Feigning for attention

@eve wrote:

We all have fantasies. Perhaps some ppl need them more than others and find it less dangerous and harmful to live them out in a chat world than in reality?

Don’t think he meant “those” kind of fantasies eve you devil :oops: :wink:

Sometimes when people post in their nom De plumes and are playing out their ridiculous fantasies its hard to stay quiet, especially when other sincere people are unaware of the amateur dramatics …. best thing to do… well no idea really… smile sweetly and carry on I suppose :?

@londonseagull wrote:

@mrs_teapot wrote:

Sometimes when people post in their nom De plumes and are playing out their ridiculous fantasies its hard to stay quiet, especially when other sincere people are unaware of the amateur dramatics …. best thing to do… well no idea really… smile sweetly and carry on I suppose :?

I love the AmDrams MrsT, I believe none of them and work up from there… bloody funny innit!

Well not always SG but I try to see the funny side :D why are you a seagull btw? :D

@(f)politics? wrote:

@eve wrote:

We all have fantasies. Perhaps some ppl need them more than others and find it less dangerous and harmful to live them out in a chat world than in reality?

Don’t think he meant “those” kind of fantasies eve you devil :oops: :wink:

Nor did I .. Ya mucky mare! :D

I know there are people online who portray themselves as differently from who they are in the real world. Maybe it is why those people like the internet, they can be something they aren’t. Reinvent themselves. But in most cases, depending how extreme the invention is, they are found out eventually, and the fall out can range from the minor to the very extreme depending on how much people had been taken in.

I know there are some people who don’t deviate too widley from the truth, and can therefore keep their “online personas” ticking along nicely for years.

Does it cause any harm? Ultimately no. Because everyone is aware that people lie about who they are on the net now. In the early days of this site I think people did get hurt, and probably fleeced of a few bob too, but I doubt it happens much now.

The other thing, which is kind of interesting, is why they do it in the first place. There are going to be the obvious things, like saying they are not married when they are, or that they have a job when they don’t, but why do people lie about the little things? My guess is that they start off by lying a little and then to keep the truth from being uncovered, one lie leads to another and then another and in the end, the chatter has to disappear in some way and come back as someone else and start again, hopefully in a more sensible manner.

If people like the fact that the internet breaks down barriers and puts people in touch who normally wouldn’t meet, then we have to accept the downside that there are always going to be people who want to portray themselves in a deceptive light.