We become split as a result, a different person with different thoughts in each. Of course the two likely bleed into each other but the way you behave or enact those beliefs might be opposite. In one you could be bold, controversial, outspoken. In the other, meek, timid, too scared to put yourself out there.
In the real world, people are much more complicated. We are less definitive, we speak in far more understanding terms. Our thoughts, beliefs, and wants, are less clear, even to ourselves. Emotions play a much larger role too. Arguing or debating with someone in person is difficult, you can see their face and their reaction to your words.
Online we have different social rules, different ways of communicating, different beliefs, and different senses of self. A person who succeeds in one might not succeed in the other. Some of the things people commonly say online would probably get you in trouble in real life. If you said something like “men are evil” or “women should be in the... See more