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    • JumpscareJ
      Jumpscare
      last edited by Jumpscare

      I play all sorts of characters. So I guess my biggest tell is that I don’t TS. I’ll flirt, write innuendo, and even make out. But the moment a pose drops the word “turgid,” it’s time to FtB.

      If you think you may have TS’d with me, I can assure you, no you haven’t.

      Game-runner of Silent Heaven, a small-town horror MU.
      https://silentheaven.org

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      • RozR
        Roz
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        Oh god. I’d much rather hear what OTHER people think my tells are. I have no idea myself.

        she/her | playlist

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        • saoS
          sao
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          I have no idea. I do think all my characters end up having the same sense of humor but… ???

          let it be a challenge to you

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          • RozR
            Roz
            last edited by

            Actually, you know what it fucking is? I compulsively answer OOC questions on channels.

            she/her | playlist

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            • helveticaH
              helvetica
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              I either play a goofy-ass manchild or a scary lady, and my sentences never fucking end.

              Street Cred

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              • tenT
                ten
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                My dashes – fuck traditional punctuation.

                they | them

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                • IoleRaeI
                  IoleRae
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                  Speech pattern, “Pause.”, —

                  the entity previously known as Sunny

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                  • RozR
                    Roz @IoleRae
                    last edited by

                    @IoleRae said in What's your tell?:

                    Speech pattern, “Pause.”, —

                    Oof, yeah, I do that, and often with “Beat” or “A beat” because at some point I learned that usage and it has never left me.

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                      dvoraen @Roz
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                      @Roz You have KIND OF a tell with how and when you capitalize words. I haven’t cracked the code yet but ONE DAY I WILL.

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                      • RozR
                        Roz @dvoraen
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                        @dvoraen said in What's your tell?:

                        @Roz You have KIND OF a tell with how and when you capitalize words. I haven’t cracked the code yet but ONE DAY I WILL.

                        The code is: When It’s Funny.

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                        • IoleRaeI
                          IoleRae @Roz
                          last edited by IoleRae

                          @Roz

                          It is almost impossible for me to break that sort of habit; I tried to drop it for a while (self-conscious about the correctness of my writing; I convey tone reasonably well with the style, but the technical quality of it is atrocious), but eventually just gave up. It is in my bones at this point.

                          the entity previously known as Sunny

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                            Selira
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                            The fact that many of you are listing things I would have considered my tells means they aren’t my tells, I suppose.

                            I feel I’m pretty fucking obvious, though, but couldn’t pin down why.

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                            • SnacknessS
                              Snackness
                              last edited by

                              I know I have distinct word usage patterns, I just can’t list any out at the moment.

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                                Testament
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                                I know my usual thing is that I emphasize a lot of words by using * word *. I also know that I tend to play older characters, because my mind can no longer associate with being 20 anymore because anytime I try the character just sounds generally whiny.

                                I don't know what I'm doing. Poke at Seven Nations sevennations.aresmush.com port 2021

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                                • TezT
                                  Tez Administrators @sao
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                                  @sao whippet

                                  she/they

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                                  • RozR
                                    Roz @Testament
                                    last edited by

                                    @Testament said in What's your tell?:

                                    I know my usual thing is that I emphasize a lot of words by using * word *. I also know that I tend to play older characters, because my mind can no longer associate with being 20 anymore because anytime I try the character just sounds generally whiny.

                                    My brain does absolutely notice what other people use for their emphasis characters. Are you *this type*? Maybe /this type/? Or even //THIS type//? SOMETHING ELSE?

                                    I also tend to notice the folks who double space after periods, if only because it’s uncommon.

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                                    • tsarT
                                      tsar @Jumpscare
                                      last edited by

                                      @Jumpscare said in What's your tell?:

                                      I play all sorts of characters. So I guess my biggest tell is that I don’t TS. I’ll flirt, write innuendo, and even make out. But the moment a pose drops the word “turgid,” it’s time to FtB.

                                      If you think you may have TS’d with me, I can assure you, no you haven’t.

                                      lol who the hell is using the word turgid, that’s definitely that person’s tell

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                                        Testament @Roz
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                                        @Roz The first one, if only because a number of different sites, like this one, will italicize the word. Like so. Also, Ares does it, and that’s been all kinds of helpful for me.

                                        I used to use double spaces when I was real young, because I actually thought that’s how you were supposed to do sentence structure. It wasn’t until much later in life that I was told that’s not how that works. I realized that I wasn’t sure if believing that I had been told that in school was legit or if it was the Mandela Effect at work.

                                        I don't know what I'm doing. Poke at Seven Nations sevennations.aresmush.com port 2021

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                                        • tsarT
                                          tsar
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                                          Wait no I changed my mind, I think turgid is @Jumpscare’s tell! In the TS they aren’t having, lol.

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                                          • SpaceKhomeiniS
                                            SpaceKhomeini
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                                            1. Upon realizing this is someone I know and actually want to talk to, the inevitable page of some 10+year-old unfunny inside joke that I will send them

                                            2. Constant abuse of italicized or otherwise emphasized text

                                            3. I’m probably playing an abrasive trainwreck

                                            4. Numbered/bullet point lists

                                            I woke up feeling so good, I think I’d better call in sick/ I need a personal trainer to help me hold my drink
                                            I plan to be spontaneous next time we meet/I’m putting off procrastinating until next week
                                            I’ll get onto it when I give a shit

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