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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I found out a longtime poster on another online forum site I use died. I looked for an obituary online, easy because he had a smallish home town. He had been helpful and I wanted to send condolences.
Well, found his social media and turns out he promoted politics and legislation that I really dislike or would oppose. Sorry I snooped. Serves me right I guess.
No obit yet but will send condolences.[/quote]

This happened to me a few years ago, and I was shocked to find that the offline person was NOTHING like he'd pretended to be online - not married, no kids, not financially successful, etc. He'd engaged in a lot of judgments of others from the position of presenting himself as the whole package of high achievement, so it was a mind bender for me to realize he'd been lying for what amounted to decades to this group of folks who'd been posting online together.

I'm one of those persistently naive folks who tells the truth and means what she says, and expects the same from others but has been repeatedly kicked in the teeth by the reality that so many people aren't earnest and honest. In the end, it just makes me sad to think that somebody has whatever going on in their brain that makes them feel compelled to create a false persona online - and isn't it hard to keep track of all the lies???[/quote]

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