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You, only [[Darker and Edgier|cooler, edgier, and often ruder]]. [['''A Darker Me]]''' is generally the person you would be if you weren't the more cautious, inhibited and [[You Suck|boring]] person you actually are. Most online personas include at least a little bit of [[A Darker Me]], and some, most notably the [[Troll]], include a lot of it. [[A Darker Me]] is like the [[GIFT]] in that it allows people to say things they would never say in real life, but is not limited to profane or offensive statements.

[[A Darker Me]] is one of the main appeals of the Internet in that it allows users to leave behind their normal fears and speak their minds. Most posters eventually learn that too much [[A Darker Me]] by those involved derails even the most steadfast discussions and begin to revert to their mundane selves, in action, if not persona.

It should be noted that [[A Darker Me]] is not limited to the Internet, as most people do the same thing when they are talking to strangers -- albeitstrangers—albeit generally to a lesser extent, since the stranger can still punch them in the face if they go too far.

See also: [[GIRL]], [[GIFT]], [[Beneath the Mask]], [[Troll]], [[Griefer]], and [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]. Closely [[Stealth Pun|related to]] [[What You Are in Thethe Dark]]. Compare [[Maddened Into Misanthropy]]. Not to be confused with the [[Race Lift|other kind of Darker You]]. Or the ''other'' [[Evil Twin|other kind]] for that matter.

=== General {{examples: ===}}

* Many internet [[Troll|trollstroll]]s. Do not get us started on [[Four Chan4chan|Anon]], [[Something Awful|SA Goons]], and various others.

* [[Griefer|Griefers]]s and [[Munchkin|Munchkins]]s. This is pretty much everything that motivates/enables both types.

=== Media examples: ===

=== [[Anime]] ===

* ''[[Xxx Holic (Manga)|Xxx Holic×××HOLiC]]'' featured a sub-story about a woman in Hideki's school who, thanks to a winged parasite, slowly lost her inhibitions. Instead of being nice and sociable, she became progressively more angry and violent until she nearly killed a person.

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* James Rolfe, [[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|The Angry Video Game Nerd]], is a similar example to Maddox. A lot of people fail to realize that the AVGN is just a character and [[Mean Character, Nice Actor|Rolfe is actually a normal, pleasant person.]]

** Same goes for [[That Guy With the Glasses (Website)|That Guy With theThe Glasses]] crew. Doug, Noah, Lewis and Lindsay are all much nicer and much more well-adjusted compared to [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]], [[The Spoony Experiment (Web Video)|Spoony]], [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Linkara]] and [[The Nostalgia Chick (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Chick]], respectively.

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