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  • Oct. 10th, 2003 at 10:14 AM
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snidegrrl
Poll #190119 IM Culture
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All. Participants: 55

what do you feel is an appropriate greeting for instant messaging?

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"hello, how are you today?"
12(22.2%)
"dude. sup"
7(13.0%)
"wtf did you [say/do] to [person]?"
0(0.0%)
"omg my [problem] is [verb] i want to die"
1(1.9%)
"a/s/l"
3(5.6%)
i could use any of these with people who are close enough to me. except maybe a/s/l.
8(14.8%)
i never use instant messenger programs, they are the tool of the devil.
4(7.4%)

what do you feel is an appropriate signoff for an instant messenger conversation?

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"well, i have to go, i am busy. have a good day!"
16(29.1%)
"crap gotta run later"
5(9.1%)
just log off. no one cares what you're doing or when you leave.
6(10.9%)
say something cryptic and then go idle. don't even log off. people love that.
3(5.5%)
didn't i say i don't use IM? bite me.
5(9.1%)

Relationships over IM

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i have been dumped over IM or the like.
2(3.8%)
IM has caused a fight with an SO.
2(3.8%)
IM has caused countless fights with SOs.
0(0.0%)
i have asked someone out over IM.
1(1.9%)
i have had several windows up at the same time, one with an SO and the others with my friends talking about the conversation with the SO.
5(9.6%)
i have saved tense/happy/soppy message histories between me and my SO.
2(3.8%)
you people are nuts. have you ever heard of talking?
17(32.7%)

say something pithy about what Instant Messaging has done to our culture.

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bizarrojack
Oct. 10th, 2003 07:27 am (UTC)
"me_not_you -- what the hell is a/s/l? or am i just left in the dust here?"

"Age/Sex/Location?" It's the laziest pick up line in the history of the world, and only exists in connection with online message boards and sometimes AIM.
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lekythen
Oct. 10th, 2003 07:38 am (UTC)
I always think they're asking about American Sign Language.
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panicsyndrome
Oct. 10th, 2003 11:23 pm (UTC)
i always WISH they were talking about american sign language. but alas.
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rob_donoghue
Oct. 10th, 2003 08:00 am (UTC)
The absence of capitalization leaves me unable to reply.
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cheetahmaster
Oct. 10th, 2003 10:57 am (UTC)
This *is* about IMing, d00d.
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booyeah
Oct. 10th, 2003 12:46 pm (UTC)
I don't think the IM topic has much to do with snidegrrl's disdain for the big letters. In fact, I'd say there are significantly fewer capital letters in her average post than the number of periods in them. The only time I have real trouble reading them though is when the paragraphs cover half my page... Ouch!

What's so proper about a noun anyway?

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snidegrrl
Oct. 11th, 2003 09:01 am (UTC)
Iou know, I think about what you said to me that one time often. I am just so... lazy. But for a while I was on the ball. :)
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booyeah
Oct. 11th, 2003 09:09 am (UTC)
I wouldn't lose sleep over it. It isn't like I think of you as less of a person or anything.
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snidegrrl
Oct. 11th, 2003 09:15 am (UTC)
Oh, I don't lose sleep but you know, I just like for people to be encouraged not to ignore what I say. Some people more than others, you know. :)
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snidegrrl
Oct. 11th, 2003 08:59 am (UTC)
ooh, burn :)

i know. actually, i tend to IM you and debela with caps because i know you will appreciate it. ;)

it is also indicative of mood. when i am confident and happy you see more caps from me. i dunno why!
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necrocannibal
Oct. 10th, 2003 03:23 pm (UTC)
dharshai -- It has eaten our souls and devoured our identity. I demand nothing less than it's total annihilation from not only the world, but our written and oral history.

I love this sentence.
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panicsyndrome
Oct. 10th, 2003 11:24 pm (UTC)
i'd love it more if they had used 'its' correctly.
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