Self-awareness, roleplaying, and doublethink

[erratio]

The other day I had my friend over, who also happens to be the GM for our roleplaying group. While he was over we discussed various people and their behaviours, and why it was they behaved that way. Noting that most of the people in our social groups are quite intelligent and rational (more T than F, in Type-speak), there isn't much space for

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[axl12]

during roleplaying you have to fake it :P

[erratio]

The mechanics may be the same but for me they're very very different on a mental level. One I'm pretending but everyone knows I'm pretending, so it's ok. The other one I'm meant to be being myself except that to be appropriate I have to pretend.

[axl12]

good point