The Universal Appeal of El Diablo

[Evan]

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Those of you who know the man IRL, does he enjoy such unparalleled popularity off the forum as he does on it? Would you say that his online "persona" is similar to his offline self, or is the El D that has so completely dominated 2+2 a character, a creation? Is there a man behind the curtain?

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He's shorter in person.

[astroglide]

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[grando]

this thread is absolutely hilarious

[Dids]

"My friend is actually writing part of her dissertation on the social culture of Internet forums."

In an alternate universe where I care about school, I would love to do this.

There's other forums that have an El Diablo type, but nothing exactly like him. It's a combination of personality, intelligence, and an investment in the community. It's reasonably rare because more people with the first two qualities, especially the 2nd, tend not to get into the 3rd.

[pete fabrizio]

Something feels really gay about this thread. Seriously. I'd like to participate but my heterosexuality won't let me.

[Colt McCoy]

LFS,

You exposed your wife to the super-sexual-tyrrrranosaur that is El Diablo? I can only assume that you were looking for an easy way to get her to divorce you. If not, my condolences.

[Los Feliz Slim]

Pete,

We're not talking about how much we like El Diablo, we're talking about the phenomenon of how incredibly well-liked he is. Like, we could talk about all the women that like Brad Pitt's ass without liking Brad Pitt's ass. That's just an example, though, I'm not saying I don't like Brad Pitt's ass. Or El Diablo. You see the difference?

Hope that helped,

LFS

[private joker]

But the reason I like the El Diablo *forum* is that it doesn't (ordinarily) have threads like this.

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[Los Feliz Slim]

pj,

Couldn't think of a more appropriate place to discuss El Diablo than the "El Diablo's General Discussion Forum".

But seriously, I'm genuinely fascinated by the social constructs we've all established in this online "world". If the fact that I made it specifically about El Diablo makes it too gossipy (and I do hear where you're coming from), think of this as a general discussion of our little society on 2+2. I just started with the Alpha Dog, that's all. Hell, Al knows somebody doing their freaking dissertation on this stuff, there's got to be a fair amount to it.

LFS

[Shadowrun]

Im still very curious to the answers of his real online persona compares to his on 2+2.

also, personally im not a big el d fan (compared to other posters i like) but that is b/c i havent been around a long time