Internet Lies

[€uroMeinke]

Read this in the magazine when it cam out and found it fascinating. That someone making up an online life would somehow not think that the person on the other end might be doing the same thing truly boggled my mind.

It does make me wonder more about the social implications of people leading multiple lives, their real life as well as a virtual life in chat rooms, worlds of warcraft, second life, etc. - ultimately they all do have some existence and impact in real life. I guess it just underscores the fact that reality (at least in how it impacts someone) tends to exist more in one's perceptions than actual facts.

[RStar]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Read this in the magazine when it cam out and found it fascinating. That someone making up an online life would somehow not think that the person on the other end might be doing the same thing truly boggled my mind.

It does make me wonder more about the social implications of people leading multiple lives, their real life as well as a virtual life in chat rooms, worlds of warcraft, second life, etc. - ultimately they all do have some existence and impact in real life. I guess it just underscores the fact that reality (at least in how it impacts someone) tends to exist more in one's perceptions than actual facts.

For what it's worth, I'm the same in the chat rooms as I am in real life. WYSIWYG!

[3894]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

It does make me wonder more about the social implications of people leading multiple lives, their real life as well as a virtual life in chat rooms, worlds of warcraft, second life, etc. - ultimately they all do have some existence and impact in real life. I guess it just underscores the fact that reality (at least in how it impacts someone) tends to exist more in one's perceptions than actual facts.

I agree and btw, well put, EuroMeinke. With LoT, there's a lot more social control than most boards because many of you (most of you?) meet up IRL.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by 3894

I agree and btw, well put, EuroMeinke. With LoT, there's a lot more social control than most boards because many of you (most of you?) meet up IRL.

And we stalk those who don't want to meet us. *coughleocough*'scuse me! Must have had something caught in my throat.

[3894]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

And we stalk those who don't want to meet us. *coughleocough*'scuse me! Must have had something caught in my throat.

Sensen?

Ah, the last time I hosted a Wisconsin Swanking. Beers + Brats + skijoring = well, you remember this lady wasn't too pleased with us.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

I guess it just underscores the fact that reality (at least in how it impacts someone) tends to exist more in one's perceptions than actual facts.

It's fascinating to think how much of our "us" exists only in the minds of ourselves and other. We actually define ourselves quite heavily in relation to others, and we in turn base our expectations of them by what we ourselves expect we would do in that situation.

I try to keep a consistant "me" in my life, but not everybody is safe to do that. The upright citizen with a fetish, the housewife with a crush, among others, find it necessary to split off part of themselves. Jung tells us about the Shadow, and the Shadow must be fed or it will find a way to make itself known and you get these preachers who are hiring hookers and using dope and swindling money from the church. Anything people think will be unacceptable to their peers, they split off and either feed it in secret or hide it altogether.

On the other hand, sometimes it's surprising what people will accept. I test the limits quite a lot sometimes.