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Topic: Do you behave differently on this site than in real life?
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Libracorn Newflake Posts: 12 From: Registered: Sep 2013
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posted September 07, 2013 08:14 PM
quote: Originally posted by Ami Anne: This is my total personality, for better or worse. In real life, I get afraid people will think I am weird but on here, I let it rip 
I second that! I feel like If I talk to people about Astrology in real life, they'll think something is wrong with me because I know so much about it. In addition, I don't feel like people pay attention to me when I talk about astrology in real life. I once told someone: You are more than your sun sign! They replied: NO I AM NOT!! IMMA CANCER!! I felt like I was being ignored, so I just rather not discuss astrology among people in real life. Lets just say I keep my astrology knowledge hidden... When people talk about horoscopes & stuff.. I pretend I don't know what they're talking about. ------------------ capricorn asc ♑ libra sun ♎ libra moon ♎ 9th house Stellium in Libra :D ''Only through the darkness can you see the stars'' - Martin Luther King, Jr. IP: Logged |
PixieJane Moderator Posts: 2893 From: CA Registered: Oct 2010
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posted September 07, 2013 09:14 PM
I'm much more open with my thoughts and history OL than IRL while protecting other info so they don't bleed into each other. For example, I can talk frankly about my family but I'm very careful not to list where they are as that could adversely affect them, and it could also lead to people in that town learning things about me that I'd rather they not know (easily done if they say googled their hometown). When I was a kid I was as open IRL as well but that got me (and occasionally others) into all sorts of trouble so I learned to check myself (though I was in my early 20s before I actually had). If I were as honest about what I think IRL then I'd be homeless. It's one reason I chose to interact OL as it allows me a place to share with the safety of anonymity without having to worry about alienating people who could (and perhaps would be driven to) ruin me. Heck, most of my YT lists are now private after neighbors learned of my channel and it started affecting my life and those with me. The more I shared OL the more careful I was about making sure it couldn't be easily connected to me IRL. The cyberstalkers and threats (rape, murder, even got threatened with rape to be followed up by being chopped up by an ax) I've received have only reinforced that. Another disturbing one was some guy thought we were "soul mates" (and I think he had the wrong idea about me as he admitted to being into gothic dominatrixes so presumably his soul mate was one ) and kept insisting we should meet IRL. After I made it clear it wasn't going to happen and anymore attempts to change my mind would get him blocked from my email he seemed to agree but sent me a "fun questionnaire" that was stupid and within it included "what is your area code?" and "what are the last 4 digits of your phone number?" Had I answered him then he could've googled a map to my home! (Having already warned him I didn't say anything, I just blocked him. In retrospect I wonder what he did once he realized I'd blocked him? Makes me even more glad I'm careful about making myself a needle in a haystack!) IP: Logged |
Violets Knowflake Posts: 512 From: Registered: Apr 2011
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posted September 07, 2013 10:06 PM
@PixieJaneGood. Lord.  <Edit> You just prompted me to remove my name off the LL Facebook page, lol. Yikes! IP: Logged |
Kerosene Knowflake Posts: 5152 From: Mercury Registered: Dec 2012
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posted September 07, 2013 10:25 PM
Pixie... write a book on your life, your experiences interest me. The journey of pixie jane. Do you dominant lilith or something? IP: Logged |
12muddy Knowflake Posts: 653 From: Registered: Feb 2013
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posted September 07, 2013 10:29 PM
I don't have problems sharing stories of my past and some stuff about myself. I keep my opinions on certain matters to myself, just as I do in real life. In real life I can come across as more responsive and/or aggressive. IP: Logged |
Violets Knowflake Posts: 512 From: Registered: Apr 2011
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posted September 07, 2013 10:43 PM
@ Libracorn  Ps. I've been meaning to say this for a few days... Best. Username. Ever.  IP: Logged |
PixieJane Moderator Posts: 2893 From: CA Registered: Oct 2010
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posted September 08, 2013 12:07 AM
I have a 6H Cappie Lilith...and btw, it fits, though I've developed the humor (if on the gallows side) that helps me deal with the gloominess of it (just my dreams of the past tend to be upsetting or depressing still sometimes). I think my other placements helped with that, too. But while 6H Cappie is prone to being very vigilant and cautious I maintain than an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Many outspoken women on the net get hassled, harassed, and threatened, and if their pix and addresses are known these get used as well. I'd freak if stalkers had that, especially if they knew what I looked like and where I lived whereas I had no idea what they looked like. I sympathize with the many women who were too trusting who had to flee the net in terror though it wouldn't have been necessary if they remembered the world isn't just all fuzzy sweetness, and acting naive isn't sweet or faithful as some think it is, it's stupid with sometimes