Driving myself mad (32)

Nov 10, 2009 3:31 PM CST Driving myself mad
immanuelle
immanuelleimmanuelleThe Hague, South Holland Netherlands63 Threads 1,962 Posts
I am driving me old self mad to know what some of our CS contributors look like. The ones who don't have a picture posted drive my imagination into overtime. I have quite the vivid imagination and I have it in my head what they look like, based on their literary contributions. I would sure to be very surprised if I saw their true likeness......The same way I am thrown off when I learn the real names of the postors here....Just a thought.



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Nov 10, 2009 3:37 PM CST Driving myself mad
gingerb
gingerbgingerbLetterkenny, Donegal Ireland7 Threads 1 Polls 4,139 Posts
immanuelle: I am driving me old self mad to know what some of our CS contributors look like. The ones who don't have a picture posted drive my imagination into overtime. I have quite the vivid imagination and I have it in my head what they look like, based on their literary contributions. I would sure to be very surprised if I saw their true likeness......The same way I am thrown off when I learn the real names of the postors here....Just a thought.


I think it is impossible, for me anyways, to match faces to personalities. If you mean the names on FB then I wasn't too surprised by most of them.

I never use my real name anywhere on the net, so people might have a hard time trying to figure me out matching the name I use with who I really am.rolling on the floor laughing
Nov 10, 2009 3:40 PM CST Driving myself mad
Elley
ElleyElleyCadiz, Andalusia Spain131 Threads 1 Polls 2,808 Posts
immanuelle: I am driving me old self mad to know what some of our CS contributors look like. The ones who don't have a picture posted drive my imagination into overtime. I have quite the vivid imagination and I have it in my head what they look like, based on their literary contributions. I would sure to be very surprised if I saw their true likeness......The same way I am thrown off when I learn the real names of the postors here....Just a thought.


Sorry for driving you mad,but you see despite my postings I am incredibly shy and when I did put a piccy up everyone took the piss.grin Far better to let you imagine I am handsome than to let you see for sure that I,m not.grin
Nov 10, 2009 4:12 PM CST Driving myself mad
Tulefel
TulefelTulefelGöteborg, Vastra Gotaland Sweden24 Threads 1 Polls 2,848 Posts
immanuelle: I am driving me old self mad to know what some of our CS contributors look like. The ones who don't have a picture posted drive my imagination into overtime. I have quite the vivid imagination and I have it in my head what they look like, based on their literary contributions. I would sure to be very surprised if I saw their true likeness......The same way I am thrown off when I learn the real names of the postors here....Just a thought.


I’ve found it difficult for me to communicate with “faceless” people. I don’t try to imagine their features, there’s no point to do that as you will never guess right, but I try to avoid them on forums, and, as rule, don’t keep a private correspondence with an empty square.

As to their real names… that has never bothered me. In the real life I have to make some effort to remember people’s names, so it’s seldom matters for me. But I remember faces.

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Nov 10, 2009 5:08 PM CST Driving myself mad
venere08
venere08venere08Puglia and Autumn, South Australia Australia121 Threads 2 Polls 9,996 Posts
Elley: Sorry for driving you mad,but you see despite my postings I am incredibly shy and when I did put a piccy up everyone took the piss. Far better to let you imagine I am handsome than to let you see for sure that I,m not.


Maybe consider leaving the photo up here for longer than 10 seconds.

That will allow those of us who never take the piss out of others' photos, to view you.

Unless it is one with ribbons in your hair. Then, no guarantees roll eyes innocent

wave
Nov 10, 2009 7:27 PM CST Driving myself mad
Jan1305
Jan1305Jan1305Sunshine and vino, Murcia Spain170 Threads 5,319 Posts
Elley: Sorry for driving you mad,but you see despite my postings I am incredibly shy and when I did put a piccy up everyone took the piss. Far better to let you imagine I am handsome than to let you see for sure that I,m not.


Elley that´s not true. You were teased, mostly by the guys to be honest, about your wetsuit, not your physical appearance.
Nov 10, 2009 8:39 PM CST Driving myself mad
immanuelle
immanuelleimmanuelleThe Hague, South Holland Netherlands63 Threads 1,962 Posts
gingerb: I think it is impossible, for me anyways, to match faces to personalities. If you mean the names on FB then I wasn't too surprised by most of them.

I never use my real name anywhere on the net, so people might have a hard time trying to figure me out matching the name I use with who I really am.


Hi Ginger. Funnily enough I just found out a few days ago that people also use pseudonyms on Facebook. I naively assumed that people used their real names there (Not quite sure why I thought that). I don't have a facebook account.

I think I have actually begun to identify with my 'name'. I would probably stop and turn if someone called out 'Immanuelle' on the street. That is really weird!
Nov 10, 2009 8:40 PM CST Driving myself mad
immanuelle
immanuelleimmanuelleThe Hague, South Holland Netherlands63 Threads 1,962 Posts
Elley: Sorry for driving you mad,but you see despite my postings I am incredibly shy and when I did put a piccy up everyone took the piss. Far better to let you imagine I am handsome than to let you see for sure that I,m not.


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Nov 10, 2009 8:46 PM CST Driving myself mad
immanuelle
immanuelleimmanuelleThe Hague, South Holland Netherlands63 Threads 1,962 Posts
Tulefel: I’ve found it difficult for me to communicate with “faceless” people. I don’t try to imagine their features, there’s no point to do that as you will never guess right, but I try to avoid them on forums, and, as rule, don’t keep a private correspondence with an empty square.

