The Alt Glossary!

[Magnetron]

FYP I totes agree.

Thanks, but IDNNP.

 

[Littlefinger]

It's funny that - in a place like Lit, which allows you to be whoever you wish to be - so many people choose to be idiots.

So, is truth and being genuine not favored?

It's easy to assign labels and vaguely allude to a point when you've really got nothing to say. Case in point, if you don't name names, it comes off as sanctimonious and vapid.

 

[Pookie]

It's funny that - in a place like Lit, which allows you to be whoever you wish to be - so many people choose to be idiots.

Sigline worthy.

 

[Pookie]

Signature worthy, even.

You beat me to it.

 

[spacekowboy]

One each, to be used sparingly.

I have no patience. They will be used up within the hour, I fear.

 

[Brollyanna]

So, is truth and being genuine not favored?

It's easy to assign labels and vaguely allude to a point when you've really got nothing to say. Case in point, if you don't name names, it comes off as sanctimonious and vapid.

Sure, being genuine is favored, but determining if someone is genuine and truthful on a message board is difficult. The best I can do is to judge posters on their posts (duh) and a surprising number come across as rude, angry and aggressive. I don't believe most are as rude, angry and aggressive in real life, so I suspect that a large part of people's personas here are constructs and my point was that it surprises me that people decide on such idiotic constructs.

And no, I won't name names. I'm not that rude.

 

[Littlefinger]

And no, I won't name names. I'm not that rude.

Okay. But were you referring to me?

I agree in some ways with what you said, then. Thank you for elaborating.

 

[Brollyanna]

Sigline worthy.

*blush*

I have no patience. They will be used up within the hour, I fear.

They are fleeting, so you're probably right to get them while you can.

 

[Brollyanna]

Okay. But were you referring to me?

I agree in some ways with what you said, then. Thank you for elaborating.

I'M NOT THAT RUDE!!!

 

[spacekowboy]

*blush*



They are fleeting, so you're probably right to get them while you can.

They were gone inside of 15 minutes.


They outlasted the time it takes me to eat a can of Pringles at least.

 

[Que]

It's funny that - in a place like Lit, which allows you to be whoever you wish to be - so many people choose to be idiots.

I frequently kick myself for that very thing.

 

[bronzeage]

It's funny that - in a place like Lit, which allows you to be whoever you wish to be - so many people choose to be idiots.

Idiocy is like gender identity. One does not really have a choice.

 

[Que]

Idiocy is like gender identity. One does not really have a choice.

Yes, but one does have a choice about the degree to which one expresses it.

 

[Pookie]

Yes, but one does have a choice about the degree to which one expresses it.

Only until the mouth is open.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Only until the mouth is open.

Some mouths love staying open.

Not for the good reasons, either.

 

[Tathagata]

It's funny that - in a place like Lit, which allows you to be whoever you wish to be - so many people choose to be idiots.

I think for some people this is the only place anyone listens to them...probably because they are idiots.

 

[Koalabeer]

I have been a lot of people since about 2001. Mostly lurkers. I have always had a knack for having PMs returned, so that was plenty of interaction.

I have introduced probably half a dozen people from the flesh and blood world to Lit including a couple. 3-4 of those handles I set up and managed until their interest waned. Those are all dormant and I have no idea how to access them.

Queer~Vader was more an identified punching bag then an actual alt.

I have one alt that is fairly seasoned. It had to do with a project of mine. It makes appearances, but rarely. No one has ever suggested that alt is anyone but an individual, distinct persona. One person caught me in a slip once and knows of my association there.

I have one and only one that is clearly someone's alt. but no one has ever suggested even in jest that that alt is mine. Oddly, the same person caught this one in a slip, and is the only person that knows that one is me. Because of some administrative stuff I needed help with, perhaps Laurel could have surmised, but I would tend to doubt it.

Just before the time of Queer~Vader, I had decided to retire query. I started a new persona, and mentioned it at the time to one person on the day I was creating that one. Since then the person that knows of the two above has seen that one interact with the above two.

I have one that no one knows about. That particular one has a particular end game intended and if I ever put it to that use, eventually that will be apparent. So far is is entirely harmless.

All but one of my alts are not, in the least, combative. They tend to be unnoticed. I have walked them all through the GB on occasion. Only one would anyone recognize by name, I would bet. That one is provocative, but if revealed it would be clear that it is far less combative than you would expect.

I watch how I use them, and if I make an error, it is that I neglect to interact with them, usually. They rarely make an appearance together, but they have. Mostly they amount to a creative writing exercise.

And that is the sum total of my alts.

Holy shit.

 

[Conager]

Holy shit.

Holy shit, indeed:

"All but one of my alts are not, in the least, combative. They tend to be unnoticed. I have walked them all through the GB on occasion. Only one would anyone recognize by name, I would bet. That one is provocative, but if revealed it would be clear that it is far less combative than you would expect."

 

[Koalabeer]

Holy shit, indeed:

"All but one of my alts are not, in the least, combative. They tend to be unnoticed. I have walked them all through the GB on occasion. Only one would anyone recognize by name, I would bet. That one is provocative, but if revealed it would be clear that it is far less combative than you would expect."

Nice bump, Q-bert!

 

[MGurkus]

This thread showcases why Que is such a creep and should not be trusted. His wife found out the hard way.

 

[Freudian_Slit]

Damn. I had no idea Que was such a prolific alt monger. No wonder the GB is dying. Has the pathetic cross dresser no shame? Get thee back into the closet where thy belong.

 

[oggbashan]

Just for the record:

I have two alts - jeanne_d_artois who sometimes writes stories from a female POV, and Fag-Ash_Lil who is a character in one of jeanne_d_artois' stories.

Neither are a secret and they rarely post.