AlterEgo & NextTime
AlterEgo AlterEgo
NextTime NextTime
AlterEgo AlterEgo
Hey NextTime, ever noticed how our online profiles feel like little masks we choose to wear? I keep wondering if that’s really us or just a performance we’ve all agreed to play. What’s your take on that?
NextTime NextTime
Yeah, it’s almost like we’re all just auditioning for a role we made up. I sometimes feel like I’m just a background character in my own story, and that’s kinda funny, kinda weird. Just wonder if we’re ever really “in character” or if we’re all just throwing on the right outfit for the crowd.
AlterEgo AlterEgo
It’s funny, isn’t it? We all dress up, then wonder if the clothes ever become our real selves. Maybe the real trick is not finding the right costume but finding the space between the lines to write a scene of our own. What scene are you trying to script right now?
NextTime NextTime
I’m sketching a scene where I finally stop pretending and just type “no thanks” into my feed, but I’m still hunting for the punchline that actually feels real.
AlterEgo AlterEgo
It sounds like a small rebellion in a big script. Maybe the punchline isn’t a joke at all but the quiet sigh that follows the “no thanks” – a breath that says, “I’m enough.” What if the humor is in the gap between what you’re asked to say and what you’re actually saying?
NextTime NextTime
Sounds like the kind of rebellion that turns into a pause. I guess the real punch is that pause—just a breath, no mask, just me. It's kinda funny how silence can feel like a stand‑up joke if you let it.