# How articulate are you IRL? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 20, 2002, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-articulate-are-you-irl/137718 "2002-11-20T10:43:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-articulate-are-you-irl/137718/41 "2002-11-22T04:16:51Z")
You know what’s real sad? When I try to be articulate/debateful in real life. I can never remember the EXACT facts, or my EARTH SHATTERING revelation, or whatnot; however, in email, I feel as though I’m brillant. This could be also because I don’t have a “live” person in front of me, whose facial expressions would automatically inform me of the idiocy that I had just drivelled. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-articulate-are-you-irl/137718/42 "2002-11-22T04:29:16Z")
I’m usually sober when not on the boards. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-articulate-are-you-irl/137718/43 "2002-11-22T04:31:59Z")
What’s the opposite of articulate? That’s what I am. When you combine an absolutely terrible memory with a crippling fear of social situations, articulate isn’t the result. ---
**Author:** ![Turbo\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Turbo\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turbo_Dog)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-articulate-are-you-irl/137718/44 "2002-11-22T04:58:32Z")
IRL, I tend to be as articulate as those that I am speaking to. It doesn’t take a lot of time to figure out who is and isn’t an idiot and to match your words to what they can understand without them thinking that you are a “Cliff Claven”. In here and other areas of the net, I hang towards a middle ground or slightly below what I feel is the average intelligence factor. I’ve met more than a couple of people from the net that came across as a person that can carry on a very intelligent conversation that IRL, had the IQ of a cabbage and anything beyond music lyrics glazed their eyes. As I’ve said many times, with access to google, anyone can be a genius. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-articulate-are-you-irl/137718/45 "2002-11-22T15:28:44Z")
Quite. ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-articulate-are-you-irl/137718/46 "2002-11-22T15:37:38Z")
I’m much more artculate IRL. I have a very hard time expressing myself with the written word. ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-articulate-are-you-irl/137718/47 "2002-11-22T17:22:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TwistofFate \* > \*\*not when I’m pished. \*\* Not often then… 😉 I’s not articulate at da best of times. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-articulate-are-you-irl/137718/48 "2002-11-22T17:39:26Z")
When I talk, even nuns feel conceit. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-articulate-are-you-irl/137718/49 "2002-11-22T18:23:39Z")
me is are-tick-you-late? I am hardly articulate here, but IRL, when I am imagining a pending conversation, I can think up a hundred points that will shatter my opponent, my imagined self can deliver them with ease and pinache. However, when I get to the actual conversation, I stumble over words, I forget things, I turn into a bit of a moron. written word is my friend, we are not very close, but still friends ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-articulate-are-you-irl/137718/50 "2002-11-22T18:55:55Z")
Sarcasm dished up hot and ready to go IRL. Other than that, I’m just a walking brainfart. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-articulate-are-you-irl/137718.md?page=2)