This is something I suggested in another thread. I really think that sometimes when I post, I am posting as a different character. It is almost like this identity is taking over and it warps things a little. I always tell the truth, I mean my opinions are what they are and they are no secret, but I find myself trying to create a certain ''miles-esque" feel with some of my posts. My thread about the Royal wedding contains a lot of true opinions, but looking back at some of my posts in that thread, I have to sit back and say to myself "come on lad, do you really feel that strongly about it?". I seem to say things with a force that is just too much and is in no way how I would talk one on one with someone. It is in such moments that I wonder whether it is some kind of extension of myself that has been created. No Contest mentioned in my "Military rules" thread (which is of course completely true as well) that I might be some kind of Jekyll and Hyde and to an extent that might be very true. Online I have developed a comfort zone fitting into my persona and fulfilling my role.

This is probably true for a lot of people that have posted a lot online. They keep on posting and find that the posting takes on the guise of some kind of extension of the self. You can say the things that you can't really say at home. On a hidden board of a boxing site you can vent and rage and say it all, but generally speaking in your day to day life everything is quite calm. I probably come across as an angry guy with a chip on his shoulder about everything from god through to Amir Khan, but in reality don't worry or care about it all that much.

I am probably as anyone imagines me, but just very friendly with a pint of beer.

How about you chaps, is everything as it seems?