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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not specific to the DC area, it's just how people are in general. There's an external persona and internal one. When people can speak anonymously they say things that they would never say in real life, so you probably won't ever have to deal with the internal persona other than online. People are generally assholes though, doesn't matter what part of the world you are in. [/quote]

Sadly, I think this poster has it right. I was born and raised in the DC area and I'm not "mean" IRL, or on DCUM unless someone says something bigoted. I sort of resent the implication that region has anything to do with it. I would bet most of the posters here, mean girls included, are transplants anyway.

Reading DCUM has been a seriously eye-opening experience for me. I guess I'm naive, but I never realized there were so many hateful, bigoted, ignorant, self-righteous people around. [b]It makes me wonder whether people who seem nice are actually thinking horrible things about me[/b].[/quote]

We are.[/quote]

Truth be told, it depends.  Are you fat?  Do your kids go to a public rather than a Big 3 private?  Do you live in a place other than upper-NW/Bethesda-Chevy Chase?  Answers other than no, no, and no, will get many of us starting to think horrible things.
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