# Forum weirdness **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [November 14, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forum-weirdness/35484 "2003-11-14T13:59:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@ave](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ave)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forum-weirdness/35484/1 "2003-11-14T13:59:36Z")
If only people in RL spoke and conversed as much they do in forums , the world would be a nicer place. Its weird people in normal everyday life ignore 95% of the people they say , without ever thinking to chat and pass the time with them. But on forums people (myself included) will spend hours posting on some thread of no real importance to anyone. Why?? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forum-weirdness/35484/2 "2003-11-14T14:05:04Z")
For me, it is because of the people I live around. They are all the people I wish I could ban from life :trout: Well not all of them, there are _SOME_ nice people here, but it’s a rare occurance. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forum-weirdness/35484/3 "2003-11-14T14:06:56Z")
so according to ppl over here have double personality online and different one offline? Good Ppl are good and bad are worst does’nt matter where they are, not saying i am good or watever, just that i m same, lets it be anyline(offline or online) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forum-weirdness/35484/4 "2003-11-14T14:11:17Z")
i see your points but think about this… When you reply to this post its real life equivalent would be a total stranger wandering up and asking your opinion on something , now you wouldnt get into a conversation with him would you and this is even more true for the like 100+ posts threads it would be like ten total strangers all having a chinwag about politics or the like… would never happen in RL. Also unless we communicate with others how do we know we dont like them. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forum-weirdness/35484/5 "2003-11-14T14:12:22Z")
Forum conversations are not true conversations as they are not instantanious and in real time. Also we can select the conversations we want to enter into. As this is a Flash / Web Dev based forum we all know the general topic and the background of everyone here is web / flash and bettering them selves in said area and therefore converse on that level or there abouts. There is less diversity of character here than IRL! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forum-weirdness/35484/6 "2003-11-14T14:12:46Z")
Jasninder: Yeah, i’m slightly different offline than online. Offline you are lucky to get a few words out of me, i’m _very_ quiet. But since typing technically isn’t talking, I can be more chatty 😉 😛 Phil: Hoorah! People suck :x ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forum-weirdness/35484/7 "2003-11-14T14:44:56Z")
Im the same violent, sarcastic, humerous, beer guzzling, gym rat, geek offline. I talk to everybody in real life really. rere420 can vouch for that too. It drives her nuts. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forum-weirdness/35484/8 "2003-11-14T14:50:48Z")
> \*Originally posted by lostinbeta \* > \*\*For me, it is because of the people I live around. They are all the people I wish I could ban from life :trout: Well not all of them, there are _SOME_ nice people here, but it’s a rare occurance. \*\* what lost said… :whistle: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forum-weirdness/35484/9 "2003-11-14T14:51:33Z")
The thing about forum conversations is that what you say gets saved for future viewing. It kind of makes what you want to say a little bit more relevant than talking to a casual stranger and forgetting what you both said a few hours later. I wouldn’t say less diversity though laslett. If there is anything on your mind to talk about, there is a forum for it - it can be anything from creating Spam in Flash, using a preloader with spam, just spam, or the devious politics of spam. There is a forum for it so everyone is somewhat happy :fe: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forum-weirdness/35484/10 "2003-11-14T14:55:03Z")
But your whole site is geared towards Flash and Flash related things and will therefore attract Flash minded audience ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forum-weirdness/35484/11 "2003-11-14T14:56:49Z")
Yeah, but not everyone in the Flash minded audience thinks the same, so the personalities are still diverse. In this very thread we have the violent alcholic fester, the conspiracy nut Phil, the AI Kirupa, and the mute lostinbeta. Pretty diverse :thumb: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forum-weirdness/35484/12 "2003-11-14T20:42:05Z")
And me the dumb jock who had a secret life as a computer nerd. The only person from my college basketball team to grauduate from college (so far)… I am pretty much the same on the board…funny at times (i think) but generally serious and helpful… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forum-weirdness/35484/13 "2003-11-14T21:00:56Z")
> \*Originally posted by lostinbeta \* > \*\*For me, it is because of the people I live around. They are all the people I wish I could ban from life :trout: Well not all of them, there are _SOME_ nice people here, but it’s a rare occurance. \*\* lol so… you think people in philly are bad eh? ok try living where i am. check this out… the guys around here are all a bunch of guido’s, keep in mind i am also part italian. i mean LIB these guys get their nails done, they wear tight little shirts to show off their puny muscles. they even where sunglases at night!!! not to mention if i lite a match near their hair they would explode :cool: not me man i refuse to look like these clones 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forum-weirdness/35484/14 "2003-11-14T21:23:18Z")
they even where sunglases at night!!! HHHHHHHHHHAAAAHAHAHAHAHAhahahaha now those are some weenies… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forum-weirdness/35484/15 "2003-11-15T05:05:26Z")
Digital: So it’s just the way people look that make where you are bad :h: I wasn’t even going into looks, hehe… too diverse here. Just people around here are ignorant, and it is unsafe to walk ANYWHERE alone (both my mother and my brother were mugged about 3-5 blocks from my house, on 2 seperate occasions). You look at someone for a second and they get all pissy. It’s not fun when you have to keep your guard up all the time. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 5:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forum-weirdness/35484/16 "2003-11-15T05:14:25Z")
\*\*\*\* lost you sound like you live in the neighbohood I grew up in (East Oakland Ca.) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 5:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forum-weirdness/35484/17 "2003-11-15T05:15:55Z")
at least it keeps you in the safety of your own home, hidden behind a computer programming all day. I don’t even have an excuse, I’m just a hermit. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forum-weirdness/35484/18 "2003-11-15T05:21:22Z")
DDD: Hehe, nope, don’t live there, but I know Philly isn’t the only area like this, there is worse (I feel bad for those people) APDesign: So true, so true. I almost got hit by a car today while waiting for my bus to work by some guy who wanted to get by a red light by making a last minute decision to cut through the gas station lot (and my bus stop area). Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 8:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forum-weirdness/35484/19 "2003-11-15T08:30:10Z")
When you’re on the forums, or in a chat room, it’s not a REAL conversation. You’re not talking to someone, you’re typing to someone. In some ways, it’s making people less responsive to inter-personal relationships, but it has, like you say, brought complete strangers together at the same time. It’s a crazy thing, I try not to think about it much. But normally, I’ll talk to anyone who wants to listen. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forum-weirdness/35484/20 "2003-11-15T14:22:35Z")
I think people are a lot of more talkative in forums, coz the ppl here have ‘probalby’ interests in common and are kinda the same… I personally enjoy chatting or being on a board, because I can easily say stuff I wouldn’t say in rl… “It’s not that I’m shy or something but… :)” [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forum-weirdness/35484.md?page=2)