groups and messages with people who know what to expect from the wonderful world of willow.

And if all else fails, just look at my avatar - if you know Daria's sense of humour, then you'll have an idea of mine. :)

Unlike - my confidence. Online, I click ':heart:' on many photos of male members' "male members" ;) and leave delightfully smutty comments, but in real life I could NEVER be bold enough to tell a complete stranger that I find him attractive/sexy/etc. That's why I'm still a lonely old wanker, LOL.
 
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