The Real World Vs. PH

[rude-boy]

So how far removed do you think that PH is from ‘The Real World’?

Inspired by some comments on Bruciebabe’s diving thread I wonder what the general opinion is.

For me PH is the only site where I join in, in fact I don’t even tend to look at Forums on other sites. One of the reasons is that I feel I have found a ‘home’ in the sense that, amongst other things, I love cars, I love a good debate with informed (and in some cases misguided) individuals, am amused by the odd slanging match, knowing that it’s never likely to turn into a real punch-up, like to learn, impart advice/help when I can, and can indulge some of my more ‘childish’ thoughts!

I think that this mix, together with the more than likely chance that I will knowingly meet up with people on this site in ‘The Real World’, means that I am ‘myself’ on this site. Sometimes a little more abrupt and tactless but I’m no JD for sure.

So are you ‘for real’ or are you really the metaphorical 42 stone welder from Barnsley?

[Marki]

I feel i am myself on here , like you i can be a bit more tactless on here than in real time .

But i agree with most of the points you made re PH it is a great sourceof info for just about anything you care to think of , and can make me giggle uncontrolabley at times

[stackmonkey]

I'm really me.

I have the same username on any other websites that i frequent.

[Plotloss]

When start being someone you arent then when you come to meet people they feel cheated.

I've got some great mates through PH, people I truly respect and I wouldnt have met them if it hadnt been for a portal for the like minded.

The ones that fabricate information are the true losers in all of this.

Helen, erm, I mean Matt...

[JagLover]

Marki said:

I feel i am myself on here , like you i can be a bit more tactless on here than in real time .

Yes there is a feeling you can be yourself, so in that sense PH's is more real than the 'real' world.

[pzero64]

When I’m on here, I feel myself.

[Marki]

JagLover said:

Marki said: I feel i am myself on here , like you i can be a bit more tactless on here than in real time . Yes there is a feeling you can be yourself, so in that sense PH's is more real than the 'real' world.

strange but true

After meeting some PHeders on Mini Hoon i feel somehow much more a part of the gang if you see what i mean , must say all the guys i met on the night out in Koln were first class

[Incorrigible]

Far from exagerating, I tone myself down online

I'm much worse in real life

[einion yrth]

pzero64 said:

When I’m on here, I feel myself.

That's Ok, no one can see

[Plotloss]

pzero64 said:

When I’m on here, I feel myself.

[wedge girl]

I'm pretty much the same on here, a little less shy maybe...

[Karen182]

I hold back on here much more than other forums/when chatting with friends.

[rude-boy]

pzero64 said:

When I’m on here, I feel myself.

I think we would rather you saved that for the 'other sites' you visit...

(See what I mean about the childish bit.)

>> Edited by rude-boy on Wednesday 18th May 13:23

[z1000]

pzero64 said:

When I’m on here, I feel myself.

[Podie]

wedge girl said:

...shy ...

[ninjadave]

I consiously relise that I am being more myslef on here than I am on some of the other sites I used to frequent.

Not sure if it's just me getting older and happier with who I am, or the spirit of the place though.

[GregE240]

I think sometimes people on here can hide behind the keyboard a little too much. And also be far more open about certain topics than they would in real world circumstances.

I reckon I'm pretty much the same on here as I am in real life. Now, back to that plinky plonky piano....

[wedge girl]

Podie said:

wedge girl said: ...shy ...

Obviously I have rather the wrong image of myself

[diddyman]

I'm made from bits of recycled BMW

[z1000]

Karen182 said:

I hold back on here much more than other forums/when chatting with friends.

and

karen182 said:

I want to be behind the bike sheds...

What are you like on other forums ?