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  How Does Your Internet Persona Differ From....

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  how does your internet persona differ from your face-to-face personality?

  do you interact with people differently on the internet than you would face to face?

  yes...i know.....the second and third questions are a re-phrasing of the first...that's in case someone doesn't "get the drift" of the first question.... frannie b

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  Frannie Banannie

  Online, though, some topics come up that don't normally through regular chatting with someone.

  WOW, Freedom, do they EVER!

  Who am I?" , "What am I doing here?", "What's the meaning of this?", "Am I boring everyone?", "Why me?", "God, what do I say to that?", "OMG...",

  Although I will say that on-line I can smile and clap and cry and yell and get pissed off and slam the keyboard and then think long enough to actually reply (sometimes) without feeling overwhelmed (and nobody knows but me). So, it's safer... yeah, i guess my persona online does differ... I know why but I couldn't begin to tell you how .

  GEESH, Gambit! You go thru that TOO? Sometimes I can't reply to posts because I don't know wtf to say....

  I am the exact representation of my very being while online

  An' that's the way you come across, Rocketman... :)

  I am pretty shy and quiet in real life when I am around people I don't know or I am in a big group. (You all in the back row--stop laughing! It's true!!) I am also much more of an observer in real life. I love people watching, and just taking it all in. Since there isn't a whole lot to observe online, I tend to spew more random garbage. You know, anything for a laugh mentality.

  You, TOO, Joannadandy? But you're better at it than I am, chica...

  Frannie B

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  Were you ever comfortable with the term "your spiritual heritage"?

  by micheal in

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  i never really liked this term even when i was heavily in the org.

  the brothers tried to get everyone to feel really proud of their "spiritual heritage" like you were looking back at your own family heritage.

  i don't know but i never felt that closeness to my "heritage" as a jw.

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  Yup....it was like they were tryin' to get us to look upon those old codgers as our beloved ancestors, passin' the "don't smile, don't laugh, don't do anything" traditions down to us...(blech)

  Frannie B

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  How Does Your Internet Persona Differ From....

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  how does your internet persona differ from your face-to-face personality?

  do you interact with people differently on the internet than you would face to face?

  yes...i know.....the second and third questions are a re-phrasing of the first...that's in case someone doesn't "get the drift" of the first question.... frannie b

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  Frannie Banannie

  I'm the same sassy thing here as I am in real life. Who'da thunk it?

  LOL@Lisa! welllll....yer a Classy sassy lassie anyway, sweetie!

  Frannie B

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  How Does Your Internet Persona Differ From....

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  how does your internet persona differ from your face-to-face personality?

  do you interact with people differently on the internet than you would face to face?

  yes...i know.....the second and third questions are a re-phrasing of the first...that's in case someone doesn't "get the drift" of the first question.... frannie b

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  Frannie Banannie

  When I first meet people face-to-face, I'm rather quiet and like to observe and 'get a feel' for everyone else's comfort level. Sometimes, I like to let other people just talk to their heart's content and listen. I like keeping the conversation going with questions.

  LOL@Scully! I HAAATE when people do that....you'd have me spillin' my guts about my whole life history in a New York minute, cher!

  Frannie B

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  How Does Your Internet Persona Differ From....

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  how does your internet persona differ from your face-to-face personality?

  do you interact with people differently on the internet than you would face to face?

  yes...i know.....the second and third questions are a re-phrasing of the first...that's in case someone doesn't "get the drift" of the first question.... frannie b

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  Frannie Banannie

  oooooops, Michael! I almost missed ya..

  Without a doubt my true personality does not come through online. I love that face to face contact with people, the face expressions, tone of voice etc.. In person I am much personable, funny and confident than online.

  awwww, Michael.....idnit funny how some are the way you are and some are exactly opposite from that?.....But I understand what you mean about the FtF contact....I have a tendency to read the "body language" more than listen to what's being said....which is prolly why I have a hard time following their train of thought...LOL....but at least I know how they FEEL about what they're saying...(snicker)

  Frannie B
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  How Does Your Internet Persona Differ From....

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  how does your internet persona differ from your face-to-face personality?

  do you interact with people differently on the internet than you would face to face?

  yes...i know.....the second and third questions are a re-phrasing of the first...that's in case someone doesn't "get the drift" of the first question.... frannie b

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  Frannie Banannie

  I let myself be a little more vulnerable online than in person... that's because we all share in a common experience... people who haven't had much to do with JWs don't seem to get it...

