Ok, I'm not talking about on the org or other websites here, but in your everyday life away from the internet.

Do you have a persona you aspire to? Do you see people who you admire and think 'I wish I could be like them'? Do you then take steps to try to achieve your desired persona? Do you consider this disingenuous or simply worthwhile striving for self-improvement?

Or do you simply go about your life and whatever personality manifests you accept and are content with?

Do you consciously try to fit in with other people, or conversely try hard to be different?

Isn't trying hard to be unique absurd and futile?

Is spontaneity lost when trying to achieve a certain persona?

A lot of questions, to be sure. Your thoughts, if u will.

Your competing with my threads.

no.

AsianBoi777 said:

Your how many threads?????

My philosophy has always been if you're trying, you're trying too hard. Personality, persona what have you should all just be natural.
Of course, self-improvement is kinda another thing, though. If you're an ass, there's nothing wrong with learning how not to be.

BSK3478 said:

Very succinct. I got that one. Care to elaborate?

You too AB, your thoughts on this topic?

CarrieMpls said:

I absolutely agree. I wish I could be more like you.

My only goal is not to be an asshole to folks. At least to those who don't deserve it. I want peace and happiness. That is all. I will do anything to achieve that in my surroundings. If folks are fed and happy, what could be wrong with that? A fat belly is a happy belly! Simple.

Fauxie said:

I can't always tell when you're being serious or sarcastic.

So I'm gonna decide to take that as a compliment and say thanks.

O.K.

I guess I’ll bite.


There is nothing unique or original about my personality. It is a deliberate invention that I cultivated over years through imitation, studying those I admire, and practice.

Every gesture, every nuance in my countenance, is but a practiced deliberate manifestation of my desire to be this-or-that person.

In this sense, I do not find or view myself as “original” or “unique”, because I’m obviously not. My real life personality is slightly different from my org personality in that I seldom reveal much about myself on this site, except the happy-go-lucky side of me (which actually is genuine, if not omnipresent). In real life, I am shy, hard to read, and often avoid crowds unless drunk. In real life, I can be horrified by many things.

But yes, I constantly look for people to imitate.
At work, I imitate my former boss who was such a bitch that she ended up winning all her negotiations.
On the org, I imitate 2the9s ( I still don’t’ know why) because he is consisitantly funny, if not all together pleasant.
At home, I imitate the late Julia Roberts, Martha Stewart, and Ghandi.

At this moment, I really need to leave this cold ass lobby and get something to drink.

I've had a few people tell me I'm intriguing or mysterious. I really don't see myself this way and wondered whether I'd been trying to cultivate this persona or whether I do just possess these traits. Certainly being thought of as mysterious flatters my ego somewhat and it's not something I dislike. However, away from the internet I see myself typically as rather unmysterious and very simple. If I were to try to push this side of me forward more would that be just as contrived? I suppose that different people take you different ways and there's nothing wrong with that.

i just try 2 be me, and hope that im not like anyone else
i love being unique...
people call it weird, but whatev
that's me.

Fauxie said:

How you can go through life without a job in a third world country is a mystery to me.

Fauxie said:

what's the point in doing so, to keep up with others and to be like them?

CarrieMpls said:

Well, I did agree with your thoughts. The wishing to be like you was facetious in the sense that it would contradict with agreeing to your thoughts on the subject. That's not to say there aren't things about you that I admire, of course.

AsianBoi777 said:

Damn good question! How do you do that?

BSK3478 said:

How could you not be unique? This applies to sammij too, and I'm simply playing devil's advocate here, but isn't striving not to keep up with others and not be like them just as contrived?

Fauxie said:

not as contrived as trying to be like someone else, really.

SammiJ said:

I agree with you. People do think you're

BSK3478 said:

Hey!
Just becuase I've spent the last year of my life trying to be Anxiety doesn't mean it's contrived. If U understood the true power of Anxiety, you'd do it too.

Hard to explain really, I mean with the way he dresses and all.

AsianBoi777 said:

ShySlantedEye1 said:

Yes it is. There's a very long story behind that. It all started when I was just a young boy growing up in Woodmancote, a small village near the spa town of Cheltenham. Cheltenham was in fact the summer residence of the royal family in the last 19th century owing to its beautiful parks and renowned race course. But I digress. Let's keep this on topic folks.

Fauxie said:

And now I'm the lame girl who had to have the joke explained to her. Feel free to emulate someone else.

AsianBoi777 said:

BSK3478 said:

The thing is, ultimately we can't help but be unique. Yet part of me sees how people strive to be different, while every conceivable personality, choice of physical appearance, style, and intellectual outlook ends up uniting you to one group or another of similarly conceived personas. In this sense it would appear impossible to be unique. It's a paradox, I guess.

CarrieMpls said:

I admire how humble and unpretentious you are. Humble people make great listeners.

Fauxie said:

very true. sorta like the goths on south park, in its most extreme form:



everyone else dresses and acts the saaaaame! conformists!




cheesy poof edit
[Edited 7/10/05 19:02pm]

AsianBoi777 said:

In reference to your question about my unemployed status I would point you towards your own post regarding the true power of Anxiety and invite you to ask how many souls Anxiety has and where he keeps them.

SammiJ said:

Just be yourself, exactly

Fauxie said: