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Hiding Behind the Computer
- Thread starter VicTim
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Beauregard
Aut Agere Aut Mori
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- elude me.
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I think BARF is a little different. Lots of us have actually met. And there are a plenty of us who have been here a long time, like 10+ years, and know each other pretty well even if we haven't met; so it's pretty easy to weed out the R1/scooter/pony keyboard commandos who troll between gobs into their drool cups.
With that said, I know the OP in person and motherfucker has some guns for arms, so if you kick his ass online consider yourself lucky he's not standing in front of you.
With that said, I know the OP in person and motherfucker has some guns for arms, so if you kick his ass online consider yourself lucky he's not standing in front of you.
VicTim
Well-known member
(spits into his drool cup)
Except that many people use their Facebook ID to post some pretty nasty political opinions on CNN and other news sites. Apparently not willing to accept how their professional and personal life could suffer as a result.
Abyss
Anhedonia
I will debate the shit out of you IRL. Come at me bro. 
Do people who post that kind of shit ever amount to anything other than unemployed slob anyway?
Do people who post that kind of shit ever amount to anything other than unemployed slob anyway?
GAJ
Well-known member
Agreed.
Because FB requires 10 forms of ID to make sure you're a real person before they give you an account...
Oh, wait, no, you just need a valid email address!
I'm not saying everyone uses Fakebooks, but the smart ones certainly do.
I don't use FB, but every time someone has shown me their profile, it's in their real name. So either they don't use a fake name, or they're not telling me about it. Either way, I doubt it's a big trend. Most people are sheep, and don't stop to consider how they're tarnishing their reputation for all to see.
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I wouldn't think too much on it, Tim. The internet can create an environment of unfiltered thoughts being expressed, and people might say things on a forum that are hurtful without really meaning to hurt. Yeah, it can be a pretty negative experience if you let it, but you can also use it as a tool. Hey, now ya know never to bring up the Harley argument at a party in person 
The experience stung a little online, but that could have been a big social faux pas if done in a crowd of people. They used their anonymity to whoop up on you, but you can also use it to make the event a distant memory in pretty short order. If I bumped into you at a meet and you bought me a beer next week, I bet I would have a hard time recalling that it ever happened. And that will be the case with most people involved in that thread. You're a perfectly decent guy, and if it came up in conversation with your biggest adversary in there, I bet you and he would have a good laugh in 15 minutes over it.
Been in your shoes, and not all that long ago. Be thankful that you didn't have to go through it in person and learn from it. Being a mod on BARF has not thickened my skin--it's taught me to see things differently. Instead of becoming numb to other people, I've become more sensitive (I'd like to think.) I force myself to walk in their shoes before judging. And I try to get out to meet the most difficult people I've encountered online. Most of them turn out to simply have a different way of communicating through the keyboard--and maybe I don't get it--but they're not trying to personally cause me pain.
(A few are total a-holes that I wish would get herpes simplex 11, too, but that's what makes this place interesting, right?
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The experience stung a little online, but that could have been a big social faux pas if done in a crowd of people. They used their anonymity to whoop up on you, but you can also use it to make the event a distant memory in pretty short order. If I bumped into you at a meet and you bought me a beer next week, I bet I would have a hard time recalling that it ever happened. And that will be the case with most people involved in that thread. You're a perfectly decent guy, and if it came up in conversation with your biggest adversary in there, I bet you and he would have a good laugh in 15 minutes over it. Been in your shoes, and not all that long ago. Be thankful that you didn't have to go through it in person and learn from it. Being a mod on BARF has not thickened my skin--it's taught me to see things differently. Instead of becoming numb to other people, I've become more sensitive (I'd like to think.) I force myself to walk in their shoes before judging. And I try to get out to meet the most difficult people I've encountered online. Most of them turn out to simply have a different way of communicating through the keyboard--and maybe I don't get it--but they're not trying to personally cause me pain.
(A few are total a-holes that I wish would get herpes simplex 11, too, but that's what makes this place interesting, right?
.)
Go Sharks
New member
The Internet may also be a sort of social equalizer. For example, if people can't see your giant pythons and tattoos, which might intimidate people in real life and make them bite their tongues, they can say what they want without fear of (immediate) repercussions.
2legs2wheels
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I'd like to think I'm generally the same on and off line. Whether or not that's true I couldn't say. You tell me
I have met most of the regulars on this board at some point, and figure there is a chance I am going to meet anyone here at some point...
I have met most of the regulars on this board at some point, and figure there is a chance I am going to meet anyone here at some point...
Agent Orange
The b0y ninja
You seem to have a problem with martial artists. Did you recently enter a kumite and get beat up by one?
Nah, just a good example of something people claim (a LOT, in convention/ren faire folk).
Personally, I love martial arts, took isshinryu for years, got my nephew into shotokan, and did some muay thai for a couple years at fight and fitness in sf.
So I personally have no problem with people that ACTUALLY participate in martial arts. As opposed to the ones that engage me and boast about shit that is obviously that, shit. I personally haven't kept up with it, since I let myself get old and fat for a while
(Same goes for the weird motorcycle stories I get to hear, that are obviously fake).
morthrane
Help I'* being Oppressed!
I've ridden with the OP. IRL, he hides behind his guns!
Or claim that their art has been "scientifically proven" to be the "best" in a street fight situation (oft heard from BJJ clowns who've only been training for a year)