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Sure there are some that do for entertainment. We get wacky threads also on controversial issues as well so our reactions can be viewed. I think there is more of the latter actually.
Anyone else get this feeling sometimes? How often do you think it happens?
Happens all the time I think. As someone else has said, its trolling.
What I just cant get my head wrapped around though, is how regular users sometimes create new accounts to post something that I guess they are embarassed to post from their regular account.
When you get first time posters posting ridiculous questions, you almost always know that its someone who is a regular around here who just created that new account to post that specific question.
Besides, I'd guess that over 90% of the members here found CD by looking up city specific info and just stumbled upon the forums.
I'm sure many make up stories, but sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. I know I have a few stories that may sound unbelievable as I have lived a pretty full life with many unique "characters" in it. I'm sure when I relate some of the things I've done/people I've met, some would find it unbelievable.
The stories I doubt are the ones where the characters are always the same, always one-dimensional (e.g. all the women are gold-diggers, all older married women are not into sex, all older men would cheat w/a prostitute, etc.. etc... etc.). It makes me think the poster is either making up stories, or is sheltered with not as much life experience, or can not fully interpret/read people. People are a lot more complicated than the caricatures often portrayed on C-D.
A good rule of thumb is always to take anecdotal evidence for what it is (whether or not you think it is "true.") Anecdotes are not generalizations, but what happened in a specific set of conditions and circumstances with specific people.
Of course they do. Just like in the real world, people will embellish things. Everyone knows who they are. Ok, I have a confession. I'm not 61, I'm 61 1/2. I feel better now.
People have been "outed" on this board when they've posted two totally different stories at different times. I don't remember the exact scenario, but a guy went from looking for a girlfriend to being married for a year in a span of three months. I don't think he came back to defend himself.
A lot of first time posters are probably stretching the truth. The regulars probably lie a lot less.
That's like asking if all the letters to Penthouse are true.
Even if the story isn't true, some of the answers can be helpful to someone in a similar situation. That's why I always give the benefit of the doubt to any new poster. The fun part comes in when you see a thread (i.e., //www.city-data.com/forum/relat...d-cheated.html), and then another thread from the other side (//www.city-data.com/forum/relat...taring-me.html) Are both true, one fake or both fake? It's up to you to decide.
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