Lounge Top Five Reasons Anonymous Posting is like Sex with a Love Doll

(5) It's almost never a pretty sight.
(4) If people figure out who you are, it can be embarrassing.
(3) Very rarely does anybody learn anything.
(2)You can get lulled into thinking what you're doing is cool...or stylish...or species-appropriate
(1) It's the cheapest way to pretend you're Brad Pitt...or with Brad Pitt.

 

There is a reason why APs don't wear nametags.
I was at the Wild West one night when a guy came in wearing a Blackbelt in Blackjack t-shirt.
We were at the double deck table and while he was spreading $3-$25, it wasn't count based as best I could tell.
He won a $25 hand and was letting it ride when a guy ran over and pushed it back. Told him he could flat bet $10 or leave.

 

if it wasn't count based, then what else could it have been?

so is the trick to blend in like regular folk and act like you don't know what the heck you're doing while secretly doing your magic and raping them and acting surprised at how much you're winning?

 

Gut instincts, drunken behavior, hunches, bio-rhythms, anything. Who knows.
The idea is to blend in. Since most people can't act, trying to fake surprise may not work.
Wearing a Team KJ shirt might not be a great idea, nor is moving your lips when you count.

 

Folks, you're missing the point. There's nothing to prevent posters, while they maintain anonymity, from conversing as if they aren't anonymous.

Or would you have me believe people have back-and-forths in real life with the degree of civility found in a large percentage of posts?

 

Dicks will be dicks. In real life or on the internet. Anonymity doesn't change a person. It just allows them to escape getting punched out when they insult people.
I attended Catholic High School and our schools motto, translated to English, was Perform in the darkness as if it is noon."
It means behave the same even when no one can see you.