Let's be honest here.

I don't know what Renegade sounds like (although I've always wanted to hear him say "G'day mate"). I don't know if Psy-T walks funny (you know why I'm saying that ). I don't know if Marie, being French, is fond of wearing perfumes, and what the scent of her favourite perfume is. In fact, I still have high hopes that Arbiter is actually a Hot Cuban girl that went to Florida in a floating Cadillac, reading Nietzsche in order to learn English. Even if we saw ourselves using webcams, that wouldn't be quite the same as seeing one another in real life.

However, I recognise you. The avatar and sigs end up being like clothes, and the screen names give you some kind of unique identity, such as that of real life individuals. Sometimes you can even recognise a person by the way they write a post, and I was surprised when it first happened to me (Acid Junkie recognised an alter ego of mine, Delay Llama).

The raison d'etre of this thread is not just an excuse to state the obvious though. What do you think is the difference between an on-line discussion, and the discussion you might have in real life, facing someone? What's the importance of body in communication?

What, in a more apocalyptic approach, would happen if we all met?

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Party at Lira's place!!!

possibility no.1 : fundie bashing party
possibility no.2 : discussing the meaning of 42 over beer and chips

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I recognise Lira from his long drawn out diatribe posts.

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Originally posted by josh4 diatribe

I learnt a new word today

Anyway, I found two meanings for diatrabe: does it mean my posts are usually angry/critising something, or they're just long?

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A diatribe usually just means it's excessively long and drawn out.

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If you choose to pull the trigger - should your drama prove sincere - do it somewhere far away from here.

I'm sure the room we're in, during heated debate, would spiral into a vortex of verbal debris like a bad Wizard of Oz episode, climaxed by the thundering crash of the PPD house landing on...[finish ending here]

I'm sure it could be all patched up with beer, chips and the consensis of the answer #42 though...

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"...End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path...one that we all must take.
The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all change to silver glass...and then you see it...
...white shores...and beyond...the far green country under a swift sunrise."

GOD DAMN IT!!! IT'S FUCKING 'CRISPS' NOT FUCKING 'CHIPS' UNLESS YOU'RE PLANNING ON HAVING BATTERED COD WITH IT!!!

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Originally posted by Perfect_Cheezit A diatribe usually just means it's excessively long and drawn out.

Oh... yeah, I admit it, I like writing a lot

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I don't know. Most people seem to project alot. I really don't and I usually keep to myself most of the time. It's pretty rare for me to be interested in social interaction with most people. It's not that I'm anti-social or anything, I just think most people are eigther mean or dumb, or a combination of the two. I'm not terribly interested in superficial relationships of any type and putting up a facade.

Although, out of most of the PDD regulars, Lira seems to be the most interesting person to meet in real life. Always nice and friendly, and a gentleman, with interesting insight on the human condition (amongst other stuff). So I gotta ask you (Lira), what the hell is Russell Crowe doing in your avatar ?

P.S. Most of you guys (regulars) are cool and civil for the most part though. Don't want to rub anyone the wrong way.

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"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak out for me." -Martin Niemöller

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Originally posted by George Smiley GOD DAMN IT!!! IT'S FUCKING 'CRISPS' NOT FUCKING 'CHIPS' UNLESS YOU'RE PLANNING ON HAVING BATTERED COD WITH IT!!!

...but 'CRISP' is something I'd find at the bottom of my BBQ!

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"...End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path...one that we all must take.
The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all change to silver glass...and then you see it...
...white shores...and beyond...the far green country under a swift sunrise."

Chips FTW

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