Something of an assumption there.
I wouldn't speak like that to friends. Or people in the street. They tend to be quite sensitive about what you say to them.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Wed 10 Jun 2009, 23:37, archived)

whereas people on the internet aren't even real.

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 23:38, archived)

Indeed.
Gilgamesh is nothing more than mere pixels on a screen.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Wed 10 Jun 2009, 23:43, archived)

are you real?

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 23:46, archived)

Don't you mean reel.
lol
( mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 23:49, archived)

Oh, the fish puns are up there.

( mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 23:50, archived)

I sometimes wonder myself.

( jim_bob can herd cats., Wed 10 Jun 2009, 23:57, archived)

I was more pointing out the way you say it but well done on completely forgetting where this all started.

( mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 23:39, archived)

Well thanks for pointing that out.
Believe me, I am not so daft as to take that tone with people whom I meet face to face.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Wed 10 Jun 2009, 23:45, archived)

so you're only polite to people out of a desire to avoid retribution?

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 23:48, archived)

Interesting point
But no. I am polite to people because normally that is how I am.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Wed 10 Jun 2009, 23:55, archived)

except when you can't see the other person.
there's some interesting psychology in this, you know. I read an article about it.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 23:57, archived)

No just Gilgamesh.
On account of the fact he is a bogey in the nose of civilised society.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Thu 11 Jun 2009, 0:05, archived)