What defines you?

[Collin152]

Exactly what it says on the tin, playgrounders.
What would you say is the attribute that defines you?
Aspect of your personality, skill, medical problem, what single thing is what most makes you you?

For me, I would say it is my inherant need to be deceptive and manipulative. Which is odd, given my concious desire for honesty. Somehow I'm both at the same time.

[DraPrime]

Pure perverse madness defines me. I'll come up with a serious answer later.

[Dallas-Dakota]

Cookie?:smalltongue:

I might come up with something serious later.
I guess, my attitude here.

[Spiryt]

Constantly confused mind?

My hair?

Procrastinating (process also known as studying)? :smalltongue:

There are many things. :smallwink:

[Dorizzit]

Truly, my sense of humor.

[Myshlaevsky]

Within this circular idea,
Called vulgarly a tomb,
The ideas and impressions lie
That constituted you.

A small change to Burns (http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/epitaphs.html) sums up my nihilistic point of view on this issue.

[Totally Guy]

I'm not going to say that I am my habits. I'm going to say that I've grown into my habits. A bit like routine, it's like you become your weekly routine or lifestyle.

[Flickerdart]

My overwhelming desire to help the damsel in distress despite having no abilities to accomplish this. Then again, most of the time they just need a shoulder to cry on, so it all works out somehow. And yes, I know it's a stupid thing. Bite me.

[Sneak]

My thoughts, my appearance, and my humor.

That's about it.

[Semidi]

Me:

[...] I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;
Am an attendant lord, one that will do
To swell a progress, start a scene or two,
Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,
Deferential, glad to be of use,
Politic, cautious, and meticulous;
Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;
At times, indeed, almost ridiculous—
Almost, at times, the Fool.

Or at least how I feel sometimes.

[d'Bwobsling]

Ummmmmm.... catchy phrases?

[Sneak]

Oh. Also, I thought of one more thing.

Main Entry:
you
Pronunciation:
\ˈyü, yə also yē\
Function:
pronoun
Etymology:
Middle English, from Old English ēow, dative & accusative of gē you; akin to Old High German iu, dative of ir you, Sanskrit yūyam you
Date:
before 12th century
1 : the one or ones being addressed —used as the pronoun of the second person singular or plural in any grammatical relation except that of a possessive <you may sit in that chair><you are my friends><can I pour you a cup of tea> —used formerly only as a plural pronoun of the second person in the dative or accusative case as direct or indirect object of a verb or as object of a preposition — compare thee, thou, ye, your, yours
2 : one 2a <after a while, it grows on you>

[Collin152]

Oh. Also, I thought of one more thing.

Main Entry:
you
Pronunciation:
\ˈyü, yə also yē\
Function:
pronoun
Etymology:
Middle English, from Old English ēow, dative & accusative of gē you; akin to Old High German iu, dative of ir you, Sanskrit yūyam you
Date:
before 12th century
1 : the one or ones being addressed —used as the pronoun of the second person singular or plural in any grammatical relation except that of a possessive <you may sit in that chair><you are my friends><can I pour you a cup of tea> —used formerly only as a plural pronoun of the second person in the dative or accusative case as direct or indirect object of a verb or as object of a preposition — compare thee, thou, ye, your, yours
2 : one 2a <after a while, it grows on you>

Coy. I should have done that in the first post.

[ColonelFuster]

My voice. Without this connection to the outside world, without this set of vocal chords that put up a bond forever between my brain and another's, I would be nothing.
I am sad that none of you will ever truly know me, because I cannot look into your eyes and speak to you. None of you may ever truly know me until I can get my voice onto a record label somehow. And seeing as to how classical and jazz vocalization is pretty much unappreciated, I don't think that'll happen.
I look forward to having you truly know what defines me. Someday. See you in another life, brother.

[bosssmiley]

Sloth, as in the sin. Also the animal. :smallamused:

I love to relax, I love to sleep (10+ hrs/night ftw), and I have a great distaste for excessive exertion of any kind. This makes me great at short-cuts, hacks, précis, organisation, anticipating needs, and the like.

