19
May
So…I decided to put all my future articles on the new Congress of Awesome blog and to convert this existing blog into a personal one. It really should be one since it’s called ‘Hyperguy.net’ after all. I mean, designwise, the name would be rather misleading otherwise. Could you imagine someone’s disappointment upon visiting?
Possible HG.net Visitor: “What? This is Hyperguy.net? But there’s no information about Hyperguy whatsoever! What a waste! Screw this, I’m going to go play stickball.exe! Fuckin’ night elves what the fuck with them.”
So fuck it. Go to the Congress of Awesome blog for cool things. I’m just going to talk about stupid shit nobody cares about(With the exception of myself!) here. O_o
But yeah! One thing that I wanted to write about today is the concept of web identities.
I think web identities are particularly interesting. In the real world, you’re(for the most part) restricted to one identity, that is, one definite reality of who and what you are(Unless you happen to be Batman).
But on the interwebs it’s much different. Upon choosing a web handle(and it doesn’t even have to be a good one. Just ask Sasuke229.) anyone can pass themselves as off as whatever or whomever they’d like and are pretty much limited by their imagination.
Anywho, the reason why I’m bringing this up is because occasionally I get tired of being Hyperguy, if only because sometimes my online personality is negatively compared to how I am in real life.
My Dad for example(It’s true! I’m not a clone or bioengineered!) thinks the moniker ‘Hyperguy’ doesn’t suit me at all, because he doesn’t see me as a ‘hyper’ ‘guy’ at all. He tells me stuff like “You shouldn’t be called Hyperguy. You hardly do anything.” at times when I’m low on energy or generally unmotivated(It happens.) Hearing stuff like that from a loved one can be disheartening, and knowing that he doesn’t approve sometimes makes me feel like I don’t want to be Hyperguy. Almost like I’d rather be something he’s proud of or that he approves of. I think it’d be awesome if he actually supported/approved of the things I’m into, but you know what; that’s a common conflict people have with their parents.
And a grand part in establishing your own identity is being able to tear away from ambiguity and not let your own opinions be directly influenced by others(even if they are from your progenitors) and stand independently upon your own beliefs and values.
…In real fucking life.
But if it’s a web identity, it’s kind of weird, because web identities are for the most part fabrications that only resemble how you actually are in real life. O_o
So yeah. To summarize, Dad thinks that I shouldn’t call myself Hyperguy because it doesn’t reflect how he knows me, and hearing things like that kinda make me not wanna be HG, knowing that he doesn’t care for it and thinks it’s an inaccurate moniker.
But Dad has no idea what I’m like on online! He doesn’t know, care to know, or understand how differently I present myself online as compared to real life. He doesn’t know about the people I’ve talked to, the things I’ve done, or generally how I’ve conducted myself since first going online in the mid 1990′s. Keeping that fact in mind stops me from further second guessing myself, but even then I gotta remind myself of that every now and again, because people IRL don’t always get it(Though to their discredit, most of the people IRL who don’t get it lack web savvy also.)
So yeah. Sometimes I’ll think to myself “Let’s not be Hyperguy anymore. Let’s throw all this away and start over with a new web handle and establish a new reputation,” and I’m then reminded of the cover of Amazing Spiderman #50. It’s the issue where Peter Parker decides to stop being Spiderman after being faced with the pressures of his reality and the negative impact that being Spiderman has on other areas of his life.
The Amazing Spiderman, issue #50
But when I start feeling this way I’m also reminded of the things I’ve done as Hyperguy that matter to me, and through those, realize that not only is it the right web handle for me, but anything I could try out after this just wouldn’t compare.
It just clicks. It feels right, I’m used to it, and at this point I wouldn’t have it any other way. Too many people online know me as Hyperguy and though IRL I have my ups and downs that make me question if I really am this tireless, super awesome(lol narcissim) internet person I know that…
Wait, what was I talking about again? Just lost my train of thought. O_o
Whatever,
I’M HYPERGUY MOTHERFUCKERS,
RIDING THE MOTHER FUCKIN’ LIGHTNING TO YOUR HOUSE TO PUNCH SHIT AND RAID YOUR FRIDGE AND BORROW VHS TAPES! ALT F4ING YOUR PROGRAMS EVEN THOUGH YOU ONLY HAVE 99.8% LEFT ON THAT TORRENT! RECOGNIZE! I MAKE VOLCANOES CRY AND OCEANS DRY! >D
Or something. I’m on to day 2 of my salad and coffee diet and am feeling rather @$K@$)(*%JPIAJFIJOJ#$&(* lately. O_o
I was inspired to mention my parent after watching the Team Fortress 2 video ‘Meet the Sniper’ and reading about how his parents don’t exactly approve of his line of work either.
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