Sometimes I wonder if things like the hexbear bouncing cat emotes are a bit twee and cringe, but then I see the aesthetics the other side has run with...
Sometimes I wonder if things like the hexbear bouncing cat emotes are a bit twee and cringe, but then I see the aesthetics the other side has run with...
Reading that I asked myself "do I sound like myself here? how do I present?" and, after spending a while thinking about it, I just don't know. It's a little disconcerting, but probably not as much so as actively pretending to be someone else.
It's pretty normal to have masks or sociolects. I think the main thing is how you feel about the parts of yourself they bring out or suppress. Like I act a little different in queer threads or comment threads than I do responding to people I suspect are cis/straight or white because letting your guard down in the latter instance feels more vulnerable.