People just laugh when I say I'm lazy though. It turns out that intelligent laziness - if adhered to rigorously enough - is nigh-indistinguishable from vigorous efficiency (just as true Epicureanism is nigh-indistinguishable from asceticism). :smallconfused:

[Kjata]

I love fun, and im sacrificing my health, brain, lungs and liver for it.

[Toastkart]

two words: I am.

[Collin152]

two words: I am.

Two more: Are you?

[Dallas-Dakota]

Two more : Who knows?

[Collin152]

Two more : Who knows?

Another two: I don't.

[Myshlaevsky]

I think I'll choose to define myself by my failure to see the fascination in solipsism.

[valadil]

Hrmm. Let's go with intelligence and sense of humor. Hardly a unique description, but both are unique in me.

[The Extinguisher]

I define myself by my beliefs. Mostly for the confusion in people's eyes when I list them all off.

It's fun :smallamused:

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Truly? Well... at a risk of sounding kinda sappy... probably that I'm an absolute and complete romantic, in both meanings of the word. The relationship kind as well as fanciful-like.

[Setra]

Three words
Perversion
Insanity
Romantic

I realize the last one doesn't fit the first two, but I really am a romantic. I blame it on being raised by anime and videogames as a child. Actually I blame the latter two on it, I blame the first one on my ex.

[Thes Hunter]

I am a gamer.

It's true! I know you all are so shocked!


But every time I get away from it, I become un-happy. And once I get back to it I feel so well, liberated, I understand that I can never divorce Dungeons & Dragons from my being.

Other things that if I go without I start becoming crazy:

Being outside, specifically in nature.
Exploring new music
*scrubbed*

[SurlySeraph]

Fanatical Utilitarianism.

[Deepblue706]

"Conflict".

[skywalker]

Love.

...

[/John Lennon]

[Dallas-Dakota]

Failure.


Geekiness.

[Setra]

*scrubbed*

... I might use Curiosity to describe myself too... as in.. every time I see something scrubbed I reaaaallly wanna know what it is.

[adanedhel9]

Heh, reminds me of that standard interview question, "What three words describe you?". Here's my standard answer:

1) Gamer - I don't see how I could live without games. I've been playing, making, and sharing games of all types for as long as I can remember.

2) Philosopher - Not in the sense of "I majored in Philosophy", but rather in the literal sense of "Lover of Knowledge". I'm constantly on the lookout for new trivia, new branches of academia, and new ways of looking at the world.

3) Engineer - If I haven't had a hand in building it, I have a hard time trusting it. And even if I did build it, I'm always seeking ways to improve it.

[skywalker]

... I might use Curiosity to describe myself too... as in.. every time I see something scrubbed I reaaaallly wanna know what it is.

Secondeded.

[Winter_Wolf]

Three words:
"very seriously disturbed"

Or when I feel a little playful:
"Total psychotic wreck"

I really do want to try them out at a job interview some time. Unfortunately I still need the money more than the gratification of making a middle-manager pee his pants. :smallamused:

They say crazy isn't contagious, but why take chances?

[Tempest Fennac]

I tend to define myself as a Reiki master primarily.

[fraud]

I am a jedi sith of the computer. Today I even disguised AIM and the Internet as a virus on my sister's computer:smalltongue:

[thubby]

my knowledge and quest there for. to understand the world around me and the resulting plethora of tidbits of info.

[Jibar]

Cat-Muffiiiiiins!
Wooo! Yeah!

[Shademan]

how best to describe me... than with a song?

Here's a little song i wrote,
you might want to sing it note for note,
don't worry, be happy

in every life we have some trouble,
when you worry you make it double
don't worry, be happy

dont worry be happy now
dont worry be happy
dont worry be happy
dont worry be happy
dont worry be happy
aint got no place to lay your head,
somebody came and took your bed,
don't worry, be happy

the landlord say your rent is late,
he may have to litagate,
dont worry (small laugh) be happy,

look at me im happy,
don't worry, be happy

i give you my phone number,
when your worried, call me,
i make you happy

don't worry, be happy

aint got no cash, aint got no style,
aint got no gal to make you smile
but don't worry, be happy

cos when you worry, your face will frown,
and that will bring everybody down,
so don't worry, be happy

don't worry, be happy now...

