We really think alike in many aspects. Including arguments we use for defanging our fears… it varies how convincing they are, though. I thought about this one — no wonder it clicked.

<winterwyn> Hee, this is something I told my mother. I don’t worry about what a Real Woman does because I already know.
<winterwyn> It’s whatever I do.

I always noted that none of this pile of insecurities are in effect when roleplaying in WoW. I could think of a number of reasons why I don’t feel any anxiety about presentation when basically roleplaying myself as a quirky culture alien. But that’s a game, “my character is not me”, and the Stormwind City Watch is basically a Ragtag Bunch Of Misfits anyway. On IRC, especially in an environment as culturally diverse as the Ubuntu channels, things like tact and politeness restrict my policy of “saying what I think rather than what’s appropriate”.