Psychologically Speaking (32)
Also the way that people conduct themselves on forums can sometimes speak volumes about how they are in real life and the state of thier mental acuity.
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In response to: How people describe themselves in their profiles must be viewed in context. For a few reasons many profiles may be very much the opposite of an accurate assessment of the person writing the profile.
Discounting for the moment the fake profiles, of which there are quite a lot here, the people who are actually desperately looking to meet other people have certain reasons to want to misrepresent themselves.
If they have a glaring problem in their life, the first impulse is to try to deny having that glaring problem. Very often they'll bring this item up seemingly out of the blue, where the rest of us would never even think to raise the topic.
If you met somebody in the offline "real" world, and they began their introduction to you by saying something like
"oh, and by the way, if I seem to look to you like the sort of person who cuts up little puppies in his basement and cooks them into delicious casseroles with cheddar cheese and tomato sauce served with mashed potatoes and garlic flavored gravy, believe me, I assure you, I am no such thing and would never cut up a puppy my gosh I LOVE puppies!"
a little warning flag might go up in your head saying "hmm, maybe this person does eat puppies despite their denials".
This same mental warning flag must be on alert when reading profiles. People are very often most insistent in denying the very things they are most guilty of. It's all about human psychology and the psychology of deceit.
Discounting for the moment the fake profiles, of which there are quite a lot here, the people who are actually desperately looking to meet other people have certain reasons to want to misrepresent themselves.
If they have a glaring problem in their life, the first impulse is to try to deny having that glaring problem. Very often they'll bring this item up seemingly out of the blue, where the rest of us would never even think to raise the topic.
If you met somebody in the offline "real" world, and they began their introduction to you by saying something like
"oh, and by the way, if I seem to look to you like the sort of person who cuts up little puppies in his basement and cooks them into delicious casseroles with cheddar cheese and tomato sauce served with mashed potatoes and garlic flavored gravy, believe me, I assure you, I am no such thing and would never cut up a puppy my gosh I LOVE puppies!"
a little warning flag might go up in your head saying "hmm, maybe this person does eat puppies despite their denials".
This same mental warning flag must be on alert when reading profiles. People are very often most insistent in denying the very things they are most guilty of. It's all about human psychology and the psychology of deceit.
Oh, I see what you're trying to sey here. PUPPY EATER!!!!!
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Witchaywoman: How people describe themselves in their profiles must be viewed in context. For a few reasons many profiles may be very much the opposite of an accurate assessment of the person writing the profile.
Discounting for the moment the fake profiles, of which there are quite a lot here, the people who are actually desperately looking to meet other people have certain reasons to want to misrepresent themselves.
If they have a glaring problem in their life, the first impulse is to try to deny having that glaring problem. Very often they'll bring this item up seemingly out of the blue, where the rest of us would never even think to raise the topic.
If you met somebody in the offline "real" world, and they began their introduction to you by saying something like
"oh, and by the way, if I seem to look to you like the sort of person who cuts up little puppies in his basement and cooks them into delicious casseroles with cheddar cheese and tomato sauce served with mashed potatoes and garlic flavored gravy, believe me, I assure you, I am no such thing and would never cut up a puppy my gosh I LOVE puppies!"
a little warning flag might go up in your head saying "hmm, maybe this person does eat puppies despite their denials".
This same mental warning flag must be on alert when reading profiles. People are very often most insistent in denying the very things they are most guilty of. It's all about human psychology and the psychology of deceit.
Oh, I see what you're trying to sey here. PUPPY EATER!!!!!
Discounting for the moment the fake profiles, of which there are quite a lot here, the people who are actually desperately looking to meet other people have certain reasons to want to misrepresent themselves.
If they have a glaring problem in their life, the first impulse is to try to deny having that glaring problem. Very often they'll bring this item up seemingly out of the blue, where the rest of us would never even think to raise the topic.