don't worry, be happy
don't worry, be happy
don't worry, be happy
don't worry, be happy

now there this song i wrote
i hope you you learned it note for note
like good little children

dont worry be happy

listen to what i say
in your life expect some trouble
when you worry you make it double
dont worry be happy
be happy now

dont worry, be happy
dont worry, be happy
dont worry, be happy
dont worry, be happy
dont worry
dont worry be happy
don't worry, don't worry, don't do it,
be happy,put a smile on your face,
don't bring everybody down like this

don't worry, it will soon pass whatever it is,
don't worry, be happy,
i'm not worried

... im happy.



yeah, the green text is VERY much true hehehe. but i dont worry.

[Maxymiuk]

In my native tongue there's an idiom that (roughly) translates as "silent water rends the banks." I've heard quite a few people use it to describe me.

[Arioch]

My intellect, mostly.

And my sense of humour, I guess.

[Klose_the_Sith]

If whats his face gets a song, then so do I!

(Click the lyrics for the song which truly defines Klose!)

We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do i
A full commitments what Im thinking of
You wouldnt get this from any other guy

I just wanna tell you how Im feeling
Gotta make you understand

* never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Weve know each other for so long
Your hearts been aching
But youre too shy to say it
Inside we both know whats been going on
We know the game and were gonna play it

And if you ask me how Im feeling
Dont tell me youre too blind to see

(* repeat)

Give you up. give you up
Give you up, give you up
Never gonna give
Never gonna give, give you up
Never gonna give
Never gonna give, five you up

I just wanna tell you how Im feeling
Gotta make you understand

(* repeat 3 times) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX4br4w9g5E)

[Setra]

If whats his face gets a song, then so do I!

(Click the lyrics for the song which truly defines Klose!)

We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do i
A full commitments what Im thinking of
You wouldnt get this from any other guy

I just wanna tell you how Im feeling
Gotta make you understand

* never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Weve know each other for so long
Your hearts been aching
But youre too shy to say it
Inside we both know whats been going on
We know the game and were gonna play it

And if you ask me how Im feeling
Dont tell me youre too blind to see

(* repeat)

Give you up. give you up
Give you up, give you up
Never gonna give
Never gonna give, give you up
Never gonna give
Never gonna give, five you up

I just wanna tell you how Im feeling
Gotta make you understand

(* repeat 3 times) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX4br4w9g5E)
Does it count as being Rick Rolled if we just read the lyrics? :smallconfused:

[Klose_the_Sith]

Does it count as being Rick Rolled if we just read the lyrics? :smallconfused:

I'd never rickrolled anyone before, the link leads to Aerosmith~Amazing

[ghost_warlock]

I'm just your average white, bald, heterosexual, *******, angsty, Midwestern, gamer, humanitarian, social worker. Nothing much to see here.

I've opened up my eyes, so tell me what I see
I've opened up my mind, so tell me how to think
Use your big words and show me how to speak
You can't live your life through me
I can't believe you think it's that easy

Your walls of pride are only fencing you in
Your ego's been playing games with your head
You're not the mastermind
I am a product of my own design

Following you and your promised guarentees
Free to choose as long as I live your dreams
You say my own weight could never be carried
I'll agree to disagree, I can't believe that you are that naive

Your walls of pride are only fencing you in
Your ego's been playing games with your head
You're not the mastermind
I am a product of my own design

You were my eyes
You were my ears
You were my conscience all these years

No more
My vision has never been so clear
Looks like i have no one left to fear

Your walls of pride are only fencing you in
Your ego's been playing games with your head
You're not the mastermind
I am a product of my own design

Your walls of pride are only fencing you in
Your ego's been playing games with your head
You're not the mastermind
I am a product of my own design
-"Product of My Own Design" by Trapt

[Drascin]

It's very difficult to define me, since I'm very fluctuating. Yes, I'd say that's what defines me. There's a core of good intentions in the bottom that label me as a hopeless idealist, but everything apart from that changes every day.

Also, relatedly, balance through extremes. My personality reminds much of the man that had his head in a fire and his feet in the freezer, and so he was, on average, perfectly fine :smallbiggrin:.

