REAL people

**James Deuce** · 21st June 2007, 10:40

Originally Posted by limbimtimwim

http://www.danah.org/papers/

But a short article that may provide some insight (Same author):

http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/arc...ral_profi.html

The article is about how young people are more willing to discard personalities and start over. Their online self being someone that they care not to maintain, and if it becomes too tarnished, forget the password or are just 'over it', they can move on.

In real life, it's quite a lot harder to change.

Some of the old crusties (

) here have been doing the same thing for years. Wife, kids, house, job. Perhaps you have forgotten what it is like to change your life every few years , school, uni, moving out of home, first job, motorbike

.

Ie. The young in' who appear different from their online persona IRL is in fact a different person from who they were just a few months ago. But perhaps the personality of the screen name remains largely static as time goes on, fixed somewhat on who that person was when they first started using the (Or a) site.

That is VERY DEFINITELY the narrow view of someone at the bottom of the mountain looking up.

Stuff that happens to you during the "doing the same thing" period provokes deeper and more profound personality changes than anything that happens in the vacuous, personality-as-deep-as-a-raindrop period. The apparent stability of a deep and meaningful relationship and a stable base of operations can free up a great deal of bandwidth for you to work on your own humanity.

**inlinefour** · 21st June 2007, 10:52

Originally Posted by Joni

Or just the wierd saffa in me coming out

The penny has dropped, you Africiarn(sp)?

**Ocean1** · 21st June 2007, 10:53

Originally Posted by Jim2

The apparent stability of a deep and meaningful relationship and a stable base of operations can free up a great deal of bandwidth for you to work on your own humanity.

Well that's me well and truly fucked then.

Knew I took a wrong turn there somewhere...

**Joni** · 21st June 2007, 10:54

Originally Posted by inlinefour

you Africiarn(sp)?

If I knew what that was maybe I could answer your question

spelling is so bad I really dont know what you mean

**Deviant Esq** · 21st June 2007, 11:11

Originally Posted by Joni

If I knew what that was maybe I could answer your question

I think he's trying to ask if you're Afrikaans (a language), but what he really means is are you black. IL4: Nope, she's not. Still a Saffa, mind - blunt as a cinder block

- but we luvs ya anyway Joni!

**Disco Dan** · 21st June 2007, 11:15

Originally Posted by Joni

I find the younger people on KB all about shock value... lets see what we can say to get the biggest responce out of people... strange I was never like that when I was younger, my mother would have slapped me silly...

Yeah thats pretty strange....

...so Joni, hows your sex life?

**Joni** · 21st June 2007, 11:23

Originally Posted by Disco Dan

...so Joni, hows your sex life?

Cant do much at the mo... got a tummy bug! Dont feel too sexy when you vomiting your lungs out

Glad to see Im helping keep this thread on track.

**inlinefour** · 21st June 2007, 11:29

Originally Posted by Joni

If I knew what that was maybe I could answer your question

spelling is so bad I really dont know what you mean

Yea I had the same problem too, yea I know your SA and white as you almost belted the shyte outta me one day in the past...

**Crisis management** · 21st June 2007, 11:30

Originally Posted by Ocean1

Well that's me well and truly fucked then.

Knew I took a wrong turn there somewhere...

I'm with you, I have absolutely no idea what Jim's on about here!

Hmmmm, maybe it's more about what Jim is on?

**vifferman** · 21st June 2007, 12:25

Originally Posted by scumdog

Any comments one way or the other - truthfully??

Yeah, I'm actually taller and uglier in real life than on here.

And even more boring and forgettable.

**Ocean1** · 21st June 2007, 12:47

Originally Posted by vifferman

Yeah, I'm actually taller and uglier in real life than on here.

And even more boring and forgettable.

Fer chrisake make up yer mind.

Either you're old, interstingly creased by a mis-spent youth and don't give a flying feck what anyone thinks about that, or you're still busy squandering a wayward childhood and ain't worth noticing.

Ya can't have yer cake an' eat it too.

Pm me if in fact you found a way...

**vifferman** · 21st June 2007, 12:59

Originally Posted by Ocean1

Fer chrisake make up yer mind.

Well, that's easily said, but incredibly hard to do.

Originally Posted by Ocean1

Either you're old, interstingly creased by a mis-spent youth and don't give a flying feck what anyone thinks about that, or you're still busy squandering a wayward childhood and ain't worth noticing.

Option C.

Originally Posted by Ocean1

Ya can't have yer cake an' eat it too.

Cake... ? Where's the cake? I like cake!

Does it have icing?

**Ocean1** · 21st June 2007, 15:53

Originally Posted by vifferman

Well, that's easily said, but incredibly hard to do.

Correct, I've been deferring enterprises of such momentous import until I grow up.

Originally Posted by vifferman

Option C.

Which I was sorta hoping involved a sort of perpetual adolescence but without all the blood. Leme know if you’ve got that down huh?

Originally Posted by vifferman

Cake... ? Where's the cake? I like cake!

Does it have icing?

Well if in fact ya did have that option you'd know that option C in fact consists of truckloads of black forest gateau. With real cream. And cherries the size of cricket balls. And shaved dark chocolate, and, and…

Whilst enjoying all the benefits of the physique of one of the better known Greek Gods.