Posted by James K on May 14, 2006, at 16:14:15
In reply to Maybe I hurt someone's feelings » milly, posted by curtm on May 14, 2006, at 11:36:11
I'll say I felt good that you thought of me and gave me a cool one, even though you typo'd my name. We had just been talking though. I have a vague face/body attached to everyone as I get to know their posting style, sentence structure. I've only seen pictures of three people, and that affects only a little of their image. They are more senses of a personality, sex, age - not actually what someone may look like as far as physical characteristics.
Sometimes something will happen to totally change the image, something personal they post, then it either stays modified, or goes back to the original mental image. I thought Racer was UK for some reason for instance, and when I read she wasn't it may have changed her haircut.
It's interesting, because this is real communication, without prejudice. Just thoughts and minds. No race, size, age, accent, to influence the exchange.
A few people I talk too, I don't even know their gender for sure, so I try to keep it nuetral just in case.
I think the visual aspect of the word they choose as a posting name even subtly influences my mental feeling of them. Some have changed their name, and the feeling slightly changes with the new name.
Rambling again.
James K
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