I've always had this interesting habit while IMing with someone. I'm 85% sure everyone does this, so let me share in the point. Usually, if the conversation is good, I'll get the chance to personify myself and/or my chatting partner as a character from movies or TV. Call it childish, but the internet knows no age (especially instant messaging, lol). "Dood, you totally sounded like Darth Vader just now. Guess that makes me Luke Skywalker! lmao1!11!!!" It's just so fluid with the scope of things. It's almost hard not to do this type of self-personification. The possibilities are endless.

This solidifies the idea that the internet is a place where we can play pretend all day and not get thrown into a looney bin. However, this line does get crossed when someone gets eyeball-deep in an online RPG. Not that I would know what that's like. lol. jkjk.