Real Life vs Online Life

[Sprayber]

Which do you like more?

For the past year or so real life for me has limited my time online. Driving back and forth to work and spending time with my g/f and kids has left little time for surfing the net. I still get on now and then to lurk here or catch up on news. My cushy state job gives me the opportunity to surf but I find I'm just not as in to it. Maybe because of the ban on porn. But all in all my real life is much more enjoyably these days. Things are all perfect but everything is going well.

[Last Conformist]

I'm still at uni, so I don't have any real life offline either.

[Kontiki]

Real life, of course. What I don't get are those people who act differently here than in real life. But maybe those are the folks who derive some sort of fulfillment out of online life.

[Provost Harrison]

Oh I am pretty consistent, I just enjoy talking to people, whether online or offline...

[OzzyKP]

Real life? What's that?

[Pekka]

I don't put those two against each other. In real life I post on this board and I'm the same guy, insane and sexy.

[Sava]

my "real" life encompasses things I do online

I don't draw a distinction between the two because I am not a different person online than in real life.

Although, I'm probably perceived differently by some people here than I actually am in real life. I'm sure my sense of humor, my references, and maybe some of the other things I say get misinterpretted, misunderstood, and sometimes taken seriously when they really shouldn't.

A lot of the things I say here probably would be perceived differently if you were in my presence IRL and heard/saw me saying them. A lot is lost in the form of communication... the method of delivery, the tone of voice, visual cues, non-verbal communcation, etc.

With a sizeable group of people, I'd say that I like communicating via the interwebs. It allows everyone to post their thoughts in a somewhat orderly fashion. Everyone is pretty much on equal footing... meaning, there aren't loud people, or more outgoing, social people that will "drown out" the thoughts and opinions of others. So I get to hear everyone's point of view.

But if I'm going to be around people I like, I'd rather be with them in person, so I can talk with them, hang out, and actually do something.

/me votes banana (but leans towards real life)

[Provost Harrison]

Save, you're awesome

[SlowwHand]

Real life?

[Sava]

yes






and you too, Provost, are awesome

[Sava]

and the xposting Sloww is also awesome

[Arrian]

my "real" life encompasses things I do online

I don't draw a distinction between the two because I am not a different person online than in real life.

QFT.

-Arrian

[Spiffor]

Real Life. I think of myself as a loser whenever I spend too much time online.

[chequita guevara]

My real life is wonderful. I had an opportunity to break away and leave Poly forever. Wilma cured me of my addiction to a great many things (hurricanes help one put their priorities in order) but I'd miss you guys. Guys the fact that the OT was so ****ing boring during late Nov to early Jan didn't make it any easier to come back.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Last Conformist
I'm still at uni, so I don't have any real life offline either.

That's weird -- most other students would say they had the time of their life during their college years making friends, partying, ****ing, drinking . . . . . . .