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"As ye sow, so ye shall reap"! errm, soz for the Biblical ref. If everyone is spewing (sorry ... sharing) pics on TikTok, X and co then you won't stand out fr

"As ye sow, so ye shall reap"! errm, soz for the Biblical ref. If everyone is spewing (sorry ... sharing) pics on TikTok, X and co then you won't stand out from the crowd. Unless those pics involve something too controversial. I have an internet history that stretches back to Compuserve and I've always used my real name, which may or may not have been a good idea. Many years ago I decided not to give myself a silly pseudonym because I thought it would be futile and counter productive. Cheers wonky231

JumpCrisscross 2y ago
> If everyone is spewing (sorry ... sharing) pics on TikTok, X and co then you won't stand out from the crowd You’re assuming people are consistent. You may have been photographed doing the same thing as all your peers, the fact that your photo can be highlighted unfavourable is ample ammo for proven lines of character attacks.
- ipaddr 2y ago
  People can attack character over anything.
  - JumpCrisscross 2y ago
    Just saying that I have seen zero evidence over the last 10 years of anyone getting more tolerant of others being, in their opinion, stupid online.
- gerdesj 2y ago
  "You’re assuming people are consistent." People are consistent but the media is not and the audience is far bigger than anyone can imagine. This is the Brave New World. We all know things are changing rather fast. Back in the day, I'd write a letter to someone - yes pen and ink (obviously being modern, I had a cartridge pen). Nowadays I pick up the phone and shout at the little twit who tries to hide behind email. OK we had phones back in the day but a call to say Australia (I'm in the UK) had a 2 second latency and a price in the £ per minute range. I remember the handover of pulse to tone dialing. Nowadays we have an embarrassing array of communication methods and forums to chat and shout in and be heard all around the world (should anyone care to listen). Yes you can be picked out and I suggest you be a little careful there but this is the world that we find ourselves within. I was forced to read 1984 in 1984 when I was a lad. We also had Animal Farm and Brave New World on the reading and discussion list at school that year. My doorbell looks at you (1) Cheers Noddy871 (1) It is on a VLAN that can't see the internet and Home Assistant looks at my doorbell
drawkward 2y ago
So which of these is your real name? Gerdesj? Or Wonky231?
- gerdesj 2y ago
  My real name is knobbly223
  - gerdesj 2y ago
    One of my g-g-g-g-grandads was called Joz Gerder. His boy was originally called Johann Henrich Gerder. I am obviously an immigrant! Joz rocked up to the UK from Germany and married someone - records unavailable for birth and death dates, let alone anything else. John Henry (as he became) has dates: ca 1819-1851 (possibly 32 years old). It is thought that he died from "lacerated wounds" after punching a window and injuring his hand during a drunken brawl. I can go back 14 generations on some branches (thickets really, not a tree!) of the family. I'm not only a German immigrant but also Cornish, Devonian, Cumbrian, various flavours of Scottish and obviously Irish (both Northern and the Republic). Anyway, that should give you a clue as to my real name!

JumpCrisscross 2y ago

> If everyone is spewing (sorry ... sharing) pics on TikTok, X and co then you won't stand out from the crowd You’re assuming people are consistent. You may have been photographed doing the same thing as all your peers, the fact that your photo can be highlighted unfavourable is ample ammo for proven lines of character attacks.

ipaddr 2y ago
People can attack character over anything.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  Just saying that I have seen zero evidence over the last 10 years of anyone getting more tolerant of others being, in their opinion, stupid online.
gerdesj 2y ago
"You’re assuming people are consistent." People are consistent but the media is not and the audience is far bigger than anyone can imagine. This is the Brave New World. We all know things are changing rather fast. Back in the day, I'd write a letter to someone - yes pen and ink (obviously being modern, I had a cartridge pen). Nowadays I pick up the phone and shout at the little twit who tries to hide behind email. OK we had phones back in the day but a call to say Australia (I'm in the UK) had a 2 second latency and a price in the £ per minute range. I remember the handover of pulse to tone dialing. Nowadays we have an embarrassing array of communication methods and forums to chat and shout in and be heard all around the world (should anyone care to listen). Yes you can be picked out and I suggest you be a little careful there but this is the world that we find ourselves within. I was forced to read 1984 in 1984 when I was a lad. We also had Animal Farm and Brave New World on the reading and discussion list at school that year. My doorbell looks at you (1) Cheers Noddy871 (1) It is on a VLAN that can't see the internet and Home Assistant looks at my doorbell

drawkward 2y ago

So which of these is your real name? Gerdesj? Or Wonky231?

gerdesj 2y ago
My real name is knobbly223
- gerdesj 2y ago
  One of my g-g-g-g-grandads was called Joz Gerder. His boy was originally called Johann Henrich Gerder. I am obviously an immigrant! Joz rocked up to the UK from Germany and married someone - records unavailable for birth and death dates, let alone anything else. John Henry (as he became) has dates: ca 1819-1851 (possibly 32 years old). It is thought that he died from "lacerated wounds" after punching a window and injuring his hand during a drunken brawl. I can go back 14 generations on some branches (thickets really, not a tree!) of the family. I'm not only a German immigrant but also Cornish, Devonian, Cumbrian, various flavours of Scottish and obviously Irish (both Northern and the Republic). Anyway, that should give you a clue as to my real name!