Are you your username?

[McNinja]

Yes, yes I am.

 

[Atvomat_Nikonov]

In a sense, who I am on the Escapist is not who I am in real life. 'Atvomat_Nikonov' is just an way for me to release some cynicism and other bad things I dont express a lot. I do retain some of my real life features, for example I dont post alot and tend to 'listen in on' other peoples debates and opinions.

 

[Nivag the Owl]

Well 'Nivag' is my name backwards and I'm totally a viking. So yeah, I'd say my profile is who I am.

 

[Goldeneye103X2]

I just got that really gay sounding username because i enjoyed goldeneye rogue agent.
My real name is....*cough* oh crap ive got a bad cough i'd better get back home!

 

[RAWKSTAR]

Damn right I'm a Rockstar that can't spell and looks like Bill Bailey!


.... I wish the second part was true....

 

[LaxLuster]

For the most part I'm the same. Oddly enough, I'm a much bigger jerk in real life. I'm nicer to people I don't know.

 

[darthsmily]

I'm just the same, just as shy, on the internet and am actually a cheerful sithlord.

 

[Zersy]

I'n actually a Program made by the goverment to monitor society using almost all internet technology therefore i am UNKNOWN and INCOGNITO

just check my escapist space everything is ACCESS DENIED

so if you are to become a useless form of society e.g. a troll then i hack into your computer and arrange a accident for you so called "untimely demise"

trying to get rid of me is useless since i'm am simply a program

to make this post seem more human i will insert internet language

.....................


LOL

 

[Jenny Creed]

If I was not the character/person/entity that's posting this, then who'd be posting it?

 

[Aumichan]

Wait your asking if I'm... me?
I dunno I'll have to check with her.

My username is my nickname my friend from camp gave me. Ah-Ooh-Me, I just needed it longer so I did the whole "chan" thing cause I'm just so sweet and innocent.... yeah.

 

[Malkavian]

If I was not the character/person/entity that's posting this, then who'd be posting it?

Question is if only a fraction of you lends it's personality to the tposting style, or that you can honestly say that you feel you are 100 % yourself.

 

[Umwerfer]

Whether or not "Umwerfer" represents a different set of characteristics than me?
me: watch'a think?
Umwerfer: nah, we're pretty identical
me: if you say so -.-

nope, I'm me wherever I am, but I'm not german even though the name's german for "subverter/overturner"

 

[ButtFuckingChrist]

Obviously, I'm engaging in stimulating anal sex with the "Lord" Jesus

 

[Jenny Creed]

If I was not the character/person/entity that's posting this, then who'd be posting it?

Question is if only a fraction of you lends it's personality to the tposting style, or that you can honestly say that you feel you are 100 % yourself.

Well, I'm being myself. But if someone was, say, 50% himself when posting, then only that half would be answering to the question. There's no part of anyone engaged in this discussion that's not 100% itself and therefore honest when answering yes.

At least according to my theories on consciousness.

By the way it's "its". "It's" is short for "It is".

 

[Jiggletits]

Does my username bare any resemblance on me? Certainly does.

 

[The Blind Prophet]

I'm not a Blind Prophet, that'd be silly. Hah.

Yeah, i'm actually the Supreme Overlord of New Atlantis. Wouldn't fit for a name, though, so I went with one of my lesser titles.

 

[Ronwue]

Wait... if I'm not here then where am I?

 

[DarkMessiah]

My username is not from Might and Magic ¬_¬
I was using it for several months before I'd even heard of that title.

Mostly my internet self and my real life self are more or less the same. Although I obviously get more thinking time online, and sometimes I'm more cynical. I definitely swear less online as well.

 

[Malkavian]

If I was not the character/person/entity that's posting this, then who'd be posting it?

Question is if only a fraction of you lends it's personality to the tposting style, or that you can honestly say that you feel you are 100 % yourself.

Well, I'm being myself. But if someone was, say, 50% himself when posting, then only that half would be answering to the question. There's no part of anyone engaged in this discussion that's not 100% itself and therefore honest when answering yes.

At least according to my theories on consciousness.

By the way it's "its". "It's" is short for "It is".

I apologize for my gramatical error. There is always room for improvement.

Granted, but suppose it is not the fraction that is in control, but perhaps a "full" personality that is blatantly "lying" in the sense that he is presenting a self other than what he is. I am not talking about writing "I am a plumber" when the poster is in fact president of the United States, but for an example pretending to be dumber than one really is, with the intention to fit better in. Perhaps refusing to look at and respond intellectually to, let's say, a philosophical question, even though your actual persona has already read it, thought about it, and constructed a relevant answer.
I hope that made sense. My question is this then: What if we consciously choose to pretend we're something else? Is the actor that plays MacBeth, actually MacBeth?