So, out of morbid curiosity, I've joined this online chat "family". Yea. I met this chick on shitspace and she asked me if I wanted to become part of this, uh...thing. So I made up an account and joined in. Weird, I tell you. Very, very weird. I'm just doing a little "experiment" I guess. I let people add me, but I don't say much. I never contact any of them, just let them contact me. And I only go online about once or twice a week when I have time.
These people have the conversation skills of a fucking wet rock. So far I've talked to mostly younger types, from late teens to mid twenties. I think I've only talked to one 30 year old. I've talked to about 4 or 5 different people so far and I can't keep them straight. They all have a couple of things in common... They don't know how to start or hold a conversation and they can't spell worth a shit. I try to ask them what they're up to or what they have planned for the day and I get answers like, "nm" (not much) and "nthig" (nothing). Their futile attempts at conversation make me weep for the future. Are there REALLY people THAT DUMB on this planet? Oh my gawd. I don't understand. The one girl who got me to join...conversation just doesn't happen with her at all. It goes like this...
Her: Hi
Me: Hello, how're you?
Her: good, u
Me: Oh, just dandy.
Long pause...
Me: So...whatcha up to today?
Her: nm
Me: Do you work? Go to school? What do you do?
Her: No
Long pause...
Her: I have a bf
Me: Who is that?
Her: (name of some online dude)
Me: Does he live near you?
Her: No
Long pause... By this time I usually get bored out of my mind and just sign out of the shit. I usually don't last much longer than 20 minutes to a half hour.
Oh, and then there was the one who blurted out (well, as much as you can "blurt" in an instant message), "GUESS WHAT?"
Of course I'm all, "What?"
Her: I'm preg (JUST the information I love to get from some random stranger who has no more intelligence than a fucking mossy log.)
Me: Oh goodie. Congrats.
Her: ty
Me: Does hubby know?
Her: no
Long pause...
Me: Are you excited to tell him? (you big, worthless pile of idiocracy?)
Her: ya.
At this point I left. Well, I waited a few more minutes and heard nothing. At any rate it's getting old. It's way too depressing to talk to these morbidly stoooopid people. That's why I prefer blogging. At least here I've met a few intelligent people who can actually form sentences and string them together to create interesting, thought provoking paragraphs. I probably won't sign onto that shit again for a long time. I'm not big on IMing, only have a few friends who come on here and there. I DON'T DO chatrooms. Those turned to shit in the late ninties. I just can't believe there are people out there who form online communities like this. It's so...so...BRAIN DEAD.
Ah, but what else should I expect? I know. Nothing. Expect ABSOLUTELY nothing and you will be okay.
Anyway, I'm gonna get some work done now. Boss is back tomorrow and I've got to do my usual straightening up.
2 comments:
That reminds me of the chat rooms on AOL way back in the beginning of the 90's when that stuff was relatively new.
I was like you, thinking I would have deep, intense conversations and it was like sitting at a table at a wedding where you only know the bride and groom.
The people in the room had nothing to say. That was annoying and a huge waste of time.
p.s. Found you over at Lifeasme66.
Hey look, my dearest C-girl was here! Anyway, wanted to say that I was into those chat rooms wayyyy back when too. There used to be a few intelligent people on there, and I loved chatting with them. I was in high school... they were working, had kids and different perspectives. It was cool. And then more people got into the chat thing, and the intelligence level dropped off to nothing. Now I don't do chat rooms because they seriously depress me. **HUGS!!**
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