[Ilena]

What defines me ... well my love of animals, horses expecially, excluding humans as i dislike the vast majority of them ... my belief that the soul passes on to differnt bodys of differnt animals, my love of centaurs and desire to be one, my love of Dragons and unicorns, my belief in gods and spirits and such, my loyalty and honor, generaly kind and gental nature, my aggressiveness if someone pisses me off, and a few others is mainly how i can be defined.

[Player_Zero]

Iunno.

I don't reckon peoples can generally be defined within a couple of sentences or phrases. Their delusions however, now those you can describe succinctly.

[Telonius]

Undefinability.
Undefinability and love of paradox. :smallcool:

[randman22222]

My need to do something to help. And give a damn about the world around me.

[Hoggy]

I'd say bitterness, but apparantly I'm not yet old enough to be bitter. I'm still waiting on confirmation as to whether I could use sour instead.

[Thufir]

If I have to be brief on what makes me what I am...

Logic. Reason. Curiosity. Open-mindedness. Eccentricity.

However, the best response I've ever seen to 'define yourself in three words' was this:

I am me.

[Ethrael]

My good thing, to notice teeeny tiiiny insignificant details about almost anything, including people, which helps me take on the point of view of people and put myself in their place. That's partly why I want to be an actor.

My bad thing: to feel insulted by almost anything and have a temper flare up like crazy. It's sorta a good thing too, it's what gets me through arguments. :smalltongue:

Another bad thing: not understanding things and bad logic. Someone might tell me some news and I might find that good or funny or insignificant when it's not. That's how I lose friends the most. :smallfrown:

[CurlyKitGirl]

Reading. Whenever I have a free moment I will be reading something, anything, no matter how small or dull.
I am a bibliophilaic.

But that is one physical thing or trait that defines me. I were were to define myself I would say 'I am Curly, nothing more, nothing less.'

[Thufir]

I am a bibliophilaic.

Bibliophile. And, that for me as well, though to a lesser extent than Curly, I think.

[13_CBS]

How do so easily define someone so complex as a human being? To describe me, to describe any of you, really, in just a handful of words is impossible.

Am I a person defined by my fury and hatred? No, because there are people I love. But am I defined by the people I love? No, because there are people I hate.

Am I a person defined by what I enjoy, the violin? No, because my violin skills and musical philosophy aren't anything special.

How do you define something as complex as a human being?

[randman22222]

How do so easily define someone so complex as a human being? To describe me, to describe any of you, really, in just a handful of words is impossible.

Am I a person defined by my fury and hatred? No, because there are people I love. But am I defined by the people I love? No, because there are people I hate.

Am I a person defined by what I enjoy, the violin? No, because my violin skills and musical philosophy aren't anything special.

How do you define something as complex as a human being?

(I think what the OP means is list your first and foremost trait, what drives you. Yes, a full definition is nigh-impossible, though the attempt to do so is not counter-productive, by any means, so long as the knowledge that it is semi-futile remains clear.)

[Premsyl]

I've been having an increasing amount of difficulty answering this question, and it's a question that's been plaguing me for a while before I replied here. I tend to see myself just drifting through life, like an armless and legless creature tossed into a stream. My life needs definition, so I suppose what defines me at the moment is my life's lack of definition, and my search for something I can call my own.

[Mc. Lovin']

The ol' ego.

[Tamburlaine]

Deadpan Snarker (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeadpanSnarker)

[13_CBS]

(I think what the OP means is list your first and foremost trait, what drives you. Yes, a full definition is nigh-impossible, though the attempt to do so is not counter-productive, by any means, so long as the knowledge that it is semi-futile remains clear.)

I see. Even then, though, motivations aren't quite that simple. What motivates me? My sense of duty? But if it were my sense of duty I wouldn't be slacking off so much. My love of family? But I hardly talk to my relatives. A greater goal I wish to reach? I don't have a greater goal. My fury and hatred? But I'm not angry all the time.

I suppose the only constant is a self-serving desire to feel good.

[AdrianoIank]

My lack of passion is my most defining trait. Also, lurking.

