Chatterbox: Down to Earth

Would like to address something. I'm not gonna say that I'm not pointing fingers--because that, of course, would look like  am-- but I think there's been a bit of a lying bug going around the CB lately. So I want to put my thoughts out there on a few things. K? Feel free to share yours, everyone else.

1. Look. Lying, loath though I am to say this, can be a handy skill. Not saying you should do it regularly or even sometimes, but that is the truth. But:

1a. Practice it somewhere else. Not the CB. The CB is a place where you can be yourself and be enjoyed because of who you are, not because you've made up details about yourself to make your life seem more "interesting." I don't care if you have a boring life! I mean, heck, I spend my spare time hunting through drawers for shiny things! I can sympathize with boring lives! Embrace it!

1b. Please. Be convincing, for heaven's sake. NO ONE actually has the name "Bonnie." Or hasn't since the 1950s, anyway. (er, no offense to anyone actually named Bonnie, of course.) Names that are clearly fake are not to be encouraged when practicing fictionalizing things. Which I am also not encouraging, obviously. And when people show up with Mary Sue personalities, well, you know. *is not quite sure how to phrase this exactly*

2. This does not apply to fake names. There is nothing wrong with wanting to be prudent in revealing personal information 'bout yourself on the Internet, even on a censored chatroom like the CB of Awesome Admins. So if you're calling yourself something different because:

2a. you don't want to reveal your real name, or

2b. you'd prefer to go by the name, say, Fae, than the same, I dunno... Deborah... *also does not know how to phrase ths* In other words, if you wanna use a screename, that doesn't count as a "lie."

2continued... then that's all right. By me, anyway.

3. I personally forgive anyone who has done this in the past-- in fact I'm sure we've all done it a /little/ bit, somewhere, myself included-- and ask them to please not be offended by this and at least consider staying at the CB to perhaps, to quote R~D~, I believe, "get to know the real you." (well said, R~D~)

I cannnot speak for other CBers, though, so I ask that everyone else put their feelings about this out there. Because I am not doing this eloquently in the least.

Friends? *hopeful eyes* :)