If @Jayne really wanted to, he could probably do a pretty convincing Harp impersonation. He’s had plenty of opportunity to assimilate my mannerisms. He’d totally have to stay away from the baking Q’s, though.
I don’t think anyone could be you, daloon, or dalepetrie or astrochuck. Or Jeruba or Gail or actually any of us. I think we all bring so much of who we are and our style to our posts. (Maybe Jayne could do Harp, but he has an in.)
Probably not.. If anyone could it would be Allie. I had a second account for a while and it took about two comments for PnL to recognize me. And I was trying to change my style with that account.
Someone could easily take over my account, cause I’m relatively new and no one here really knows me or how I would answer, so it would be easy to do and go unnoticed if it did happen. Buster might would know but he would be the only person.
I have the same grammar problems in all my posts, so it could be easy to mimick that part. My answers though? I’m not sure. My views on things vary a lot, and my husband is the only one that really knows that much about me. He types quite differently than me, and I personally think I’m much better with words.
I’m still pretty new though, so people might not notice.
I would hope someone would notice if I got fluther-jacked, but I’m still kind of new myself so no one really knows me yet. Unless the spelling/ grammar and writing patterns are way different, how could anyone know? @gailcalled I’m working on it! I would like to point out some spelling mistakes are due to my iPhone auto correcting, but yeah I’m not the best speller. I’m ashamed.
When I was Rancid, I really tried to write differently from daloon, but I kept finding questions that required daloon-like responses, and I so wanted to reply to them, that I couldn’t even be not-myself. I knew I was doing this at the time (being like daloon). I figured if I gave short answers and refrained from funny answers, I might get away with it. As it was, at least two people figured it out.
@daloon: That’s because you are so unique! No one could be you and you could never not be you. Besides, how long can you go without your wonderful ass cheeks flapping in the breeze?
@gailcalled: Would Milo be as concerned about grammar and spelling? Some of your reactions are both instructive and comical when it comes to atrocious grammar.
@kraken would know whether it’s me or not, as would @hyperlilredhead and I also have a code word with @jellyb. Other than that, I do not think I am unique or special enough for anyone to take any notice, unless the person who took over my account was obnoxious, racist and smelled bad. Then you’d know it wasn’t me.
@Kraken BUT a person could make an account with your avatar and something similar to your user name! We did that on wis.dm…most of it in fun, take another persons avatar and post silly comments and questions….. but unfortunately some people did it to attack others “anonymously”....
He’s great, eh @Dutchess12 – just can’t stop swearing. He thinks out loud with his fingers, and writes every thought in his head. Good for wis; bad for fluth.
@Dutchess12 LOL about KIllWill. But the way to go about it is: Live here. That way, every few hours you can add a question. It’s what I’ve been doing. Look: 3000 points in about 16 days, lol!
No one could copy my bizarreness, Hell, half the time, people on here don’t get me. That’s okay, though. Half the time people in real life don’t get me either. Sometimes, I don’t get what it is I’m trying to do, except I am having fun.
I saw this posted a year and a half ago and just drifted across it again. I never answered it at the time, but this is what I’d have said then and still say now: yes, probably. I think few of us are really as distinctly expressive and loaded with recognizable personality and style as we think we are. Even biographical details might not be a giveaway because a lot of people’s stories have points in common.
I’ll bet I could swap accounts with almost anyone on here, and people might know we didn’t sound like ourselves, but they wouldn’t know who we did sound like.