As to their real names… that has never bothered me. In the real life I have to make some effort to remember people’s names, so it’s seldom matters for me. But I remember faces.


Hey Tule, wave

I am with you on that. I forget names as quickly as I learn them. I call most of the parents of the kids I teach 'mom' or 'dad' as I can never remember their names.

It is difficult to communicate with 'faceless' people at times but I feel you get to 'know' them a bit here on CS despite the empty box on the forums and that is what drives me mad.!!!! I need a face to go with the words!!!
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Nov 10, 2009 8:48 PM CST Driving myself mad
immanuelle
immanuelleimmanuelleThe Hague, South Holland Netherlands63 Threads 1,962 Posts
Jan1305: Elley that´s not true. You were teased, mostly by the guys to be honest, about your wetsuit, not your physical appearance.




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Hi Jan! wave
Nov 10, 2009 8:50 PM CST Driving myself mad
immanuelle
immanuelleimmanuelleThe Hague, South Holland Netherlands63 Threads 1,962 Posts
venere08: Maybe consider leaving the photo up here for longer than 10 seconds.

That will allow those of us who never take the piss out of others' photos, to view you.

Unless it is one with ribbons in your hair. Then, no guarantees


At least leave it up for 2 days so I get a chance to see it....

Hi Ven...Alles Goed?

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Nov 11, 2009 12:45 AM CST Driving myself mad
venere08
venere08venere08Puglia and Autumn, South Australia Australia121 Threads 2 Polls 9,996 Posts
immanuelle: At least leave it up for 2 days so I get a chance to see it....

Hi Ven...Alles Goed?


Ja,Imma, alles gut. Und dir?

Aber wo ist dein foto?dunno

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Nov 11, 2009 2:17 AM CST Driving myself mad
RobertC2
RobertC2RobertC2Xaghra, Gozo, Gozo Malta91 Threads 8 Polls 8,344 Posts
Elley: Sorry for driving you mad,but you see despite my postings I am incredibly shy and when I did put a piccy up everyone took the piss. Far better to let you imagine I am handsome than to let you see for sure that I,m not.


We didn't all take the piss!

You looked ok................. behind the gas mask and noddy suit we all felt you were quite a handsome fellow! laugh
Nov 11, 2009 4:08 AM CST Driving myself mad
Elley
ElleyElleyCadiz, Andalusia Spain131 Threads 1 Polls 2,808 Posts
RobertC2: We didn't all take the piss!

You looked ok................. behind the gas mask and noddy suit we all felt you were quite a handsome fellow!


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Nov 11, 2009 4:23 AM CST Driving myself mad
Donau
DonauDonauAttika, Attica Greece5 Threads 283 Posts
Why is it so important for some people to see a foto? A foto doesn't show neither anything about the character of somebody nor about his charm and his heart. Its not a problem for me if somebody doesn't have a foto, maybe I would even prefer it if I was looking foe a partner, because it might influence me and I might be preoccupied before I meet the person.
Nov 11, 2009 4:28 AM CST Driving myself mad
Elley
ElleyElleyCadiz, Andalusia Spain131 Threads 1 Polls 2,808 Posts
Donau: Why is it so important for some people to see a foto? A foto doesn't show neither anything about the character of somebody nor about his charm and his heart. Its not a problem for me if somebody doesn't have a foto, maybe I would even prefer it if I was looking foe a partner, because it might influence me and I might be preoccupied before I meet the person.


Good postthumbs up
Nov 11, 2009 6:59 AM CST Driving myself mad
venere08
venere08venere08Puglia and Autumn, South Australia Australia121 Threads 2 Polls 9,996 Posts
Donau: Why is it so important for some people to see a foto? A foto doesn't show neither anything about the character of somebody nor about his charm and his heart. Its not a problem for me if somebody doesn't have a foto, maybe I would even prefer it if I was looking foe a partner, because it might influence me and I might be preoccupied before I meet the person.


I don't particularly care when I'm just having a banter on the forums. It's my down time.

What I don't like much, is when local men appear in my WNM list. I think they have a nerve to view someone who has bothered to put up a photo, and they are sitting behind anonymity. I am left wondering what their agenda is?thumbs down
Nov 11, 2009 12:37 PM CST Driving myself mad
Tulefel
TulefelTulefelGöteborg, Vastra Gotaland Sweden24 Threads 1 Polls 2,848 Posts
venere08: I don't particularly care when I'm just having a banter on the forums. It's my down time.

What I don't like much, is when local men appear in my WNM list. I think they have a nerve to view someone who has bothered to put up a photo, and they are sitting behind anonymity. I am left wondering what their agenda is?


In this case I don’t wonder about anything – I just delete the faceless from ”Who’s viewed you” list. It would remind me a portrait gallery of empty squares… “beyond-expressionism” or some such, and of all -isms I, as a simple soul, prefer realism.
Nov 11, 2009 1:47 PM CST Driving myself mad
Elley
ElleyElleyCadiz, Andalusia Spain131 Threads 1 Polls 2,808 Posts
How do any of us know its a real pic of that person anyway ? Maybe in this respect an empty square is more honest.dancing
Nov 12, 2009 1:22 AM CST Driving myself mad
venere08
venere08venere08Puglia and Autumn, South Australia Australia121 Threads 2 Polls 9,996 Posts
Elley: How do any of us know its a real pic of that person anyway ? Maybe in this respect an empty square is more honest.


One gets very good at picking up scammers' photos.

But very rarely do scammers spend time conversing on the forums.

Anyway, Elley, please don't change your blank face.

I've got so used to picturing you this way!laugh
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