I asked a related question about how often you lie, on a daily basis, but I think this is more apropos for today’s general aesthetic.

  • Mister Neon@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    If I ever made someone online believe I’m a happy and optimistic person then I apologize for the misunderstanding.

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    Thinking about it, I definitely misrepresent myself online 100% of the time, as I never say who I am. I do say a lot of things, but in a generic sense, enough that it would be hard to pin down who I actually am. I have a deep and irrepressible sense of distrust for the state, for decades, despite what I do for a job. So instead, I have an online persona that does indeed reflect my values, but is separate from the public facing person you might know.

  • Canopyflyer@lemmy.world
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    I lie about everything… Even this comment is a lie.

    In all seriousness, I do enough misdirection that it would be difficult to figure out who I am. But not impossible. Once in a while I’ll post something that is completely out of character for me, just to throw off anyone that may actually know me.

    Here is an example of why:

    I have a former coworker fishing for me on Reddit and he is unaware that I no longer post on that site, or even have an account. A friend of mine clued me in to one of former coworker’s posts which mixed a bit of truth in with some massive delusional lies. So once in a while I’ll pull up his Reddit account to see if there is anything I need to send to my lawyer. Yeah, it’s one of those situations. The post I was originally made aware of made my lawyer giddy and he was disappointed that I declined to set him loose. Former Coworker is a narcissistic loser that lives credit card payment to credit card payment anyway. The best way to deal with a narcissist is with indifference.

    So yeah, my posts are true to the point where identifiable information is needed. Then I mis-direct.

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      9 months ago

      It’s kind asad when you are playing chess while your opponent is playing checkers. King me.

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    9 months ago

    As the President and CEO of a fortune 500, and a neurosurgeon that does rocket surgery as a side project, there are many people relying on me to be an upstanding member of the community at all times.

    In reality, most of the ways I misrepresent myself are to obscure my identity, and mostly it’s by leaving things out.

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    I’ve been sexually harassed so much online that I never correct people when they misgender me on any sort of party chat, especially with video games. I chose an ambiguous username, talk like a bro, have and naturally have deeper voice which only tends to get deeper on the mic. It’s actually really nice to be able to just play video games and be a human being.

    I also put on corporate speak mask when I’m at work. Some days I let it slip and always regret it.

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    9 months ago

    Yes, for anyone doxxing me, everything I say on the Internet is true. I am a middle aged lawyer with brown hair and three children.

  • 🐍🩶🐢@lemmy.world
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    I am really bad at just making shit up and it never occurs to me to lie. I can consciously withhold things, but my default is far too honest. However, do I have the ability to lie? Definitely. If I need to, there is some emotionless place I go to mentally and I just lie. That’s it. Just lie.

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    Knowing how easily someone could figure out who I am, I am very cautious to never say anything on the internet that I wouldn’t back up in real life. Keeps me honest, I guess, or at the very least consistent.

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    Obviously I hide my identity but that means not telling everything about myself. I don’t need to lie about it.

    I don’t think I misrepresent anything. I comment as myself. Only thing that comes to mind is that I like defending positions that are ethically correct but have bad optics so for example defending Elon Musk when people here spread misinformation about him despite the fact that I don’t particularly even like the guy. It’s understandable that people make false assumptions about me because of it but I don’t really care. That’s on them.

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    I don’t go out of my way to lie or hide things, but I don’t spread too much either.

    On the other hand, I’ve stopped correcting people who default to everyone online being male.

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    Hmmm, I’d say I always IRL and online Try to be a decent person so by that, never. However there are plenty of things I say to create a persona online simply because it’s fun, goofy and harmless. If I’m feeling goofy or want to commit to a bit, such as my earlier comments on this profile fitting in bugles anywhere I could because I thought of a funny username.

    Is that misrepresenting myself? Probably by technicality. Although I can be goofy IRL too so bit of yes, bit of no, depending on how close you wanna define it