What a tough question! Judging by my lurve, you’d think everyone loves me here, and people certainly don’t give me that kind of feedback in real life. Ok, maybe not love, but respect the things I say. I don’t know if that is the same as respecting me. I can be serious and I can fool around and sometimes people think I’m being a dick on certain issues because they perceive me as being very judgmental. I do have strong opinions, but I don’t think I’m as judgmental as some people think. But I feel like I’ve made some un-friends here and I don’t do that in real life.
I am much more out front with my point of view here, whereas in real life I pull my punches a lot more. Also, in real life, I never meet any conservatives, so there is no need to say things that need to be said around here. This is because I live in a very liberal community. I have no need to live in circumstances where I have to be combative about truth and justice and all that in real life, but it is tolerable to have to tell people a thing or two online.
I think any difference in perception of me in the different arenas can be explained by the need to be more nice when face to face with a person. Online, since it’s just pixels on a screen and there is always doubt as to whether the other person is really the person they present themselves as, it’s easier to say things straight, with no effort to make nice. That attracts some people and turns off others, perhaps in equal numbers.
There’s no saying what lurve really means. Is it a function of how much you write? Is it a function of how well you write? Is it a function of your point of view? Is it a function of your wisdom? Is it a function of pity? Politeness?
But I do like to think it means that I say things that people think about and appreciate. I like to think I’m helpful most of the time, funny some of the time, and a bit of a bad boy just enough of the time to keep things interesting, but not too much that it makes it hard for people to “listen” to me. It’s that inner bad boy that I don’t let out in real life, but he is a real part of me. Aren’t you guys lucky to get to see him!