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killer shrike

In Reply To
Visionary

Subj: Chewtoy here is right.
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 11:20:33 pm EDT
Reply Subj: I disagree...
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 10:12:55 pm EDT


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> I would go so far as to say that the internet makes secret identities *more* understandable to today's audiences, rather than less. The idea that nerdy Peter Parker, too shy to talk to girls in class, puts on a mask and relishes the anonymity, letting out a whole extroverted personality is something a huge percentage of shy people experience for themselves today thanks to the internet.
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> Hell, before the internet came along, I only had one name that anyone knew me by. Now I have several, and they help separate different interests.
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> --Visionary (aka mild mannered artist by day.)