[Gem Flower]

Singing. Beyond school and sports and violin and piano, singing is my life.:smallbiggrin:

[Manoftyr]

My overwhelming desire to know and understand all things around me, I hunger for knowledge perpetually and can never learn enough...I'm never 'not' thinking, that coupled with my desire to take that which I learn and create something with it, like a poem or a piece of literature...I am a writer at heart.

Throw in a morbid/twisted sense of humor, a powerful sense of honor and duty to one's friends and family, something of a chivalric streak, a love of art in all its forms but with a certain penchant for all things of a surreal/macabre nature, a generic loathing for all things contemporary, a generally non-trusting nature an innate mistrust towards authority figures and an ingrained drive to defy and go against the grain...and you've got a good idea of what I'm about :smallcool:.

[Collin152]

I see. Even then, though, motivations aren't quite that simple. What motivates me? My sense of duty? But if it were my sense of duty I wouldn't be slacking off so much. My love of family? But I hardly talk to my relatives. A greater goal I wish to reach? I don't have a greater goal. My fury and hatred? But I'm not angry all the time.

I suppose the only constant is a self-serving desire to feel good.

Just pick a glass, Mrs. Seinfeld.

[Kimusabe]

My Humour is my most open defining attribute, I suppose I would call it my most Public defining thing. Then probably the way I care Deeply about my Friends, like i actually LOVE most of them, SO MUCH! I couldn't live without my friends (well not easily) And then my Beliefs and How I choose to follow them, but this doesn't feel much like a defining thing for me (even though it is for a lot of people, but I'm just a strange, different guy)

[Felixaar]

Good Pens. Can't stand those weak, flimsy things.

[Rawhide]

My integrity, honesty, dedication and loyalty. Without them, I am nothing.

[SMEE]

Many people say I'm kind.

I say I'm an evil schemer that fails at making trully evil plans. :smallconfused:

[13_CBS]

Just pick a glass, Mrs. Seinfeld.

Which glass? And why pick that one over the others?

[Dallas-Dakota]

Many people say I'm kind.

I say I'm an evil schemer that fails at making trully evil plans. :smallconfused:
You mean ebil?

[Charity]

My integrity, honesty, dedication and loyalty. Without them, I am nothing.

I got nuthin.

[Dhavaer]

My internet addiction and fetishes.

[Vella_Malachite]

Good Pens. Can't stand those weak, flimsy things.

Oh, god, yes. I cannot write with some pens; they just drive me insane!

Hmm...definitions...
There's a few defining attributes:

Curiosity. I am far, far too curious for my own good. Sometimes I think I'd be the Too Dumb to Live (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TooDumbToLive) out of pure curiosity, but then, I'd be a main character, so Contractual Immortality (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ContractualImmortality):smalltongue:

The tendency to think of myself as insane;

Perfectionism, especially in language;

My sense of humour: highly into irony, love a good dose of gallows humour and (yes, I'm terrible) occasionally laugh at dead baby humour;

And finally, my overactive imagination. Currently, I have 6 notebooks devoted to different aspects of novels, and that's not including journals or drawing-books (if you count those two, the count's 10-13). Different aspects.

[DemonicAngel]

Me? three words
Absolutely insane maniac.

yeah, thats me, the guy who just doesn't care if he gets hurt, and does thing like cliff climbing for the fun of it.
I also have a really short temper,

and yeah, thats me.

[randman22222]

I see. Even then, though, motivations aren't quite that simple. What motivates me? My sense of duty? But if it were my sense of duty I wouldn't be slacking off so much. My love of family? But I hardly talk to my relatives. A greater goal I wish to reach? I don't have a greater goal. My fury and hatred? But I'm not angry all the time.

I suppose the only constant is a self-serving desire to feel good.

The existentialist's problem.
I'm existentialist, but I've solved the problem for myself. :smallconfused:

[Aotrs Commander]

You wish to know the definition of me? Then behold the definition of Evil.

Sheer bloody-minded contrariness. The single-minded desire to be apart from all else, to do opposite to what everyone else will do; to not just find my own path but to carve it in bloody swathes through all that stands between me and my will; to reject life and love and mortality and acceptance in favour of my own sense of self.