grave consequences, just like running stop signs as some people do believing God wouldn't let anything happen to THEM despite that others who believed the same found out otherwise. As for those specific examples I gave...the guy who cyber stalked me thinking I was his soul mate was very much into the goth subculture (most goths are pretty laid back and don't live up to the negative stereotypes, but there are a few who take pride in the bad image and try to live up or even exceed them!). The guy who threatened to rape and chop me up (and I believe he would've if he could've) admitted to having a bad meth habit (thing was everyone else was dogpiling him and as a mod there I tried to defuse it and was the only one to speak in his defense but his meth-addled mind took it as an attack, and perhaps as I'd always been nice to him maybe he felt betrayed somehow, too, but that threat got him banned by another mod). I think the funniest (laughing at my own reaction) was a YTer did a vid condemning the Danish cartoon riots and (as an atheist) condemned Islam as violent. This really drew outraged Muslims, some of whom proved her point in trying to argue her. One cussed her out for saying Muslims were violent and threatened to rape & slit her throat (and as he had an active YT channel I believe he was an actual Muslim immigrant in NYC rather than just some troll pretending to be) and I, in my gallows humor, posted a reply (with a winky face), "Truly Islam is the religion of peace." His sarcasm detector caught it, however and he sent me a PM that I saved but won't share here as it has profanity (slightly misspelled so the filters won't catch it) and called me a "trailer trash **** " and "dirty white ***** " and ending with, "Death to Christians and crusaders." I laughed at my own reaction because I read over how I was a filthy **** & ***** without caring and then blinked in annoyance as I read "death to Christians" wondering, "Did he just call me a CHRISTIAN!?" (I laugh, but if I had my own vids and/or where I lived I wouldn't have found it the least bit funny. Btw, the YTer who made that vid ended up nuking her own channel over the threats as they knew what she looked like and where she went to college.) IP: Logged |
Kerosene Knowflake Posts: 5152 From: Mercury Registered: Dec 2012
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posted September 08, 2013 01:04 AM
I relate to your experiences pixie...Idk how I feel about sharing this but Idk care because it's from another life time.. and does not matter anymore... besides i don't care what anyone here thinks of me.. I remember I was friends with this girl in the 7th grade and told her personality was goth like (yup stereotyping) She had somber personality. The next year she was full on goth lolita with jet black hair.. I loved it... We became good friends She became myspace famous.. and so did I by association and it was really crazy..... See I use to be very feminine in the middle school like I could pass of for a pretty girl with no **** , so I pretended a girl online because I liked the attention..... So I was trap and I use to talk to all these cute boys and they would talk about marrying me and having my children and it would amuse me. I use to take those stupid as photos with their name and everything.... I really connected with this one boy.. well I found out he was actually like 26... Than he sent me of video of himself carving my myspace name on his chest. I started to freak out and I thought I cut contact with him. Some people in middle school found out my antics and basically most of my myspace friends found out I was a boy and at that time the concept of traps were not as popular like they are now, they are sexualized and desired now but people were much more confused back than. Basically the guy find out and he threatened to rape me and murder me, and he found out my location because I was stupid and told him where I lived before.. I told my mom about my antics and she called the police and sorted everything out. I got a hair cut and got a scholarship to a private school, the end. I know what it's like to be a girl and it's ******* horrifying.. This is why I have a deep respect for women and transexuals.... because I failed at being one.. Even thou during that time period I really wanted to be a woman but that experience really changed me... So I am internally comfortable with my feminine side... I don't need to appear like one.. I look like a male and that's all that matters.... my life is so much more easier... I bet those photos are still floating around...lmfaoooo Thank whatever deity that I've changed physically...... because I can't handle androgyny even thou I find it to be beautiful. Uggh probably a lot of typos i'm too tired to proof read. IP: Logged |
Violets Knowflake Posts: 512 From: Registered: Apr 2011
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posted September 08, 2013 01:17 AM
Man, you guys are blowing my mind. Most of us have really lived a life on here, haven't we...? I haven't cracked a beer yet, but I'll tip my glass of tea to both of you, PixieJane and Kerosene. Getting ready to have a nightcap, so I'll raise that glass as well.  IP: Logged |
Ami Anne Moderator Posts: 46932 From: Pluto/house next to NickiG Registered: Sep 2010
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posted September 08, 2013 08:04 AM
Wow KThanks for sharing that. ------------------ Passion, Lust, Desire. Check out my journal http://www.mychristianpsychic.com/
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Ami Anne Moderator Posts: 46932 From: Pluto/house next to NickiG Registered: Sep 2010
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posted September 08, 2013 08:05 AM
