Friend$ter

Have you ever cyber stalked someone and imagine how they would be in real life?

Back when Friendster was the thing, I never felt like anyone was pretending to be someone else. Of all the friends I had, they were exactly how they presented themselves virtually and in real life. 

Is that a good thing? That we humans had evolved into this generation of liars, portraying an image of such and living as an another?

Or maybe,

The person we portray online is really who we are, its just.. another side of us. 

I am all about non-fiction books and there was one book I read that discussed the human mind. Did you know that the brain, divided into the left and the right, each has a mind of its own? The right brain is supposedly the artsy, poetic, imaginary side of us while the left is more of the serious, logical, rational side. We (Read: I) spent hours taking online quizzes to know whether we are more of a left brain-er or the other. Simply put, we are both, nonetheless. However, here's the best part, regardless how dominant our right brain is, our left brain acts as a gatekeeper. He (She? It??) makes all the decisions at the end of the day. All of our "consciousness" is a product of the left brain's decision making. So, as jarring as it is, we kind of have two living consciousness in our brain, albeit which is more dominant. Two different entities. Two different things.. humans.. person.. brains.. thinking.. matters.. things. 

So where was I?

Ah, so to answer my own question. 

Yes, and yes. Some people are assholes both as they presented themselves online and in real life. Most of the people I know are lovely. 

I hope I presented myself well on both worlds. Maybe I'm a lil cooler online, if I may say so myself.

-Farah