I asked a related question about how often you lie, on a daily basis, but I think this is more apropos for today’s general aesthetic.
I have no interest in misrepresenting myself, I just try to give away as little as possible while still trying to contribute to the conversation.
Yeah as a doctor with a PHD in this exact topic and a huge dick, it’s not really in my interests to misrepresent myself.
I, Dr. Wesker, am a caricature of a real person.
I am more myself than myself, yet also exaggerated.
I am an experiment in personality and expression.
I am craving poutine.
I’m more my real self online than I am in the real world.
I can actually speak my mind through text than I can verbally. I become mute in most situations IRL because being physically around people gives me anxiety.
Thinking about it, I definitely misrepresent myself online 100% of the time, as I never say who I am. I do say a lot of things, but in a generic sense, enough that it would be hard to pin down who I actually am. I have a deep and irrepressible sense of distrust for the state, for decades, despite what I do for a job. So instead, I have an online persona that does indeed reflect my values, but is separate from the public facing person you might know.
Unless you’re limiting yourself to very terse responses or having someone else (ideally random) write all your online content, you’re still very much at risk.
Ed, I told you to get of the internet and turn off the light, I’m tired. And if you steal the covers again tonight you are sleeping on the couch for a week. Did you remember to take the trash out? Don’t sigh at me… you know how I hate that. Goodnight Ed.
Where is Margot Robbie when you need her?
