On average, are you ruder to people on the SDMB than in real life?
For me, the answer is definitely yes, unfortunately. I love to argue, and I find that I often call people out / debate them on the SDMB in situations where, in person, I would simply politely ignore them or overlook whatever objectionable thing they said. And I often debate a lot more harshly and bluntly on the SDMB than in person.
I’m trying to improve.
About the same. Maybe a little ruder here because I don’t have to see the quivering lower lip.
not here, but I am on other forums
Nah. My internet and RL personas are surprisingly similar.
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The internet version doesn’t suffer occasional bouts of social panic, but does use ‘dude’ and ‘chick’ a lot more. So I think that’s a wash.
Only inasmuch as I’d get fired for telling people at work what I really think. Out in the real world, I’m about the same. I can be quite compassionate, but I’m not going to hold back on telling someone they’re being a fucking tardbasket if they really, really are.
I try to be polite both here and in the real world. I may be slightly ruder here, but that’s because I rarely run into complete idiots in the real world.
No, but i’m sure I come off a lot more rude than I am.
I think I’m meaner in real life.
I am perhaps a little less… filtered… than I would be IRL, but then again when my sister introduces me to someone, she says, “This is my brother. He was born without a filter.” So I dunno.
But I do know that lots of people here begin slinging nasty insults really quickly, and my guess is if they did that IRL they would already be dead and unable to continue posting.
No, I’m pretty much the same asshole in real life as I am on the interwebs. That’s why I don’t talk much, nor post as much as I do read.
Fairly close, I won’t often post something I wouldn’t be prepared to say in real life.
Bit of a softie online - don’t really have the e-warrior soul so I tend to be quite agreeable. I’m less amiable IRL.
I read threads like a magpie, so I rarely get involved with multiple posting. So if someone wants to nitpick a post or misrepresent it I generally can’t be arsed arguing the toss - it looks quite tiresome and time-consuming to go back and forth, in text, the way some people do to try and articulate their position. Kudos if you’ve got the stamina for it - if everyone posted like me there’d be no internet.
None of your fucking business.
Not really.
Agreed.
don’t ask, that’s a really nice username/post/thread combo. 
I guess I’m ruder on the SDMB, but it’s sort of like… in real life if I’m having a discussion with someone and they start spouting woo or arguing in bad faith or whatever, I’m probably not going to call them on it and say “Look, you’re arguing in bad faith and there’s no evidence for your positions” or whatever. I’ll probably just smile and walk away and not talk to them anymore.
Not really…but I am firmer. I will say things here that i just let slide IRL.
I’m “ruder” in real life. I feel pile-ons and offence taking happen a lot easier on the internet than IRL. IRL life I can say the most shocking things with a charming smile and people will be fine with it, but here* I feel I have to phrase everything very carefully in order not to be attacked. It’s not that I can’t ever take people disagreeing with me, but a whole bunch of people laying into a post of mine does not brighten my day and I feel I just don’t need that. Therefore I tend to be significantly more “vanilla” than IRL.
*here = The Dope. Which I think has fewer problems than many other boards and is the only board I bother with at all.
I’m generally more polite when I’m writing than speaking, since my brain has more time to catch up with what I’m saying. Of course a lot of time this means I cancel the post before I click submit, so I end up ignoring fools instead of arguing with them.
Nope, but I’m pretty rude in real life, when I feel it is warranted.