{"id":49,"date":"2003-06-04T17:42:24","date_gmt":"2003-06-05T00:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redeaglespirit.com\/arrrgh\/will_the_real_buffy_please_stand_up\/"},"modified":"2003-06-04T17:42:24","modified_gmt":"2003-06-05T00:42:24","slug":"will_the_real_buffy_please_stand_up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redeaglespirit.com\/arrrgh\/will_the_real_buffy_please_stand_up\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the real Buffy please stand up?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was visiting -e-‘s blog, Wazzup<\/a>, today, and read what he had to say about people who blog. I’m a newbie to blogging, but I’ve chatted in several formats for about three years. I am NOT surprised to find that people have the same failings here that they do elsewhere on-line.
\nI’ve never understood people who create a fake persona. What joy is there in hiding your true self from the people you talk with? When I first started chatting, I was disturbed by the A\/S\/L question that was always asked. I was reluctant to discuss age because I assumed that younger people would feel they had nothing in common with me. When asked my age, I would say that I was 84, walked with a cane, had a dowager’s hump, hair sprouted out of my chin, I drooled, and was toothless. Now…I really wasn’t hiding behind a fake persona, I was simply unwilling to give out a lot of personal information. Anyone who took the time to talk with me after reading that description got the truth, or as much as was appropriate for that person. After all, we never really know who we are talking to until we meet them, so safety is an issue.
\nI recall one person who felt it was his purpose in life to stir up trouble. He could be guaranteed to disagree or bring up a volatile subject. He was actually a charming man who needed to work on his self image. He was able, with the help of a friend, to virtually shut down the discussion on a Onelist. I still don’t understand what satisfaction that brought to him. I assume that the need to have power over others surfaces here, as it does in real life.
\nThe other kind of behavior that I fail to understand is being “two-faced.” I don’t know about you, but if I know a person is saying one thing to me, and something totally different to another, I can’t trust that person. I’m sure that person is going to turn on me at some point, and I don’t want to be there to receive that kind of treatment.
\nI’m a “What-you-see-is-what-you-get” sort of person. I am relatively non-confrontational, but if you push me, I’ll tell you exactly what I’m thinking, and that brings us to something else Eric said. We all put our best foot forward on-line. Although I’ve seen what seems to be incredible honesty on a few blogs, most of us present ourselves in the best light possible. I think that’s human nature. I’m not likely to share my deepest thoughts with you. Since we limit what we tell our loved ones, it should come as no surprise that we put greater restictions on what we say here.
\nSoooooo…..tell me what you’re thinking. Share discussions on the vagaries of life…..rant with me about the wrongs in the world. Just don’t assume that you know me, until we’ve met…..and maybe not even then.
\n-e-……..it sounds like you’re having a tough day. I hope things improve, soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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