Is it normal to think people on the internet are "magical unicorns"?

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I've noticed this problem I've been having for several months now. This is gonna sound so dumb, but...
You know how a lot of writing on the internet is done by people whose faces you can't see? For some reason that really gets to me. Whenever I read some post by anyone who I don't know how they look in real life, I get this idea in my head that they are like some special, magical unicorn or something...I imagine that they live in some alternate universe that is better than the one I'm in and I feel left out. When I try to think through it logically -- like "Okay, HOW are they special?" I CAN'T figure it out. It isn't logical.

What makes me feel better is seeing photos of posters (Yes, that does sound creepy, I know) because that way I am reminded that they are REAL regular normal people. When I go outside I see regular looking people and when I read on the internet I read really interesting little stories and experiences. And I feel confused because are they really the same people? Somehow I don't believe that.

No troll answers please, I am getting desperate. Thanks.

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  • DannyKanes
    10 years ago

    What is real anyways? Perhaps you are in a coma and we are all a figment of your imagination.

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  • Dot123
    10 years ago

    You can be anything or whatever you like on the internet. That is the glory of the internet. All hail the internet.

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  • [Old Memory]
    10 years ago

    That doesn't sound dumb, but maybe a bit cute.

    During my first year on this site, I found myself thinking of most of the users as fantastical critters based on their usernames and how they expressed themselves. Once I got to know a few users more personally, my perception of everyone changed. Now users are varying degrees of human.

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  • Avant-Garde
    10 years ago

    Foolish mortal! I am the masked pantomime.

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  • KeddersPrincess
    10 years ago

    "What makes me feel better is seeing photos of posters (Yes, that does sound creepy, I know) because that way I am reminded that they are REAL regular normal people."

    That's all just a gimmick. We're unicorns.

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  • Freedom_
    10 years ago

    This makes me want to change my profile pic to a magical unicorn... *my true identity*

    Sorry for the slight troll.

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  • Tommythecat.
    10 years ago

    We are the imagination of ourselves.

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  • ThatCreepyWhiteGuy
    10 years ago

    Yeah, I'm the unicorn of death, destruction, and evil.

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    • 69
      10 years ago

      are there two of you?

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      • ThatCreepyWhiteGuy
        10 years ago

        Damn glitches.

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