  LOL@Inq! Woman who fly plane upside down have crackup....I allow for more vulnerability online, too, Inq...but I think it hasta do with the fact that it's with xdubs I feel I can do that....

  Naughtier in person I think...

  OHHH! No doubt about it, Valis....annnnd....paybacks are a beetch (cyber pinch on Valis's wazoo)

  I would have to say that I'm more reserved in person only because the people i deal with in person are typically JW's or business associates; so I can't really be my true self.

  That's understandable, Win...

  If i was at an Apostafest with everyone here I would like to think that I would let my hair down and be rather close to the persona that I have here on-line.

  Good on ya, Win! So would we all....

  Frannie B
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  Are those out of the org. in better mental health than those in?

  by JH in

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  i was wondering if those in the jw organization would be in better or worse mental health than those who quit the organization?

  any thoughts?

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  It's a "healing process".....Ya hafta get over the PTSD first....and that takes time.

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  (Warning, rant enclosed) I feel like my brain is turning to mush.....

  by razorMind in

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  i'm sick of my job, sick of the city i'm living in, sick of most of the people who surround me daily.

  like a lot of folks here, i was "encouraged to find education within jah's service" discouraged from seeking further education whilst being raised in the troof.

  were it up to my father, i probably wouldn't have been permitted to attend regular public school, grades k through 12, much less college---education was that much maligned in my family.

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  I hope I don't sound too crazy.

  RazorMind....nope....ya don't, hon.....Congratulations on the baby-to-be, cher! Now....get a grant....WHILE you're pregnant....there's TONS OF GRANTS out there for ya....and ya wouldn't hafta work and I know you could work things out with the new addition to your fam, included....

  ((((RM))))

  Frannie B

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  I Am Changing The Word "Worldly" To Normal....

  by minimus in

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  instead of making the difference known that anyone not a jehovah's witness is "worldly", i think we should simply refer to them as "normal".

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  Frannie Banannie

  wellllll, Min....I've always been Abby Normal anyway...(simpers)

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  How Does Your Internet Persona Differ From....

  by Frannie Banannie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how does your internet persona differ from your face-to-face personality?

  do you interact with people differently on the internet than you would face to face?

  yes...i know.....the second and third questions are a re-phrasing of the first...that's in case someone doesn't "get the drift" of the first question.... frannie b

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  Frannie Banannie

  I would say other than the fact that i'm a lot less shy here than i am face-to-face, there is no difference.

  Tink, I'm a lot less shy here, too, cher!

  I'm pretty much the same funny/sarcastic person in real life. I am definitley more of a rebel online than I am in real life..

  Yesh, Australian, me, too...but face to face, I don't verbalize what I'm thinking as much...

  I also think I flirt more online but my wife says I'm always flirting...

  WHULL! Flirting can be fun, Australian......

  I'm a bit more bold in reality. I tend to pull punches here, because all of us have issue's that need mending or addressed. Certain reactions to things said here are to be expected since most of us have been repressed for so long.

  I understand that, Obi....There's less chance of me lettin' my alligator mouth overload my humminbig behind where other peep's feelings and sensitivities are concerned, since I have time to contemplate what I'll say and then can edit.

  Noone can see my facial reactions, body language, or voice tone. It makes my personality stand out much more.

  It makes my personality stand out much more.

  Yes....that's true, Nos.....but what if you WERE an *sshole? ...just kidding....

  In person I am quite shy with people I don't know well and I swear more than I do on-line other than that what you see is what you get

  Lady Lee, I'm pretty shy, too...till I get to feeling comfortable with people....that's because ya never know who has a sense of humor and who doesn't....and nobody like's to "play" to a "dead audience."..

  I am pretty much the same. Ravyn

  Somehow, Ravyn....I sensed that about you....

  I'm basically the same... only a bit more shy.

  Me, too, Else....I just keep a "lower profile" in real life....

  It is much easier for me to express myself via the written word than verbally. Hence, I tend to be much less of a conversationalist in real time than in cyberspace. This is likely why I have chosen to become an author. I dread when my book comes out and I have to do readings/book signings. I will either frighten or bore everyone!

  SanFranciscoJim, that holds true for me, too...much easier to express myself with the written word...easier to collect my thoughts....I'm not a talker, either....Let us know when your book is published....What's it gonna be about, eh?

  I'm more carefree and humorous in person...and generally not as loud

  Really, Yerus? Who coulda known dat?

  I state my point...but I'd be less likely to call you an idiot to your face...I would only imply it.

  HYUH! Yerus, dat's a good way ta getcher nuts cancelled, idnit?

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