Violets This is a great thread!------------------ Passion, Lust, Desire. Check out my journal http://www.mychristianpsychic.com/
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Lunae Knowflake Posts: 1889 From: Registered: Dec 2012
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posted September 08, 2013 09:08 AM
There's really not much of a difference between my OL and RL self, except that I am more vocal about my interests online than in the real world.  IP: Logged |
PixieJane Moderator Posts: 2893 From: CA Registered: Oct 2010
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posted September 08, 2013 12:26 PM
Thanks for sharing, Kerosene. Yeah, it's a rough world, and I think it's even rougher for guys who pass as women than for women (generally speaking anyway). I've always liked the cute goth guys who wore women's clothing, btw (not that they were necessarily transgendered anymore than those who dressed like priests with big crosses were necessarily religious). Have you heard of the web comic Venus Envy? It ranges from funny to tear jerking, silly to very serious, and sometimes it's hilarious and other times it's triggering. I'm thinking of sharing one where a MtF got exposed (and a FtM is also present)...it was somewhat triggering, but I loved how it ended (though it's on the graphic side). I'll have to think about it. The entire story arc is an example of it, it's silly to triggering, and can intensely gripping from the violence and then suddenly turn funny (while remaining completely in character and true to the story). Again, I need to think about it. IP: Logged |
Kerosene Knowflake Posts: 5152 From: Mercury Registered: Dec 2012
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posted September 08, 2013 01:27 PM
^ I have theory that time period i was living through my SN which is in cancer.. Living directly through my past life, apparently sn in cancer suggest my past lives were very much involved with womanhood , interesting enough that happened during my puberty when I was transforming into a man.I don't identify as mtf, and at the time it felt like I was ftm. I did make a very convincing girl but I don't think I would actually want to alter my body and become a woman ever.. It just does not seem right for me. Not at this point in my life. Not that there's anything wrong with doing that, of course. When I say it was really from another life time it actually feels that way... What I was like then has nothing to do with who I am today. So I suspect my SN was at work which is in the duad and decan of cancer, having critical degree and all. I dunno?  I'll check out that comic it sounds appealing!!! IP: Logged |
Mercurian Intellect Knowflake Posts: 307 From: Vulcan & Mercury. Yes I was born on both planets somehow. Registered: Sep 2013
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posted September 08, 2013 11:55 PM
quote: Originally posted by chargeomentum: Yes, in real life I'm crazy and weird, in here I'm a bit more serious. I don't understand why people act so.. familiar with each other on this site though.
Because they're with like-minded people.  IP: Logged |
PixieJane Moderator Posts: 2893 From: CA Registered: Oct 2010
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posted September 09, 2013 04:04 AM
quote: Originally posted by Kerosene: I'll check out that comic it sounds appealing!!!
Reading your post reminded me of one arc that "starts" here (part of a much bigger story so that there's a lot more background and understanding of the characters involved, including villains, if you read from months and even years before). The arc starts about here (Zoe suddenly scared that the guy who dumped her without explaining why knows she's a MtF): http://www.venusenvycomic.com/index.php?id=527 Be aware that it sometimes gets interrupted for random shout outs and the like. Also keep the warnings in mind, it can get a bit triggering at times. But try reading up to July 21, 2004. IP: Logged |
Jessica2407 Moderator Posts: 4063 From: Saturn Registered: Sep 2012
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posted September 09, 2013 04:24 AM
@PJLove your posts! On topic,I won't say I behave differently. I'm a very private person. I mentally filter all the things that I say here. That's all. I don't trust the net TBH. I usually take down all astrological charts that I post here. I don't register on many forums because I don't want my info everywhere on the net. People thought my name is really Jessica.
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geea Knowflake Posts: 526 From: Registered: Jun 2011
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posted September 09, 2013 04:25 AM
yes, i eat babies for breakfast and sacrifice my enemies to satanIP: Logged |
Zander916 Knowflake Posts: 645 From: Registered: Aug 2013
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posted September 09, 2013 04:29 AM
quote: Originally posted by geea: yes, i eat babies for breakfast and sacrifice my enemies to satan
Satan won't even look me in the eyes anymore. IP: Logged |
Kerosene Knowflake Posts: 5152 From: Mercury Registered: Dec 2012
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posted September 09, 2013 04:48 AM
quote: Originally posted by PixieJane: Reading your post reminded me of one arc that "starts" here (part of a much bigger story so that there's a lot more background and understanding of the characters involved, including villains, if you read from months and even years before). The arc starts about here (Zoe suddenly scared that the guy who dumped her without explaining why knows she's a MtF): http://www.venusenvycomic.com/index.php?id=527 Be aware that it sometimes gets interrupted for random shout outs and the like. Also keep the warnings in mind, it can get a bit triggering at times. But try reading up to July 21, 2004.
