# How different are you IRL?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-different-are-you-irl/15396>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 30, 2000, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-different-are-you-irl/15396 "2000-03-30T19:06:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-different-are-you-irl/15396/61 "2000-03-31T23:23:00Z")

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I’m smarter on the internet that in real life, because on the internet, before I say something, I try to look it up if time permits. Otherwise I’m pretty much the same.

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**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-different-are-you-irl/15396/62 "2000-03-31T23:54:00Z")

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I have essentially two public personae: One is very shy, insecure and silent, the other is extroverted, boisterous and noisy. The second only comes out around people I like. My personality here on the board is more like the second, because I really do like you guys (sniff).

I’m much more likely to brag about my accomplishments and show how blazingly intelligent I am here than IRL. However, I do keep my smoldering sexuality well hidden here on the board. I would IRL, too, but it just won’t stay hidden.

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From the Asleep at the Wheel CD, _Bob Wills Rides Again_:  
“It must be hard to lose your wife.”  
“Sometimes it’s damn near impossible!”

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**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-different-are-you-irl/15396/63 "2000-04-01T08:42:00Z")

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\<\<\<\<\<\<\<Think of this place as a \*\* large room that you enter \*\*, and everyone is off in \* little circles talking \*. In RL you’d not just barge in and start talking, you’d hang out and listen, then comment when something appropriate to your area of knowledge comes up, right??\>\>\>\>\>\>\>

Let’s see if we can try this again. This was to OgreFade who said he didn’t fit in anywhere. I was telling \* him \* that he didn’t have to be the center of attention, and that if he \*\* compared the message board to how he would behave in real life \*\* he’d relax and have more fun here.

- That \* better?? 😛

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