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packbat ([personal profile] packbat) wrote2009-03-18 03:47 pm

Writer's Block: Divided Self

Do you behave differently online than you do in real life?

Submitted By [livejournal.com profile] tinysaur

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A bit - I am sometimes short-tempered and often inarticulate in the meatspace, where real-time factors weigh much more heavily. To employ a bit of catachresis, in the parts of online that I inhabit, I am free to compose myself and my replies.

[identity profile] padparadscha.livejournal.com 2009-03-18 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Very good point. It's a lot easier for me to make sure all the words come out right online. I like it better a lot of the time for just that reason.

[identity profile] packbat.livejournal.com 2009-03-18 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed (http://xkcd.com/333/)!