MrGlide

Let's break this down. Here are the reasonable assumptions about fraggle not from his posts, but from the fact that he is a source port author who has been posting on Doomworld since 1999:

- he is a white man (as was almost everyone on DW in the early days... and nowadays)
- he comes from an upper middle class background (as were most people who had access to a PC / internet connection circa 2000)
- he is around 30 (at least, obvious from reg date)
- he lies somewhere further than the baseline on the autism spectrum (aka Is A Computer Programmer Who Still Plays Doom)
- he is very tech-savv (no shit)
- he works at Google, Facebook, Apple, or some related big tech company, at a non-management position. his job title likely reads something like "experienced programmer" or "advanced system analyst" (again: he programmed Chocolate Doom, the idea that he is a professional and accomplished programmer is not a stretch)
- he lives in a city (this is implied from the claim that he works at a big tech company - none of them are out in the boonies)

So here are the *real* things you say you can glean from his actual posts, not from the context of his known history and the site he is on:

- he votes left without fault
- he is not in a committed relationship

One of these is an incredibly obvious assumption given his many posts espousing a left wing political stance. The other one is completely wrong.

I've noticed that I'm often very afraid of my opinions and thoughts being challenged. Like after I watch a movie and enjoy it, I often don't even want to hear anyone else talking about it. It's like I'm afraid that other people's valid points will make the film seem less interesting in my eyes, which really scares me to be honest. I like living in this bubble where the objects of my love an appreciation are awesome and the "validity" of my experiences with them can't be contested by others (but I'm personally allowed to point out some minor negative things about these objects). I'm slowly trying to combat this by exposing myself to other opinions, but so far it's been quite painful to be completely honest. Well, I'm still relatively young, I have time for some self-improvements.

btw I quite enjoyed reading Phml's "detective work", always fun stuff. :)

Phml said:

Fraggle thinks himself righteous and smarter than most others. At the same time, I can guarantee you he does not gloat, even to himself, about that. He believes he is correct, and he desperately, earnestly wants to educate you and make the world a better place. That's his angle.

I'm an egotistical Frenchman with a hard-on against anglosaxon imperialism, cultural or otherwise, and in my selfishness I see typing long forum replies as a self-improvement tool. It also lets me rant at Internet people who peeve me, rather than at real people I love and don't want to hurt. That's my angle.

Strange, much of your description of Fraggle appears to fit yourself much better.

Your whole post, from your patronising tone, your long-windedness, your boasts about the special insight you think you have into people, your passive-aggressive "snake oil salesmen" insults, and your romantic view of yourself as some kind of abrasive anti-hero, betrays a cast-iron belief that you are smarter, better and more righteous than the mere mortals you deem worthy of receiving your wisdom.

But, as Linguica pointed out, nothing you said remotely backed up this deluded self-image. This wasn't some clever psychoanalytical profile you've intuited from reading Fraggle's posts. It wasn't even really a description of Fraggle at all. It's a narrative you've constructed in your own mind: A stereotype of celibate computer nerds, adopting left-wing politics in lieu of a social life. I'm sure it's something you've stewed on for a while, and were itching to finally deploy.

Except, of course, you were wrong on the key point. But I'm sure you won't let that deflect you from your brave struggle against anglosaxon imperialism on internet forums. *barf*