Anonymity brings that extra bit of confidence with a smidge of presumption. When you find yourself fresh to any interweb community, you're basically a blank canvas. You can say what you like, act how you like, look any way you want to -- improving any and every deficient aspect in your actual life over the web. Those insecurities are only intensified when exposed to a community as active as ATRL. The need to set yourself apart; to shine against the masses.
Contrastively, speaking from a personal standpoint, how fair is it for someone to be singled out because they don't necessarily fit what's to be considered a "social norm"? I mean, I've gotten my fair share of heat for the photos that I've posted; have since the very first time I made my presence, and I still do. I'd be a liar if I said it's never bothered me before, but not to the point where I have to fall victim to the constant badger of "identification or you're a fake". I, myself, am as modest as the next guy, but it does get irritating being confined to the idea that the pin-up girl/guy is unable to co-exist in the same vein as the Average Joe, especially over something as fundamental as pop music. Though, I'd assume the 'achievement' of having 'exposed' the beguiler garners a few brownie points, no?
I honestly had no intentions of this being some sort of rant, and I do realize that, given how explicitly vague the topic is, it hasn't much to do with me personally, but this is actually the very first time I've ever seriously addressed any public criticisms of false play. It's something I'd often laughed off, and even entertained and prodded at a few times. I'm still going to post in PYP, however. Make no mistake of that -- they
are still my photos, after all, whether they were obtained from a MySpace chick or otherwise. It's just something that I've had bottled throughout my many sporadic absences over the past few years.
So, yeah. cookies.
