Yeah, I'm 6'2, From LA and Have a Mercedes, So What?

    Obviously thats not me.  But, what if I said that was?  What if I modeled my own little reality into making the image of that be what others perceive as my life?  WIth the way people are able to make avatars on the internet, we can produce an image that we want others to believe is us, who we really are, and what we are.
   Brad Paisley's song Online sums up the topic perfectly.  The video is even better.  If I'm some dweeb living in my parent's basement, I can create an internet profile that says I'm more than that; Im a model, an athlete, a musician, famous, rich, the world's most interesting man.  And if I back that up with information, faux facts and tidbit along with pictures or stories, would people believe me?  Ironically enough, when people make an online avatar, the adage of dress to impress or first impressions count, really do matter.  When you look at someone for the first time, or their avatar, you immediately judge them and make a note to yourself what qualities you think they have, or, if you investigate the person, what you think of their qualities.  And what happens if that person isnt who they say they are, and are in fact the total opposite?  In that case, the avatar has won the challenge; the person's avatar has successfully fooled you into believing that that person was at first something they werent.  The avatar is what we want people to believe when they first see us, truthful or not.
    Me personally, I prefer the honest avatar.  I model it after myself, usually with a backwards cap, some musical instrument or gaming system in the image, likewise jeans and converse are a neccesity.  That sums me up, a laid-back, musical gamer.  However not everyone is so open and honest with what they show as the real "them."  The song Online says exactly that, that people will say and do anything in their avatars to make friends, impress people, among al sorts of other things.  Avatars have allowed us to either hide behind lies after lies, or be simple and truthful about ourselves.
    In short, today's world is dominated by avatars, some honest and others not.  Avatars allow us to mislead or invite others to an image that can be a fallacy or the real us.  The creator of the avatar is the one who should be judged, not the avatar itself; that creator is honest or deceitful, you be the judge of him.