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Are there real people out there?
Posted by magdis • 5/12/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: life, real people
It's a question I've wanted to ask since I was a teenager, and I've even typed it into the Internet from time to time (when it became public), wondering if anyone else was asking the same question.
I can't give you a definition for "real" people - I guess that's up to you to define as you see it. It just seems to me that for the first time since I've been asking that question, I may actually get an answer, here. And I look forward to it!
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I am only a figment of your imagination-
That could well be true - although I don't think I would have come up with your user name necessarily...
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That is a question only you can answer
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Good point - mind you, I just checked out your blog and coincidentally I am finally teaching myself how to cook this year (getting better and better since January) so perhaps it isn't unreasonable to think that I would have imagined you into existence... that's a weird thought.
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hrmm...that is bizarre. Good luck with the cooking!
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Thanks, and for the recipes on your blog. I didn't anticipate this discussion would go this way... love randomness.
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im not real... -
I must be real, if I were fake I'd hope I could make up a better, more exciting and interesting me.-
That's how I've felt! It's taken me a while to discover that I am interesting (at least to myself, and it took me even longer to discover why that was so important).
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I'm okay with me but if I were making up a me I'd be a race car driving, double agent astronaut or a princess or something more interesting that 45 yr old Mother and GrandMother (who can't speel very well)
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Real? Nah I'm fake. -
oops think I hit the button one too many times
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Now there's the confession of a real person. I'm an illusion.
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It's interesting how you have all denied existing in response to the question! I'm sure you're out there (it's all in your blogs) - I mean the real people who think about things and talk about life and the world and not just work and money like many of the people I have associated with. Likely the blog community is exactly the opposite - you've got so much to say you're putting it out there all the time which is pretty neat.
Also of note, I haven't asked that question in a few years now. Guess things have changed.
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Yes, I am real (and yes, it's all on my blog).-
You are indeed - very interesting blog. I don't have much more to say than that at the moment, other than I will continue reading because I am intrigued...
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Awww...thanks!
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I think if you are talking about how real people are a better word to use would be 'authentic'. At least thats the one I use when I look at the people around me. Are they living their truth are they wearing a mask for the occasion a lot of people aren't being who they are but what they perceive society and their peers want them to be. -
We're all real, but unfortunately not real to each other.-
not necessarily true, I've made a few friends on BC who are "real" to me.
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That's wonderful, but I did mean it slightly (but not entirely) tongue in cheek.
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Sing a song .. and you will see real people -
I suppose im real. even though i mainly discuss superficial thoughts in my blog (as in, not of any deep importance, like pet rocks, afros, and Jeopardy) i still do it drawing from whatever is on my mind. I think being real is just doing whatever you really want to (within lawfulness and decency) without worrying way too much about what people think about it. I guess by my own definition i would be fake though because i desire people to look at my blog and agree with me about what random crap i say and relate to it.
But yeah i dont constantly talk about "typical" things like money and stuff -
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All are real to themselves and nobody is real to others. May be some try their best to be real. They become artificial when there is a need. Society will not allow all "REAL" things in life. Human mind has a lot of garbage in it. So, let us not be real in some places. -
Is this some sort of a Turing Test? -
sometimes I can be surreal, but everything that you read in my blog is real...
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i think were all real people how could we reply if we were fake lol? -
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im real. -
Nope.
I'm as fake as they come. -
the world is a mirage....if you see it it is there....if you dont then still it is there
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yes and a stage too
the stage is there if you see it
it is still there even if you dont see it
just like everything else in this world
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Is it solipsistic in here or is it just me?-
hey can you use such words in here?
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but is it allowed?
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Yes.
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I think I am real but then I could be the invention of some evil mastermind to test your interactive skills. -
How do we know you're real mdistasi?-
Good question! Going back to my definition of "real" which is people who really live in this world instead of unfortunately being unable to participate other than just letting it happen (as I used to be though I was frustrated with it and didn't know how it could change), then I'm happy to say that I'm on my way to being more real every day. It's a struggle, and I feel the pull all the time to just slip back into a life with no self-direction but I'm getting stronger each day and don't think it will happen.
Maggie -
Stick your hand in a pot of boiling water. If it hurts, you'll know you're real.
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I was born real but some bits of me were added on later!
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LOL - very very good!
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YES, Give me BlogLuv!! -
Just visiting, will send "real" people your way if I come across any. -
I understand there are 3 real persons out there. Where are they? From what I know they remain triangularly located around the globe. Sex? Age? Race? Unknown. All we know for sure is their dedication to creating millions - even billions now - of independent avatars. It is rumored two of the three are becoming bored with the whole game, but one - so far - keeps challenging them to continue. So far... -
Beep Boop Blorp This Thread Does Not Compute. -
I am real and so am I.. -
People tell me I'm real. I try to be. -
Well, I do consider myself real, I'm not one to put on "a show" for anyone and I don't (and won't) change who I am on account of anyone else. Granted, being so straightforward and blunt does sometimes get me into trouble but, oh well, that's life and I'm okay with that. Heck, nothing is perfect, nobody's perfect, so why pretend any differently? In my opinion, pretending is nothing more than a royal waste of time and it'll just catch up with you sooner or later anyway. Better to keep it real, if you ask me.
PS for Rivy; LOL, great answer, Ralph! ;-)
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