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timmy
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Location: UK, in Devon
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I am not keen on them.
It feels like there is an intruder in my house.
I recognise the reason we all use pseudonyms here, but some pseudonyms cause anxiety too.
With an anxiety-causing pseudonym I feel that I need to look behind all the doors. Please do think when posting anonymously about the anxiety you may cause inadvertantly
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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Registered: March 2012
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just kidding ....
Darren
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timmy
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Location: UK, in Devon
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By definition, lurkers do not post. The "Masked Lurker" is thus an oxymoron.
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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That's funny.
I always thought spidey was hot.
hehe
Kevin
"Be excellent to each other, and, party on dudes"!
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Define pseudo-anonymous, please.
I post here (when I post, that is) with a nickname, that I got from a book. Some people here know my real name, and them I have asked to keep it to themselves. So am I pseudo-anonymous?
That which is dreamed can never be lost, can never be undreamed.
-Master Li in Neil Gaiman's Sandman
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timmy
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Location: UK, in Devon
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What I mean is things like "Just a friend" or "anon" or any other name designed to mislead rather than identify.
There is a difference between a pseudonym and a deceit. Impossible to explain except to the person doing it, who knows that they do it to deceive instead of to identify.
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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No Message Body
"But he that hath the steerage of my course,
direct my sail."
-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act One, Scene IV
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To me, it's inconsiderate to "switch identities" - it seems like playing "mind games" to me.
If it's worth saying and you are contributing to the conversation, why NOT use a consistent "net personality?" I think all the regulars here are willing to accept each other's differences, quirks, mistakes, moments of distress, etc.
So, even if we need to say something controversial, we should be able to hear it and when necessary forgive each other or agree to disagree. If it's "too controversial" or for whatever reason we're unwilling to use our "normal" persona, I think we should reconsider posting at all.
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Re: My spidy senses are tingling 
Word "deceive" implies malice. What if none was intended? 
