Online vs. Reality

[figmo]

You can tell so little about a person from their online persona. There are folks who "duke it out" online but meet in person and discover they really like each other. Other folks "click" online but find they can't stand each other when they meet in person.

After over 20 years of being online I know enough to wait until I get the "full picture" before "pronouncing judgement" on them. As a result, I find it somewhere between frustrating and annoying when someone "pronounces judgement" on me without a full dataset or old in-person data.

Comments

[delennara.livejournal.com]

You are right. But the online personality is , as different as it may be, part of the personality, too. And even though it is not possible to make final judgement about only the online part, I'd rather never make a final judgement at all. Because people never show every aspect of themselves, adn they have the option to change. But anyway, with every person I talk a bit more, dont matter with which mean of communication there is a picture forming. That can be completed as I get new information. Like my picture of you was a bit more completed with hearing you singing "grandmas training bra" on th CD...you mentioned that you have a good voice, but to hear it is someting else...I really like it, and the song,too!

[figmo.livejournal.com]

Wow you're sweet! I never remembered saying I had a good voice; I'm just on key. :-)

I was told you don't have training bras in Europe. If so, how does the humor play (or does it)?

[delennara.livejournal.com]

I think you mentioned it once in a post about what you like about yourself, but I am not sure anymore.
Adn no, I have only a very vague grasp what a training bra might be. And the humor doesnt work really for me. But it is like this with most english songs for me, I am accustomed to that. So I lean back and enjoy just the music. But if you have the lyrics somewhere online? *big dark puppy eyes* ;-)

[freyjaw.livejournal.com]

I understand. It was done to me just scant months ago. And I do mean scant, as in after early July.

I try hard not to judge at all online. It's risky and often too inaccurate. Callahan's seems to be a bit more accurate, but then again, we have more opportunities to meet each other IRL. More data!

I'm off to collect more data and have a blast at Darkover this weekend!

[figmo.livejournal.com]

Enjoy Darkover! I wish I could afford to do one of the wonderful cons going on this weekend, but alas, I have to work (radio calleth).