Hahahahahaha! All I can say is that screen Shambles is not off-screen Shambles. Well he is, but he ain't so good at interpersonal communications - even worse than he is at PMs. Okay, maybe not quite that bad but pretty bad. He also doesn't use the third person as often when speaking rather than typing. Which is probably for the best.
I'm actually very shy and introverted in person . At least I am when I don't know you. Once I know you you can't shut me up short of sedation but the thought of thumbing down a car and having to talk to a "normal person" about "normal things" frankly terrifies me. It's not like I can talk shop (as it were) with randomers and I don't really have much in my life that "normal people" are likely to relate to. I barely leave the house, barely keep up with news, current events, certainly not popular culture. Don't have a TV as such so only watch the kinda stuff that I like which tends to be documentaries for the most part. I know from past experience (from times of employment mostly) that I really struggle with "normal conversation" - I just don't have any real connections to what most folk do with their lives. Not better, not worse, just different lifestyle is all.
Of the people I've met from here, most are totally recognisable from their posting style. Not so sure if I would be initially. Probably amongst EADD folk I would be but that's cos the ice is already well and truly broken amongst us all despite not actually having met for the most part. I've become very well-known around BL cos I've been around a while and post a lot. Wasn't always that way - took quite a while to build confidence and find my textual voice. It's kinda the same with actual people and I don't have a year or two to get to know whoever happened to pick me up is all.