Howdy from a TBI survivor

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Nobody on 'teh internets' has to be who they say they are. Nobody here is using their real name, am I right?

Richard Sennet, in his book The Fall of Public Man, describes how in 18th century England and France it was customary for gentlemen and ladies to assume a public persona very different from their private one. One evening a merchant might dress up as a sea captain to attend a play and all who met him that night, even those who knew him, would greet him as such and playfully ask about his ship, etc. Public life was an act of theater.

Sennet shows that this separation between public and private life gradually eased until by 1977, when he wrote the book, it had all but disappeared. He lamented the loss.

But, tada, with the internet we can, once again, assume any persona we wish. What was old is new again!

Welcome, Moonrunner. The above is not say your story wasn't true. Rather, my point is that it shouldn't matter- we should just take everyone here at their word and enjoy the story they share regardless of verisimilitude.