Sockpuppet: Book One in the Martingale Cycle (30 page)

no its just im thinking how people are online is actually how they really are when theres nobody to stop them

like its the real them

monkey?

monkey_love

I think everybody’s a lot of people.

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how?

like online identities?

monkey_love

No I mean who they actually are is more than one person.

It depends where they are and who they’re talking to.

When they’re offline people think they’re the same as their body.

The online person is who they’d be if they weren’t trapped in a body.

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its but

i dont want to think people are like they’ve been today

fucking fucking fucking cunts

sorry

monkey_love

Shit. What’s happening?

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Never mind. Just people.

monkey_love

I’m sorry. Whatever it is.

You know, people cnbe

People can be kind, though.

You see them being kind. Totally to strangers.

It gets lost in the noise. Shittiness is noisier.

Maybe people are being kind to you but you haven’t seen it?

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best and worst?

monkey_love

Just people.

Like anywhere.

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youre kind

monkey_love

Thanks.

Really.

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