tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669068.post109141409441734332..comments2024-03-28T02:15:29.817-05:00Comments on Mouse Words: Platonic bloggingAmanda Marcottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05098500818240791320noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669068.post-1091476982706420392004-08-02T15:03:00.000-05:002004-08-02T15:03:00.000-05:00Funny, it seems to me that post-modernism really i...Funny, it seems to me that post-modernism really is eating away at America's soul! I'll bet even many people who rail against it would definitely agree that a "real" self is a fictional entity.Amanda Marcottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05098500818240791320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669068.post-1091474633629586632004-08-02T14:23:00.000-05:002004-08-02T14:23:00.000-05:00the standard you're measuring it up to is the self...<I>the standard you're measuring it up to is the self outside the computer world, the physical being that is changable and more subject to the vagaries of physical life.</I>I see it the opposite way. People assume that your in-person self is more "real" than your online self because the former is seen as being stuck with all these unchangeable and unchosen aspects. So we think of the "real self" as this sort of relatively fixed soul type thing that is revealed when people let their guard slip. But I think the chosen aspects of yourself, the sort of practices you act out, are just as "real." <br /><br />And there's no single real self -- I make an effort to blather on about politics online, but in person I deliberately avoid talking about politics. I wouldn't say either "political junkie" or "apolitical" is somehow my "real" self and the other is a fake.Stentorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629599671442149938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669068.post-1091462819971911102004-08-02T11:06:00.000-05:002004-08-02T11:06:00.000-05:00Does blogging reveal our true selves? My answer i...Does blogging reveal our true selves? My answer is a definitive no. For those of us who have family members and co-workers that read our blogs, there is definitely a self-censorship in the works. While I might be more likely to say things on my blog that would make family bristle, there are other things I wold never mention in such a public forum. I will only say things on my blog for which I can be held publicly accountable.<br /><br />Like you said, in my real life I obsess over much different things, and I know that I am far more intelligent in print than I am in person, partially due to punctuation and the editing out of filler like "uh," "like," and "dude." "Dude" finds it's way into my mouth far more than necessary.<br /><br />See auto-biographical theory on this one, in addition to the meta-narratives in A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. I would have far more to say on this if I hadn't just packed up all my books.<br /><br />(I'm apparently also more intelligent with easy-accessible sources)<br /><br />Lauren<br />feministe.us/blog/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com