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Post by A Mask Among Many on Feb 5, 2014 14:44:00 GMT -6
LOL! I'd write a reccomendation if I knew enough about you, but that really isn't going to happen since I've only known you for like a month and a half... and you're an internet friend... they might not take that very well, hmm?  |
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Post by sapphire on Feb 6, 2014 0:27:37 GMT -6
Hahaha. I love you, Zoom. Yeah, somehow I think they probably want recommendations from people who have actually, you know, met me. Face-to-face. Just a hunch. |
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Post by Zoom on Feb 6, 2014 1:21:07 GMT -6
Yeah, somehow I think they probably want recommendations from people who have actually, you know, met me. Face-to-face. Just a hunch. SAPH WE HAVE MET FACE-TO-FACE DON'T YOU REMEMBER Ha I kid  It sucks, though. I definitely believe that no matter how much you get to know somebody over the internet, at least like 70% of their personality can only be discerned face-to-face. And like 50% of that is aided by drinking a few beers with them. Or playing a video game with them. Or playing the losing side of a foodball game with them. Just so you know that artist I chose for this most recent contest is playing your area in a few days www.emancipatormusic.com/ |
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Post by sapphire on Feb 6, 2014 4:00:56 GMT -6
It's true, there's a lot you just can't tell about people online. Though there is a flip side to that. I'm way, way more outgoing online. If we met face to face, I would probably not talk. It wouldn't be because I don't like you - I just never have any idea what to say to people. It's easier online where I can think about things before I say them. I'm also not half as eloquent when I'm actually talking. I sort of stutter without even realizing I'm doing it until after the fact. I'm also willing to share things with you guys that I don't share on Facebook, for example. I'll occasionally see a cool video or picture and post it here. I don't do that on Facebook. I rarely post there at all, actually. I have issues with worrying how people will see me. It's a lot less pressure with people I don't know outside of this one website. Ah, I wish I was still in New York. I would totally go see them. |
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Post by A Mask Among Many on Feb 6, 2014 9:38:01 GMT -6
Two people sit in a room side by side playing Halo 3 together.
*chips crunching, thumbs flashing across the controls*
"Hey! That's my bag!"
... That's all that usually happens with me and another person playing a video game...
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Post by Zoom on Feb 7, 2014 1:30:41 GMT -6
Can def see what you mean about being able to formulate sentences beforehand. If you ever read a transcript of a conversation I've had it reads like gibberish on my end, basically. I communicate mainly through body language, I think. Like a dog. I just have no sense of words. It's a self-confidence thing, though - whenever it's been artificially inflated I'm actually pretty articulate. Sounds to me your problem is related. I also tend to just say whatever's on my mind with no filter which can be a problem. On the internet at least I have a chance to think before I post. On the flip side I now think so much about what I'm saying I oftentimes write something out and never post it. I know this won't change your mind but I think your idea of what is neat is pretty spot on I have a friend who's so concerned about what people think of him that he basically never does anything or shares any part of himself. I get so excited when he links me to something that he thinks is cool because it's like I'm getting to know him from his end, not just what I've inferred. I mean you can't like somebody you don't even know. Ah well. Risk is hard. Haha Mask we'd get along pretty well playing video games - I have a weird food thing and the idea of eating WHILE doing something with my hands grosses me out  So yeah no problem while we're playing - but if we're at a buffet or anything I'll pretty much gorge. |
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Post by A Mask Among Many on Feb 7, 2014 12:17:14 GMT -6
*Massive Pile of Food sits on plate* "Are you going to eat that?" "Yep, just as soon as you get some." "I already ate mine." ... I usually already ate mine... and If I'm at a buffet, then there is no way I can not eat at least three plates of food. |
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Post by sapphire on Feb 7, 2014 16:29:34 GMT -6
Yeah, I have trust issues. Nothing huge or traumatizing, but I don't trust people easily. I tend to wonder whether people are spending time with me because they want to or because they feel obligated somehow. Whenever I do share something on Facebook, it's through a private message to a close friend who I know will appreciate it. I don't usually eat while I play video games, either... I get too absorbed in the game and forget that there's food at all. |
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Post by A Mask Among Many on Feb 14, 2014 10:24:06 GMT -6
The wierd part? I've never gotten even a bit chubby.
Honestly, I tend to trust too easily. I always assume the best of people until proven otherwise, though I'm kinda hard to convince. And my parents won't let me have a facebook until September of this year. c):
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Post by sapphire on Feb 14, 2014 18:09:16 GMT -6
Guh, lucky. I need a faster metabolism. See, I'm weird... I assume the best in people, too, but I don't tell them anything really personal. There are things my best friend doesn't know about me, and probably never will - and we're practically the same person. And with the whole "not sure if they want to spend time with me" thing, I'm not thinking that in a negative way, if that makes sense. I know a lot of awesome, wonderful people. I'm just not sure they feel the same way about me. |
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Post by A Mask Among Many on Feb 15, 2014 11:58:36 GMT -6
Kind of a 'I know they like me but how much?' thing?
Or more of a 'What if they don't mean what I think they mean?' thing?
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Post by sapphire on Feb 16, 2014 0:21:53 GMT -6
Mm, more of a "how much" thing. I actually get attached to people fairly quickly, so I often wonder if they feel the same way. Not a big deal, really, and honestly it's gotten a lot better since I became friends with a certain person from college. (She used to tell me what the other writing majors said about me, and it was almost all positive, so that really helped in the self-confidence department.) I'm the sort of person who is always surprised when I discover that people even think about me when I'm not around, let alone talk about me. |
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Post by Zoom on Feb 16, 2014 3:44:52 GMT -6
I'm the same way to some extent - except I kind of suspect that people like me to begin with, and then I get scared they don't like me and pull away, and then they see me avoiding them and think I don't like them, so they avoid me, etc. I'm not always good at it but I now usually try to contact people first. Especially since most people I've ever met feel the same kind of way too.
Haha yeah! I mean I can't think of a single person I know that I haven't at least considered. It follows that people think about me.
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Post by A Mask Among Many on Feb 16, 2014 10:32:59 GMT -6
Yep. For some reason, all of my little sister's friends love me, and there are a lot of people I don't talk to usually who attack me every time that they see me.... Idk. I'm just rambling now. I have a tendency to do that if I don't watch out for it.
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Post by sapphire on Feb 17, 2014 20:00:23 GMT -6
I do tend to open up to people more one-on-one, though I'm never the one to initiate getting together.
It was just really strange for me to learn that the other writing majors talked about me. (Learning that they were debating whether or not one of my other friends was gay or dating me was both shocking and hilarious. For the record, he was neither.)
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It sucks, though. I definitely believe that no matter how much you get to know somebody over the internet, at least like 70% of their personality can only be discerned face-to-face. And like 50% of that is aided by drinking a few beers with them. Or playing a video game with them. Or playing the losing side of a foodball game with them.
So yeah no problem while we're playing - but if we're at a buffet or anything I'll pretty much gorge.
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