"Give a man a mask and he will tell you the truth." -Oscar Wilde

 

Do you think you talk about your problems in RL more here than in RL since it's anonymous? I know I do.

Not really. I'm still me, after all.

I have some good friends in rl. I used to more going back a few years.

I very rarely talk about anything deep on DM. DM is generally for fun.

I said no because there is a lot of things about my religion and about my lifestyle that if I told them on here, no one would want to go near me and there might be legal issues as well. I have told a couple friends on here who I absolutely, absolutely trust about such things, just to see how outsiders would think about it because it is seen as normal where I live, but I would not share it to the whole DM world.

i try to keep it here as much as i can so i don't go off the wall outside. and i'm not surrounded by humans i have very much in common with anywhere else. one or two very close, but... i try not to spend much time whining to them if i can help it.

I try to stay away from you as it is, Taltos.

 

I don't talk about issues more or less. I am with Ithi on this. DM is for fun.

i thought that was what your gun was for?

I try to stay away from you as it is, Taltos.

 

I don't talk about issues more or less. I am with Ithi on this. DM is for fun.

Yes, you are not the only person in the Stay-Away-From-Taltos Club. Got a lot of those on here and in real life...

Well, DM and my real life find themselves intertwined a lot... @ Edward.

 

In general, I don't talk about problems I have/had in RL or on DM. Everyone has problems and for every person that thinks their problems are oh-so-terrible, there are 5 people whose mouths are closed but have 10-times as much muck to deal with. That's just how it is. Obviously, I talk about my problems to some people (like Ed, who is also affected by any problems I face) but I'm not going to go blathering on and on about them on DM. This is partly because there are people worse off than me, partly because it's no one's business, and partly because I'd rather not upstage anyone's carefully crafted soapbox.

 

And I'll third what Ithi said, DM is for fun.

social forums are for socialization.

 

that means a lot of things.

Oh, I agree... but in my life, DM's role is a place for fun.

 

If I was not having fun on DM, I would leave. Why on earth would I want to live in a fantasy world that was no fun?

Oh, I agree... but in my life, DM's role is a place for fun.

 

If I was not having fun on DM, I would leave. Why on earth would I want to live in a fantasy world that was no fun?

 

I very much agree with this.

it's also a world full of real people. sometimes you care about them. sometimes it's not about fun but about people.

 

depends, like in any other situation.

 

there through the good times and the bad times.

dang double post weirdness

>.>

 

DM is for fun.

Nah ... not for me really. If I have stuff I need to talk about I will do it privately on MSN or PMs, because my stuff is my stuff. Is not only good friends who you know who can read DM.

 

So for me, the DM aspect is the lighter side of life generally.

it's also a world full of real people. sometimes you care about them. sometimes it's not about fun but about people.

 

depends, like in any other situation.

 

there through the good times and the bad times.

 

I would say that if they are people you truly care about, then you are interacting with them outside of DM. (I mean that as a general "you," not you specifically, Cindy.) In which case, that encroaches on being more RL than DM.

 

Like, Ed and I...our relationship is not a DM thing. Sure, we joke around on DM some, but 99% of our communication (including face-to-face interaction when the Army didn't have us in two directions) has always been outside of DM - it is RL.

something for everyone then

It is not all about fun for me - I get to talk to people on here I would not probably ever get to talk to in real life and I get exposed to other minds from different cultures, which is interesting, even if I cannot fully understand them.

yeah. fun is sort of a real life thing.

 

people are different.

 

it's ok that they are.

Don't explore my mind. It's not an average one of this culture. >.>

 

 

Dangit, Cindy. I was going to post the same thing twice.

For me interesting is fun. It is definitely on the fun list.

 

Kate ... I totally blame myself for the predicament you now find yourself in ... and also the fact that the monkey knew how to write

i wouldn't dream of entering that realm, ed.

Of course, I say all of this because I have a full-fledged life outside of DM and my opinions probably only apply to those like me. If I had nowhere else where people would talk to me, I probably would stay on DM even if it wasn't fun. But, because I have a great life that exists beyond this fiction-like place, I have the option of leaving whenever it is no longer amusing or fun to me. That's just how it is for me and I imagine it's like that for other like-minded individuals. We're here for the cake. When the cake's gone, so are we.