If you met somebody in the offline "real" world, and they began their introduction to you by saying something like
"oh, and by the way, if I seem to look to you like the sort of person who cuts up little puppies in his basement and cooks them into delicious casseroles with cheddar cheese and tomato sauce served with mashed potatoes and garlic flavored gravy, believe me, I assure you, I am no such thing and would never cut up a puppy my gosh I LOVE puppies!"
a little warning flag might go up in your head saying "hmm, maybe this person does eat puppies despite their denials".
This same mental warning flag must be on alert when reading profiles. People are very often most insistent in denying the very things they are most guilty of. It's all about human psychology and the psychology of deceit.
Oh, I see what you're trying to sey here. PUPPY EATER!!!!!
You have that recipe? Sounds tasty.
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Dagosto: You have that recipe? Sounds tasty.
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DjWabbet: Also the way that people conduct themselves on forums can sometimes speak volumes about how they are in real life and the state of their mental acuity.
The profiles are the mask people want to present themselves as. The forums allow you to see how they interact with others, and a false mask is quickly revealed that way.But only a small minority of members post on the forum, so for most profiles we have only the mask to try to guess their actual personality from.
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My profile is as honest as can be..I enjoy going to the meet ups and have met a few people from here some more than once..so dont see the point in being false...Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?...
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If your desperately trying to find someone your not ready for a relationship...
BTW my profile is 100% legit
BTW my profile is 100% legit
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My profile is 100%, absolutely, without question, sarcastic...or something like that...
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amahlala: My profile is 100%, absolutely, without question, sarcastic...or something like that...
Well, you made me look at least.Would you like a peanut butter and banama sammich? Woooo man, that's good. Maaan, I'm tellin you. Yessir.
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Irina86: Hey,you're right!Now I realized that I lie in my profile about one thing...I wrote:"I love life" which isn't true.Sorry all,I'm guilty
Announcing that you are indeed lying about "one thing" may indeed be the sort of tactic which stage magicians use to distract the audience's attention away from where the trick is actually taking place.The actual lie in your profile may be where it says "drinks: Occasionally". Your photographs suggest you may be downplaying this aspect of your life.
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True,it looks that way,but it was a joke,like story in pictures and I like it...At first when I saw what you wrote about me I felt a little angry,so,maybe I have problem
Thank you for your help
I'm going to rehab (
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Irina86: True,it looks that way,but it was a joke,like story in pictures and I like it...At first when I saw what you wrote about me I felt a little angry,so,maybe I have problem Thank you for your help
I'm going to rehab ()
I'm going to rehab ()
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Irina86: True,it looks that way,but it was a joke,like story in pictures and I like it...At first when I saw what you wrote about me I felt a little angry,so,maybe I have problem Thank you for your help
I'm going to rehab ()
Amy Winehouse should be a lesson for us all.I'm going to rehab ()
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Believe me iam 100.1 % sarcastic
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manroe23: Believe me iam 100.1 % sarcastic
you need some help manroe
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Yea pretty much everything is done for the cameras....
We are all actors on the stage of life....
someone said something like that once ...but I don't know who ...
We are all actors on the stage of life....
someone said something like that once ...but I don't know who ...
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leni0822: you need some help manroe
yeah , great help from friends always makes this thread more fun
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Discounting for the moment the fake profiles, of which there are quite a lot here, the people who are actually desperately looking to meet other people have certain reasons to want to misrepresent themselves.
If they have a glaring problem in their life, the first impulse is to try to deny having that glaring problem. Very often they'll bring this item up seemingly out of the blue, where the rest of us would never even think to raise the topic.
If you met somebody in the offline "real" world, and they began their introduction to you by saying something like
"oh, and by the way, if I seem to look to you like the sort of person who cuts up little puppies in his basement and cooks them into delicious casseroles with cheddar cheese and tomato sauce served with mashed potatoes and garlic flavored gravy, believe me, I assure you, I am no such thing and would never cut up a puppy my gosh I LOVE puppies!"
a little warning flag might go up in your head saying "hmm, maybe this person does eat puppies despite their denials".
This same mental warning flag must be on alert when reading profiles. People are very often most insistent in denying the very things they are most guilty of. It's all about human psychology and the psychology of deceit.