Is it normal be agitated because i can't see people online?

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Often when I read a post online I really want to know either what the poster looks like, or what the person they're posting about looks like. It's to the point that I feel agitated. For example, yesterday I read an entry by a guy who was talking about this other guy in his physics lecture, who is really aloof. I kept wondering "Well, what does the guy in the lecture LOOK like?"

I know it sounds creepy. But, I do NOT want to meet the person. I don't want to know their name, where they live. I don't want to talk to them or anything.

If someone writing online has happened to post a picture of themselves, I see it and feel relieved. (For some odd reason...) I think "Oh. They just look like a regular, real person..."

I am a visual person, I think in pictures often in my regular life. And I like art. Maybe that is part of it.

Why do I do this? It's like I constantly need confirmation that these people are regular-looking.

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  • KeddersPrincess
    9 years ago

    I always just imagine everyone online is the same angry man.

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    • NotTheSun
      9 years ago

      Yesss. I love this comment. Not only for accurately describing what I think, it's similar, but I actually do imagine angry guys, plural - older, mostly. Sometimes you can just tell when it's a young/mid-twenties 'boy', though, with the incessant trolling of Crusades or desperate attempts to be funny; EccentricWeird.

      To be a bit harsh, sorry dude-e-doods.

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    • gummy_jr
      9 years ago

      For me, depending on the post/comment it's one of the following:

      -A teen
      -young adult
      -annoying little kid
      -confused old person

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  • [Old Memory]
    9 years ago

    People usually don't post a picture of themselves here because either 1)their phone wont allow them to for some reason or another...or 2)the person is obese or extremely ugly or they have a low self esteem and think they are disgusting. Also privacy concerns exist as well. Whenever I see a troll comment I immediately picture the poster as a fat guy wearing sweats and some kind of gamer shirt.

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    • NotTheSun
      9 years ago

      Crusades. All day ^

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  • HospitalForSouls
    9 years ago

    People I've met through the internet usually use the internet so they don't have to show their face because 1) they are awkward in face to face situations 2) they think they're not good looking or 3) because they don't swing that way.

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  • gummy_jr
    9 years ago

    That's an actual picture of me.

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    • shuggy-chan
      9 years ago

      Im similar, im actually a shuggah bear in real life

      And i would rather have optional vocal response to post or comments, cause i act out, impersonate and sing all the time, but with text you lose 50% of the shuggy.... Flair or pizazz i add to my comments

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  • thegypsysailor
    9 years ago

    Isn't anonymity sort of the whole point of the internet? I wouldn't go online if I had to be seen.
    I've never made myself out to be anything other than what I am online, but since I'm not a particularly attractive man, I would hope the person I'm imagined to be online is better looking than the one I am in reality.
    On the other side of the coin, I would like to see others, as I think my imagination is pretty lacking.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      9 years ago

      I understand that anonymity is a big appeal of the internet. That wasn't what I was asking about. I'm asking: why might I, personally, want visual confirmation that these people look regular (ie see a photo of them)?

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  • Johnnytherat
    9 years ago

    i bet half you nygguhs look like the walking dead.

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    • NotTheSun
      9 years ago

      Don't sell yourself short! You look like the Grudge girl. She can at least "walk" downstairs in rigor mortis...and crawl!

      You bet "half", so you've lost from the start, anyway.

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