Arrogance. To not just to believe, but to know that I am, alone of any creature that comes before or after, am truly the best. The only one, and that all others should bow before my will - not just creatures, but objects and even the laws or Reality itself should be at my merest command. To hold my soul of greater importance than even my own Undeath and certainly beyond all of the rest of Reality or any beyond it.

Hatred. Hatred because Reality does not hold me supreme yet and that my own power yet cannot bring it to heel, forcing indignity after indignity upon me and that demands recompence. A blazing, void-cold white frozen fire of black, bitter hatred of everything, varying only in it's degree of pitiless bile. A hatred so strong it transcends life, death and beyond, fuelled by every action that does not expressly co-incide with my will. Building ever stronger, year on year, day on day, second on second. A hatred that will one day become so strong all of Reality will recoil from it's unleashed power and tremble. And DIE.

Evil. To know exactly what it is I desire is inherently wrong from the foolish perspectives of others. To know what I do and think and plan and wait patiently for is abbhorrant to almost all others. To revel in the fear of my victims, to take such joy in crushing their spirits and casting their ghosts into agony. To understand the much-vaunted power of love, to not underestimate it and the power that it holds - and yet, in the end, still reject it. To know, that yes, I did have a choice not to become like this, that no circumstance forced upon me lead to this. To know that in the end, I am what I choose myself to be, of my own free will and nothing less or more - a black, foul blade of festering, power-mad, xenocidal hatred and fury poised to strike down all of Reality. And...ultimately...

Because I can.

[randman22222]

You wish to know the definition of me? Then behold the definition of Evil.

Sheer bloody-minded contrariness. The single-minded desire to be apart from all else, to do opposite to what everyone else will do; to not just find my own path but to carve it in bloody swathes through all that stands between me and my will; to reject life and love and mortality and acceptance in favour of my own sense of self.

Arrogance. To not just to believe, but to know that I am, alone of any creature that comes before or after, am truly the best. The only one, and that all others should bow before my will - not just creatures, but objects and even the laws or Reality itself should be at my merest command. To hold my soul of greater importance than even my own Undeath and certainly beyond all of the rest of Reality or any beyond it.

Hatred. Hatred because Reality does not hold me supreme yet and that my own power yet cannot bring it to heel, forcing indignity after indignity upon me and that demands recompence. A blazing, void-cold white frozen fire of black, bitter hatred of everything, varying only in it's degree of pitiless bile. A hatred so strong it transcends life, death and beyond, fuelled by every action that does not expressly co-incide with my will. Building ever stronger, year on year, day on day, second on second. A hatred that will one day become so strong all of Reality will recoil from it's unleashed power and tremble. And DIE.

Evil. To know exactly what it is I desire is inherently wrong from the foolish perspectives of others. To know what I do and think and plan and wait patiently for is abbhorrant to almost all others. To revel in the fear of my victims, to take such joy in crushing their spirits and casting their ghosts into agony. To understand the much-vaunted power of love, to not underestimate it and the power that it holds - and yet, in the end, still reject it. To know, that yes, I did have a choice not to become like this, that no circumstance forced upon me lead to this. To know that in the end, I am what I choose myself to be, of my own free will and nothing less or more - a black, foul blade of festering, power-mad, xenocidal hatred and fury poised to strike down all of Reality. And...ultimately...

Because I can.

Ooooh, you seem like a nice enough guy. :smallsmile:
Ya gonna be at the next UK meetup?

[Aotrs Commander]

Ooooh, you seem like a nice enough guy. :smallsmile:
Ya gonna be at the next UK meetup?

I would suspect not, I'm afraid. My time and transport on are highly limited...as I'm not simply allowed to teleport everywhere, nor to fly grav tanks down the motorways guns blazing, to my eternal disgust.

[randman22222]

(I'm not either, unfortunately. :smallfrown:
Seeing as I live a couple continents over...)

[13_CBS]

You wish to know the definition of me? Then behold the definition of Evil.

Sheer bloody-minded contrariness. The single-minded desire to be apart from all else, to do opposite to what everyone else will do; to not just find my own path but to carve it in bloody swathes through all that stands between me and my will; to reject life and love and mortality and acceptance in favour of my own sense of self.

