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To not like myself that much, especially on here

64 replies

SocksinBoots · 26/09/2013 19:34

I've just had a cringey look through my old posts (under loads of different usernames) and I think I sound like an arsehole.

I try to respond to new posts and then read back my reply and think "ugh, what a pratt/arsehole/whiner" and then go back to Active Convos.

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Calloh · 26/09/2013 19:51

Oh me too! I sound so different from who I think of myself as. But then I wonder if I'd sound like a total dick if I had a stenographer following me around all the time?

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DioneTheDiabolist · 26/09/2013 19:55

It's not you OP, it's the written word. Some people are brilliant at it. I am not one of them.

But here, it's the content, not the flow of the prose that matters. You have something to say. Your comment is as valid as anyone else's. Keep posting.Smile

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littlewhitebag · 26/09/2013 19:59

In real life i think i am witty and smart and i like to banter with my friends and family. But on MN i seem to come across as dull and sensible. I just think i can't translate what i would say into written words.

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Portofino · 26/09/2013 20:02

I tend to have little patience and think I come across as much worse on line than I ever am in RL.

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Bowlersarm · 26/09/2013 20:05

Me too. I sound totally humourless. Like a prim and proper dry old stick. I'm not in RL, honestly.

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Pagwatch · 26/09/2013 20:07

I fret about stuff I write but I feel better having read this because none of ou have struck me in the way you describe yourselves. Smile

Perhaps we are all too self critical?

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puds11isNAUGHTYnotNAICE · 26/09/2013 20:09

I always start writing responses to posts then think 'oh my god I'm boring myself' and delete them.

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BeyondTheLimitsOfAcceptability · 26/09/2013 20:12

i do what puds does, always write half a post then delete it and think "why am I writing this, its a load of shite"
I've nearly done it three times writing this post, have made myself finish it!!

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elQuintoConyo · 26/09/2013 20:15

Nah, you're all a bunch of dullards Grin

I'm very funny on MN... in my head!

Reading back my posts I sound unoriginal and waffly, I take a long time to get to the point, by which time three posters have said the same thing more succinctly/wittily etc and I come across as a bit rubbish!

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Mintyy · 26/09/2013 20:15

Pointless op.

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Pagwatch · 26/09/2013 20:19

Most of the posts I don't actually post have 'fucking twat' in them.

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thebody · 26/09/2013 20:19

'say what you see, say what you see' you know like catchphrase. Grin

and stop name changing, it's cowardly.Grin

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JesusInTheCabbageVan · 26/09/2013 20:20

What should she have posted, Mintyy? Grin

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GetStuffezd · 26/09/2013 20:22

Pointless op.
Wankerish post

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elQuintoConyo · 26/09/2013 20:28

Hahaha Mintyy what a gas!

If pointless MN threads were ants, there'd be milions.

Or something.

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Mintyy · 26/09/2013 20:30

Pointless if she is going to hide in disguise. Obvs.

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ShakeRattleNRoll · 26/09/2013 20:32

op Treat it as a learning curve, thank you for your honesty

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NoelHeadbands · 26/09/2013 20:33

Oh I'm a right knobhead on here- always looking for the cheap joke, like some 'I'm mad me' twat. Cringe.

To be fair, I'm a bit like that in RL as well, but I do reign it in a bit more

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AKissIsNotAContract · 26/09/2013 20:34

I like willies

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usualsuspect · 26/09/2013 20:37

I know I'm a twat on here.

I can't help myself.

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ShotgunNotDoingThePans · 26/09/2013 20:40

I'm an earnest dullard. In fact, I'd have that as my nn but I think it's taken. < bores off >

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Hassled · 26/09/2013 20:40

I'm often very pompous. Either pompous or a bit tryhard and earnest. I'm neither in RL.

And yes, it is all about the written word - I'm sure some of the people who come across as wankers don't realise how they are read, IYSWIM, while some people are just able to write in such a way that they're instantly likeable.

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elQuintoConyo · 26/09/2013 20:41

Oooh, willies... I like them, too.

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ErrolTheDragon · 26/09/2013 20:42

What's unfair is that some people are never twats Envy looking at Dione...even on this thread untwattish.

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FunnysInLaJardin · 26/09/2013 20:42

gawd I never look back. I think I'd die tbh. I like myself for today and thats all that matters to me

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