Aww these comics are really cute!  I'm going to try and find one that depicts an actual experience!!! thou I can kinda relate to a lot of them!!! like the mentally of the character. Also I'm still so sorry you've had to experience these things... and you've probably have many times in your life just because you are empowered to live your life outside of societies expectations. For a man it's easy being sexually empowered, he's a Casanova right? Oh he's just being a guy... If I rejected a guy 7 years ago he would wig out and disrespect me .. because who am I lolol.. But today if I reject a male it's the nature of the beast lol .. i'm a player, what can you can you say?... It still blows my mind, everyday......... It's difficult being a woman in a mans world unless she can give the illusion of being a proper "lady"..... whatever that means. IP: Logged |
LionFish Knowflake Posts: 777 From: Registered: Aug 2012
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posted September 09, 2013 05:10 AM
quote: Originally posted by chargeomentum: Yes, in real life I'm crazy and weird, in here I'm a bit more serious. I don't understand why people act so.. familiar with each other on this site though.
Sometimes you just feel comfortable with people you meet. Whether it's in person or online. Plus a lot of intimate knowledge of each other is passed back and forth when answering questions about planetary placements in natals, synastry, composites, etc. For some people giving them access to your chart with correct birth time is like giving them a book to read about you, that's how well they can interpret.. Not to mention people offer up their own charts and those of people they know specifically for the inspection and opinion of other people. If an interpretation suits or doesn't, the reader needs to be informed of such and the poster is usually more than willing to be honest and forward with info, especially if the reader is on track.. So basically you're starting off with people you don't know purely on a faith/trust basis. That starts things off on the right foot. And getting to know them rather quickly as you either read information or they give it freely. I think it's rather easy to see how people could become comfortable talking to each other, sharing advice and stories. For the OP: I don't think I behave much differently here, or anywhere online for that matter, than I do IRL. In person I'm may come off a little more showy and flamboyant.. okay, maybe a lot more.. but then again I don't recognize those traits in my conversations online. I'm only open with things that I want people to know. There's so much about me that not even my best friends of 15 and 16 years know about me..
And actually to go along with your post, there is one person online whom I've spoken to briefly about my most private feelings/thoughts and I do feel a little bit better that it's someone who hasn't known me for over half my life.. But I do feel like I can trust her, which is rare indeed. So I guess I do find some sort of security behind the keyboard, but not to the extent that I need to change who I am. I keep the same info private from everyone everywhere and share the things I think are need to know with EVERYONE.
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LionFish Knowflake Posts: 777 From: Registered: Aug 2012
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posted September 09, 2013 05:14 AM
quote: Originally posted by Jessica2407: People thought my name is really Jessica.[/B]
haha I never once did only because I used to have a username with the name Felicia in it. Not my name, but I let everyone call me that and never divulged my real name to them. IP: Logged |
Jessica2407 Moderator Posts: 4063 From: Saturn Registered: Sep 2012
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posted September 09, 2013 06:27 AM
quote: Originally posted by LionFish: haha I never once did only because I used to have a username with the name Felicia in it. Not my name, but I let everyone call me that and never divulged my real name to them.
smart lionfish  IP: Logged |
Violets Knowflake Posts: 512 From: Registered: Apr 2011
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posted September 09, 2013 12:38 PM
Yeah, I've thought about the fact that I have posted charts on here, and am mildly uncomfortable with that. I've posted so many times that I don't think I would be able to find every chart that I've posted, unfortunately. Yes, I talk about things here that I normally wouldn't talk about, but some things I really don't mention on here at all, as they're too personal. Those are the things that I generally reserve for *very* close friends and my husband.I agree that it's wise not to use a real name, for sure. I don't trust the internet by much either, as anyone (members or not) can look at this site and read everything we post. That makes me feel a bit itchy. IP: Logged |
Zander916 Knowflake Posts: 645 From: Registered: Aug 2013
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posted September 09, 2013 12:55 PM
I don't worry about it. If people know my first name what are they going to do with it? There's like a million of us with this name. My chart? What are they going to do with that? Tell me I'm crazy or something? Pfffffft.... tell me something that someone else hasn't already told me. LOL!  I don't know... I don't worry. I'm not going to give my address, where I work, or things like that of course. IP: Logged |