Arrogance. To not just to believe, but to know that I am, alone of any creature that comes before or after, am truly the best. The only one, and that all others should bow before my will - not just creatures, but objects and even the laws or Reality itself should be at my merest command. To hold my soul of greater importance than even my own Undeath and certainly beyond all of the rest of Reality or any beyond it.

Hatred. Hatred because Reality does not hold me supreme yet and that my own power yet cannot bring it to heel, forcing indignity after indignity upon me and that demands recompence. A blazing, void-cold white frozen fire of black, bitter hatred of everything, varying only in it's degree of pitiless bile. A hatred so strong it transcends life, death and beyond, fuelled by every action that does not expressly co-incide with my will. Building ever stronger, year on year, day on day, second on second. A hatred that will one day become so strong all of Reality will recoil from it's unleashed power and tremble. And DIE.

Evil. To know exactly what it is I desire is inherently wrong from the foolish perspectives of others. To know what I do and think and plan and wait patiently for is abbhorrant to almost all others. To revel in the fear of my victims, to take such joy in crushing their spirits and casting their ghosts into agony. To understand the much-vaunted power of love, to not underestimate it and the power that it holds - and yet, in the end, still reject it. To know, that yes, I did have a choice not to become like this, that no circumstance forced upon me lead to this. To know that in the end, I am what I choose myself to be, of my own free will and nothing less or more - a black, foul blade of festering, power-mad, xenocidal hatred and fury poised to strike down all of Reality. And...ultimately...

Because I can.

And here I must question whether you're making an exaggerated joke or you've posted what you'd like to be defined as.


The existentialist's problem.

What problem do you speak of?

[randman22222]

Well, what you posted reminded me of this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existentialist#Dread). (Wikipedia, but it seems to nail it.)

[13_CBS]

Well, what you posted reminded me of this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existentialist#Dread). (Wikipedia, but it seems to nail it.)

Huh? This "dread" doesn't really apply to me, as I'm not afraid of being "responsible" for my own actions (though I don't really believe that I'm responsible for my own actions in the sense everybody else uses).

[randman22222]

Huh? This "dread" doesn't really apply to me, as I'm not afraid of being "responsible" for my own actions (though I don't really believe that I'm responsible for my own actions in the sense everybody else uses).

Hmm... Wrong term I think. What I mean is that... Well, actually, upon re-reading your posts I think I've lost my original train of thought.
Crap.

[Collin152]

My integrity, honesty, dedication and loyalty. Without them, I am nothing.

See, people, this is what I wanted to find.
I don't see what sets them apart, but yes, yes, these are the kinds of things I wanted to see.

Not that people calling themselves defiend by evil or madness isn't fine; I happen to be both evil and mad. But I'm neither in prison or an asylum, so I suppose they don't define me.

[Thufir]

Sheer bloody-minded contrariness. The single-minded desire to be apart from all else, to do opposite to what everyone else will do;

I have that sometimes.


To not just to believe, but to know that I am, alone of any creature that comes before or after, am truly the best.

And that. Though in my case it's restricted to knowing I'm smarter than everyone else. But still.

And, @Collin: I think I did it right. I can't remember all the things I said, but my personality, who I am, is very much defined by logic, cool rationality. And the associated intelligence. Take those away and what's left is not me.

[Last_resort_33]

Wanting to know. Thinking. Exploring problems real and imaginary to discover more, even if the more only exists in what I create in my own mind, and the discoveries are imaginary.

Wanting to experiance. I am bisexual becasue I want to know about everyone. I will see something no matter how disturbing becasue I want to know how and why.

This is why I am a geek and this is why I role play, to know more about a character that I have created from nothingness, to discover a world that I have helped shape in the mind of the DM. To know what makes a computer program work and how it might not work and how I can twist it and the sytem around it to make it work to help show that I have understood it how it was meant (or even not meant to be) understood.

[Castaras]

I said aloud "What defines me?".

I heard evil laughter.

:smalleek:

I'd say geekiness, computer addiction, and a mild dash of intelligence defines me.

