Restrictions on second/third accounts?

[nice90sguy]

I have more than one nom de plume , because frankly I have a lot of plumes. (None of them belong to my aunt AFAIK)

 

[MillieDynamite]

I think everyone here, even with pen names and alternate accounts, post as who they are. Their comments, nice, kind, and supportive, or angry caustic, and hateful are who they are. Having angry thoughts and making those thoughts don't make you a bad person. Neither do the nice comments. We're all human when we type, and who we are is reveled in our postings. Millie is my real name, Dynamite is both my pen name and part of dads nickname for me. I only post stories as Millie Dynamite. I've also been posting for over 10 years as Millie Dynamite now. I posted my first time with Millie Dynamite or Millie 90lbs of Dynamite, back in 2012 at the ripe old age of 21. (it was before my birthday in September)

You know, I'm pretty sceptical that I'd find that listed as your name on your birth certificate (which is sort of a germane point to some of what you've mused about on this thread). You do know that there's almost no one playing as themselves on this Web site, don't you?

 

[MillieDynamite]

I didn't say I was always the same. I said who we are is revealed in our actions. On here our actions are the post we make. Yes, I'm always a bit of smart ass. Yes, I am, at times combative and even petti. But always, I'm plain ole Millie.

Ruben is only a part of me, and I'm filtering out all kinds of stuff that I don't want to show as Ruben. In a way, it's liberating, in other ways, it's restricting.

I do have stories I didn't want to put under Ruben's name for one reason or another. The others don't talk that much.

And, to be honest, are you always the same? I'm very different, depending on the company. Work, family, friends, in bed with my wife, it's all compartmentalized.

 

[oggbashan]

Consuming eggs, sausages, hamburgers, or any food produced by the cruel meat industry has a detrimental impact on animals. Therefore, unless you follow a vegan lifestyle, it's best to keep your opinions to yourself. Showing affection only towards cats, dogs, and horses does not make you humane; it merely makes you a hypocritical biped.

When asked by a vegan 'Would you eat meat if you had to kill and butcher it yourself?' My reply was 'Yes, What do you want?'

I'm off his Christmas list.

 

[SimonDoom]

That is a very interesting subject. I've always claimed that on the internet people show their true selves, as the anonymity and safety that internet provides gives them a chance to do so.

This raises an interesting question: what is one's true self? I'm not sure there is such a thing. I think we're more malleable than we think we are. Given the right circumstances, many more of us could be Nazi prison guards than we'd like to admit. I'm not sure why a completely artificial environment in which one can get away with anything necessarily reveals one's "true" self. I'm more inclined to think it's a fantasy setting in which people can play out parts of themselves with impunity and have fun doing so.

 

[oggbashan]

This raises an interesting question: what is one's true self? I'm not sure there is such a thing. I think we're more malleable than we think we are. Given the right circumstances, many more of us could be Nazi prison guards than we'd like to admit. I'm not sure why a completely artificial environment in which one can get away with anything necessarily reveals one's "true" self. I'm more inclined to think it's a fantasy setting in which people can play out parts of themselves with impunity and have fun doing so.

I agree. In a typical day I am many roles - Husband, Dad, Granddad, neighbour, politician, writer (sometimes) cancer patient etc.

In each role I am different. Which is the 'real' me? All of them.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

This raises an interesting question: what is one's true self? I'm not sure there is such a thing. I think we're more malleable than we think we are. Given the right circumstances, many more of us could be Nazi prison guards than we'd like to admit. I'm not sure why a completely artificial environment in which one can get away with anything necessarily reveals one's "true" self. I'm more inclined to think it's a fantasy setting in which people can play out parts of themselves with impunity and have fun doing so.

I think even in your "fantasy" your moral self will be expressed, more or less. I have seen so many people express their worse sides over internet and becoming worse versions of themselves, exactly because they always had it somewhere deep inside. I am yet to meet someone who was consistently acting like a better human being online compared to real life.
We can all be whatever we want online, play out our fantasies, but given enough time, our moralities show themselves sooner or later. This isn't about our sometimes quirky personas that we play out and present over internet, it is just about the moral part of that persona.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

I agree. In a typical day I am many roles - Husband, Dad, Granddad, neighbour, politician, writer (sometimes) cancer patient etc.

In each role I am different. Which is the 'real' me? All of them.

And I believe you are a good person in all those roles, real life or online. I was always talking only about morality.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Consuming eggs, sausages, hamburgers, or any food produced by the cruel meat industry has a detrimental impact on animals. Therefore, unless you follow a vegan lifestyle, it's best to keep your opinions to yourself. Showing affection only towards cats, dogs, and horses does not make you humane; it merely makes you a hypocritical biped.

I know you think you're making a profound point, but many of the kindest and most loving people I have known eat meat. And many of the most obnoxious, arrogant, and mean folks I've met don't. If you're looking for an argument, maybe you've hit the spot. If you're looking to make an honest point, you're not. By nature, man is a carnivore with omnivore tendencies. You're fighting nature when you turn vegan. More power to you if you can do it. My adoptive sister is vegetarian. She doesn't try to change me, doesn't make her sons eat only veggies or husband. Loving cats and dogs and not wanting them to turn horses into people's food doesn't make you a hypocrite or inhumane. Trying to force others to believe as you do through intimating statements does make you a bully.