If we all attended a giant Askville Convention, in real life?

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I think that would be very neat. I bet we could pick out people and give them a name from all the information and personality we see on this site. I don't people can pretend too much to be a different person.

That is too hard. People can have walls up and not reveal everything, but personality comes through even if you hide it. I think bipolar people can act two different ways.. so it depends on if they are doing well..

With me, it would definitely be... What you see is what you get. I am in real life who I am to this site, and who I am is pretty straightforward, even if it might seem a little convoluted. I'm a former librarian/current technical writer with a background in theatrical costume design, who learned how to read at an early age and never put the book (whatever it was at the moment) down.

The librarian loves to answer questions, the technical writer loves to put together the answers, and the weird background means I have lots of superficial information in a lot of areas. Add to that my midwestern upbringing (along with my age) and you get someone raised on "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all" and "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. " On top of that, I was raised in a household where I NEVER heard my parents raise their voices to one another.EVER.

I like a peace, I am made very uncomfortable by contention, and I have no patience with dishonesty, nastiness, abuse and game-playing. Do we HAVE to do it in Las Vegas? It's one place I have no desire, and have never HAD any desire to go!

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I'm really the same in real life. I think that my Askville persona--middle aged, scholarly, articulate, firm and personally conservative political with a Libertarian streak of tolerance, is pretty much how I am in real life. In retrospect, it might have been better to cast myself as a giggly girl or a man hungry middle aged woman.

But, I'm not that good of an actor and it sounds like a lot of work. As I moved into middle age, I've come to accept myself for what I am. I hope others will do the same, but the world is full of weird people who come from different places than do I.So, I do the best that I can and hope that enough people will accept me to avoid being lynched.

The few people here on Askville with whom I maintain a truly personal relationship know that I am a pretty straight forward, what you see is what you get sort of person. I suspect that quite a few people on Askville and elsewhere hide behind their on-line personae. Years ago, back when people used bulletin boards, remember them, we had a character who used to post on an echo on a board that I used to frequent, who was quite the bull in the woods.

He was loud, opinionated and a general jerk. I'll call him "MG." One day this fine specimen of humanity ticked off a lady in Northern New Jersey.

A few days later, her dad, who called himself, Big Al, and had a very Italianate last name, said that he wanted to come to Houston to "straighten him up. " MG got really nervous, knowing full well that Big Al must be a big wheel in the Mafia. Big Al said that if MG wouldn't meet him, he had an Army buddy from WWII to was a captain with the Texas State Police, who would take care of him.

He asked me if I would talk to him over the phone. So we talked.MG was scared to death. I took it as a big joke because if Big Al was telling his life story, in '96, he would probably be at least in his late sixties or more probably his early seventies if he had seen combat in WWII.

Also, it was very only likely that there was an active duty trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety at that age, captain or not.MG, as usual, wouldn't listen to reason. So, Big Al challenged MJ to meet him at a popular pizzeria in Houston at 2:00 p.m. On a given day.

All of us on the echo were invited. MG showed up at 1:30 and immediately started trying to ingratiate himself with the other members of echo--all of whom thought that he was a loud mouthed fool. Right around 2:00 a very petite, lovely, WASPY blonde in her early twenties in a low cut sundress showed up and asked the hostess where the group from our echo was seated.

The hostess walked her over and she ask who MG was. We all pointed to him. She stuck out her hand and said, "MG, you know me as Susan and as Big Al.

How are you? " It turned out that she was really a computer type in NYC, named Alison, who worked the late shift. Susan was her flaky middle aged persona and Big Al was her gruff, male persona.

We all had a really great time laughing at MG, who sort of slunk into quietude in the corner. It turned out that Alison was in town for a computer conference and decided to the big showdown would be a great way of making some local connections. From what I understand, the several single guys at that meeting kept her busy all week.So, you never know on-line, do you?

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Similar but a tad more polite A lot of people who talk anonymously or with pseudonyms tend to get more rude and more confrontational than they are in person. I'd like to think I'm a touch more polite in person than I am online. However, I'm equally contrary in person, possibly more so.

I'm almost always the devil's advocate in any argument, which likely annoys the heck out of some people (sorry, some people). I tend to gather friends that also like to argue. It probably all stems from high school debate club.

I'm also way less likely to discuss religion in person, on account of automatically disagreeing with what anyone tells me often doesn't work so well when discussing personal spirituality. Also, I'd like to think it's more clear what my gender is in person. For some reason, you use a feminine nickname (Cows are girls) and use a big plushy stuffed animal and suddenly everybody starts making assumptions..

Hat, harness boots, jeans, shirt and swagger, Yep they would find me exactly the same! I would have to dude up a might. I have some brand new harness boots with silver on em, a new hat or maybe my sunday go to meetin black dress hat, nah to much..:@) I can remove my bandana from my pocket and wear it where it belongs.

The curl of smoke swirling away, yep easy identity...:@) Would you miss telling me from the crowd of city slickers? Really now, Well you might be right I just your average joe from Cheyenne..:@) Could you miss this profile as I walk around Vegas? You need glasses, Right?

You might hear laughter, lots of it! People will be rolling around on the ground, Now I know you couldn't miss that! I am your regular class clown, the teachers hated it when I got on a roll...:@) What's that, you say somethin about my friends, lets step outside.. The only item that seperates me from Lucky Luke here is his six shooter, I would have to get mine out of the safe.

They won't let me wear it here in Germany...:@) Does this help? Sources: PC 123 .

" (13 answers) "It is a small world after all. I finally found somebody on Askville that knows someone I know in real life." "Have you ever "run into" anyone you knew from real life in Askville? " "Do you think you have the same personality on Askville that you do in real life?

" "Who are the real passionate members of Askville?" "Would you join the real life superhero registry to stop crime in your Askville neighborhood? What would your name be? " "I just don't get it where is askville?

In seattle? Or is it a real place at all?

Does your perception of your "place" on Askville match what it is/was in real social groups in your life, past or.

It is a small world after all. I finally found somebody on Askville that knows someone I know in real life.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.