[Sam]

Adaption. I am able to easy change my mind in responce to new information, to the degree that I was never aware of what my previous thoughts, beliefs and ideas were. Combined with my burning desire to know and my remorsely fanatical nature compose the unwavering essence of who I am. Other things may change, but this is my core. Without it...



Evil? Madness? Pah- a truly evil person would never leave a trail declaring they are evil. The highest evil is to commit wrongs beyond counting, to know you are evil AND to convince others that you are a good guy- that is the height, the mastry of evil. Evil for evils sake is a failing to many people seem to think is impressive.

[Da Beast]

I don't think a human can be defined so succinctly and that by attempting to do so you do yourself a disservice. But if I were to take a shot at it anyways, I guess I'd have to say my hedonism.

[Prophaniti]

Like many people, I am fairly complex, with many facets, some of which seem contradictory. You know that thing that people do sometimes, like the first day of a class when you're supposed to stand up and say your name and something about yourself? I hate doing that. I can't be summed up in a sentence or two.

I like the way the OP phrased it, however, made me think... And I think I've found the aspect of me that usually (key word here) drives all the others.

An insatiable desire need for knowledge. I just... have to know. Everything.

I'm so thrilled to be back in college now, you have no idea.

[Mastikator]

I can't think of a single thing that defines me. So I'll just freak everyone out by listing it.
My values, my desire to stir things us, my rampant hedonism, my lust for knowledge, the way I'd only watch sports in hopes of something going wrong or to simply look at the players, my love for beauty and sensation, my unusual hobbies, my speech pattern, my long hair. The way I can't be satisfied with this post and needs to constantly edit it.

[B-Man]

Hmm, what defines a B-Man? Is it the addiction to coffee that he'll go through impossible odds to obtain it? Is it the addiction to anime and manga? Is it the now fading Nintendo fanboyism? Is it the indecision that forces him to switch his desktop wallpaper and desktop theme impulsively (then continue to switch the wallpaper for a minimum of ten switches?) *ctrl+alt+P* *ctrl+alt+P* *ctrl+alt+P* Is it hair? It's the hair, isn't it. Be honest, you can say it's the hair. It's not the hair?

Hmm. Then I'm completely stumped. I don't know what defines me. :smalltongue:

[evisiron]

In one, I would have to say my personality, as everything about me seems to trace back to that eventually.

[Frojoe21]

*Shadow Jump/De-lurk*

What defines me? According to B-man:


The ability to crush a man with a bear hug

Probably the qualities that define me most are my cynical outlook, my warped sense of humour, my honesty, and my chronic l'espirit de 'lescalier. Seriously, by the time I post this I'll have thought of at least seven things I could add to this. Mind you, they'll all be negative qualities, so I'm gonna keep'em out of this post.

*Shadow Jump/Re-lurk*

[Supagoof]

Joy.

Bringing it to others.
Keeping it in people's lives.
Preventing it from leaving.

Joy.

Apart from that, how I gonna kick it?
Gonna kick Goof style!

[Don Julio Anejo]

I'm a ditz. Yes, ditzy guys do exist.

I love personality masks :biggrin:

[Phae Nymna]

I am defined by...

my personality.

That's prolly too general, but whatever. I dunno.

[Kigganaku]

Ability to not give a damn.

[Amotis]

My dictionary.

[Destichado]

I'm defined by my... I suppose "confidence" is a decent fit here, and the attributes that are tangental to it; assertiveness, integrity, faith...

The best fit is the Roman concept of "virtus". Yeah, that's me.

[Phae Nymna]

Hmm... After some more thought...

1. My taste in music
2. Schadenfreude!
3. My choice of 3 wishes if I had 3 wishes
4. My Dark Side (Oddly, It's been more controlling lately)
5. My Deepest, Darkest, Most Hidden, Most Perverse, and Most Amoral Dersires and Secrets.

(You'll never know the real me. Mwuahahahaha...)

[KerfuffleMach2]

Let's see here...

My hair
Always seeming happy
Loads of optimism
Being the group nerd (And proud of it!)
my nickname (Beef)
Mostly hanging out with one person in particular