# Do you reveals secrets about yourself on the Dope that you don't to anybody else? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 19, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-reveals-secrets-about-yourself-on-the-dope-that-you-dont-to-anybody-else/525604 "2010-01-19T20:15:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-reveals-secrets-about-yourself-on-the-dope-that-you-dont-to-anybody-else/525604/1 "2010-01-19T20:15:33Z")
Title pretty much says it all (grammatically mangled a bit I’ll admit, but size constraints are at play). In my case, while I’m not an inveterate confessor here of all my sins and virtues and adventures and whatnot, I have told a few things here that nobody else in my life knows. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-reveals-secrets-about-yourself-on-the-dope-that-you-dont-to-anybody-else/525604/2 "2010-01-19T20:31:13Z")
There are a few events I’ve posted here that I haven’t told anyone in real life. Not out of any desire to keep them secret, just that they’ve never been relevent to any conversation I’ve had. My user name here is well known to my friends and coworkers, so my secrets will remain just that. Secret. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-reveals-secrets-about-yourself-on-the-dope-that-you-dont-to-anybody-else/525604/3 "2010-01-19T20:48:16Z")
I’ve told the dalmation story to very few poeple in meatspace. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-reveals-secrets-about-yourself-on-the-dope-that-you-dont-to-anybody-else/525604/4 "2010-01-19T21:49:20Z")
Sometimes I say things that I wouldn’t say to anyone who knows me face-to-face. And, like **Projammer** said, some things just don’t come up IRL. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-reveals-secrets-about-yourself-on-the-dope-that-you-dont-to-anybody-else/525604/5 "2010-01-19T22:03:17Z")
I’ve revealed a few things here that I haven’t in the real world. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-reveals-secrets-about-yourself-on-the-dope-that-you-dont-to-anybody-else/525604/6 "2010-01-19T23:10:07Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-reveals-secrets-about-yourself-on-the-dope-that-you-dont-to-anybody-else/525604/7 "2010-01-19T23:14:37Z")
I love the “Family Circus” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-reveals-secrets-about-yourself-on-the-dope-that-you-dont-to-anybody-else/525604/8 "2010-01-19T23:19:41Z")
Not so much any more, but when I was caregiving and virtually housebound, I often came here to express things that would have made those around me uncomfortable. Those were difficult years for me, I received a lot of accolades for what I achieved but I always knew y’all deserved some of the credit. Truly, y’all carried me through some of the most difficult times. I haven’t forgotten. I won’t ever forget. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-reveals-secrets-about-yourself-on-the-dope-that-you-dont-to-anybody-else/525604/9 "2010-01-19T23:23:29Z")
Yes, because I figure nobody on the Dope is ever going to know who I am. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-reveals-secrets-about-yourself-on-the-dope-that-you-dont-to-anybody-else/525604/10 "2010-01-19T23:26:10Z")
Nope. I’m the exact same on the board as I am off. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-reveals-secrets-about-yourself-on-the-dope-that-you-dont-to-anybody-else/525604/11 "2010-01-19T23:53:10Z")
No. That said, there are things many people know in person but never will here. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-reveals-secrets-about-yourself-on-the-dope-that-you-dont-to-anybody-else/525604/12 "2010-01-19T23:54:41Z")
I think I’ve told my spouse everything I’ve said on here. Perhaps not in those words, however. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-reveals-secrets-about-yourself-on-the-dope-that-you-dont-to-anybody-else/525604/13 "2010-01-20T00:39:11Z")
Not only do I not do that, I purposely post erroneous details on occasion to mask my true identity. In fact, I’m doing it now… ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-reveals-secrets-about-yourself-on-the-dope-that-you-dont-to-anybody-else/525604/14 "2010-01-20T01:55:55Z")
Oh, all the time. You guys are the only ones who know about me [REDACTED] that [REDACTED] in High School. And that [REDACTED] incident with [REDACTED] chicken in the [REDACTED] with the [REDACTED]/shark hybrid. Also when [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Dick Cheney [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED]-hole. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-reveals-secrets-about-yourself-on-the-dope-that-you-dont-to-anybody-else/525604/15 "2010-01-20T01:56:46Z")
Nope. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-reveals-secrets-about-yourself-on-the-dope-that-you-dont-to-anybody-else/525604/16 "2010-01-20T02:15:01Z")
Hell, no. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-reveals-secrets-about-yourself-on-the-dope-that-you-dont-to-anybody-else/525604/17 "2010-01-20T04:39:29Z")
Nope, nothing I wouldn’t tell my friends. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-reveals-secrets-about-yourself-on-the-dope-that-you-dont-to-anybody-else/525604/18 "2010-01-20T05:07:43Z")
I’ve said some things that I probably wouldn’t say in public, but that doesn’t necessarily mean I wouldn’t say them off the internet at all. And everything I’ve said about myself I’ve probably told my boyfriend. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-reveals-secrets-about-yourself-on-the-dope-that-you-dont-to-anybody-else/525604/19 "2010-01-20T05:36:29Z")
I do, but it’s all in hidden code. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-reveals-secrets-about-yourself-on-the-dope-that-you-dont-to-anybody-else/525604/20 "2010-01-20T06:00:19Z")
I don’t think I have, but I have told you things that, IRL, I’d have to know you pretty well first. The level of anonymity does give a bit of freedom. I’m less worried about you liking me, because there’s really no way for you to know who I am beyond what I post. What you like or dislike is just what I post. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-reveals-secrets-about-yourself-on-the-dope-that-you-dont-to-anybody-else/525604.md?page=2)