Hmm, I really don't intend to intimidate (most of the time :rolleyes: ), but I know it happens when I comment on serious subjects - especially ones I feel strongly about. There's a reason my mentors steered me toward debate in school and then suggested the legal professions. I have learned to temper it with a definite wicked grin or questioning raised eybrow rather than stern glares, but that doesn't always come through in text. Guess I need to keep working on that.

Absolutely!
It's not only a shock, but sometimes rather irritating when you meet someone in person after reading their posts for a while and they are a completely different person.

For the most part, no. The only thing different is whenever I get angry irl, I normally leave it alone or end up tripping over what I say if I DO say something, where as in the Internet if I choose not to leave it alone I can re-read what I'm about to say and have it be easier to express and understand.

hmmm i think i just the same on the net
I love to chat & some times I lost ^^
maybe when in game I'd be more silent ~~

I don't think I'm different...
In real life when I'm living my life, I talk so much, I jump like a bunny and I'm sooo happy...on the Internet I look so energyfull and I use so much "smiles". When I'm sad, I say 2-3 things and I'm not listening to the rest. On the Internet, I don't talk so much too.
Well, I can say I'm the same person :marusmile:

If anything I am more myself online. I'm usually pretty reserved in real life and keep quiet or refrain from comment in most situations. Only my closest friends and family know what I'm really like: opinionated, goofy, enthusiastic and a little pessimistic which is how I am online.

I'm pretty much exactly the same regardless of what medium I communicate through or even what group of people I'm around. I've always had a take me or leave me attitude. People either like me or not, I don't really care and don't change anything to try and make them like me more.

I like to rely on hand gestures (not to be mistaken for sign language) or motions of 'the obvious', instead of speaking.

"What's on tv?"
-Make eye contact, slowly move my eyes towards the tv, to show them, what's on.-

I don't like speaking. I don't even have a phone. But typing is okay, so in that regards, I am quite different, because I can't quite flail my arms on a message board.