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    Oct. 20 2003, 7:44 am

I ask often why I am here, but generally in a metaphysical context. The other night I did so when I was, quite out of the blue, invited to a party by someone I barely knew.

“Because you are my friend,” she replied, this person I barely knew, this person I’d talked to about twice, this person who didn’t even know my name, this person who has never once asked me how my day was.

This person.

I am her friend.

Her house was a shrine to the crappy little collectibles that are pawned off to us in the shops and from the auction block, crappy little collectibles that no self-respecting person would own in a real home. A miniature wooden hula girl eyed me blankly, her cold, painted flesh radiating all the beauty that you can possibly construct from 60 polygons. A plate filled with sushi sat in front of me. It had been there for several weeks, I’m sure.

Her house was also a stopover for the leftovers of the There community, people you wouldn’t be caught dead with thanks to their confrontational personalities. They liberally exercised their talents with me. My “friend” had no observable desire to come to my aid. I asked her, eventually, what exactly made me her friend, and you’ll never guess what she said.

I am on her buddy list. This is why I am her friend; this is why I am subjected to her organized teenager circle-jerk. I am on her buddy list. Something tells me that, having been on her buddy list, and up until the point that I began cursing out and insulting her and her guests, that she actually considered me her friend.

A week or so previous another person had me convinced that I was her friend. She wrote me a few pleasant letters, was over all friendly towards me, and gave me presumably genuine compliments me when there was the rare moment that we were in general proximity. I almost believed her.

I might have continued to believe her, had she actually taken the time to speak with me occasionally. I wrote her an e-mail. No reply. I attempted to contact her in world. She was busy. I was invited to events of hers where she would idle in one place for its duration, no doubt bolstering her event host skill while AFK. This is what’s called entrepreneurial in There. This is what’s called an intelligent way of maintaining a high skill level.

This is friendship in the modern era, being written off as an addition to a fattening list of names, a name on the endless member list of some club somewhere. It feels more like having a subscription, being someone’s friend.

Sometimes cuddling up beside a miniature, wooden hula girl doesn’t seem too insane.

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    Oct. 20 2003, 8:24 am

Interesting POV on the whole party scene of There. Now that I have no "home" in There I find myself being pulled from place to place based on the whims of which clubs I am in (for the hosts who invite whole clubs) or by those long lost friends who remember a time when we were young and noob and not jaded to tears by the sad state of affairs There has become.

I have learned not to go looking for deep meaningful enlightenment at events with names like "Party nekkid" or "Get Banged" (pball.) I sort of expect superficiality at these places, or at the least a detached blase attitude. If I seek a truely deep connection of the minds I am usually sequestered one on one with someone high above Ootay island in a castle in the sky.

And yes Watersign, I feel your pain on this issue. But you don't ever have to worry about me sending you nice notes pretending that I like you and want to be your best buddy. I wouldn't insult your intelligence with such a pathetic and insincere gesture. I'm happy to admire your insight and loathe the whiny lil beast you can be. But for real, would you want me any other way?  :devil: Sin like you mean it!

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    Oct. 20 2003, 11:06 am

Well jeez, ya don't sound so unpopular to me!

I'm afraid this post may have compromised your position.
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    Oct. 20 2003, 12:43 pm

With a perspective like that Watersign I can already tell you your future.  You're going to go nowhere in life, it's called "the victim mentality" and if you don't lose it, being unpopular is going to be the least of your problems. ...just call me Number 2
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    Oct. 20 2003, 3:02 pm

I'm not a victim at all, but someone is certainly going to be one if they don't stop criticising me.

And you say I am going nowhere in life. But tell me.... Where exactly is there to go?

As for whether or not I am unpopular, keep in mind that it is more a reference to my opinions being unpopular than my avatar is. I am on a hundered and nine buddy lists, though I can't name more than ten or fifteen of those people.

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    Oct. 20 2003, 3:53 pm

Hmmm, I guess I wanna be a victim, I have a big mouth when it comes to semi depressed egotistic people like you watersign, and here's a hint for ya.  If you go around moaning about how unpopular you are, you are just plain pathetic. oh yeah, you read right P A T H E T I C, and this is from a person that doesn't give  flying f*ck what people thinks about them.  I mean, first you start a thread about yourself? OMG get a freaking clue, because it takes some selfloathing raving lunatic like you to even make a virtual world depressing.  You want to victimize me?  Go ahead and try, I need a good laugh.  C'mon and try to rile up a sadist! Or you can slump in a corner like a wuss... your choice. "Snooch to the Nooch" -Jay of Jay and Silent Bob
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    Oct. 20 2003, 4:00 pm

Hehehe awesome post NitaKrn :thumbup: ...just call me Number 2
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    Oct. 20 2003, 4:03 pm

Quote (NitaKrn @ Oct. 20 2003, 4:53 pm)
Blah, blah, blah, blah...

LOL! You obviously didn't see the humor in my post. (c; You and Rayce should get together. I'll bet you're cute.

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    Oct. 20 2003, 4:06 pm

Ugh, I wanted to fight and you blame it on your dumb sense of humor.  Sheesh, okay are there any real guys out there who wants a fight?  And then you try to hit on me? WTF is wrong with you?  I'm referring you to my doctor boo cause your head is broken. "Snooch to the Nooch" -Jay of Jay and Silent Bob
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    Oct. 20 2003, 4:10 pm

Quote (NitaKrn @ Oct. 20 2003, 5:06 pm)
And again, blah, blah, blah, blah...

Perhaps it's best that you don't care what people think about you, because I personally don't care enough to think anything.

If you don't like satire, then you are welcome to not read my posts. Additionally, I should point out that I give a link to my personal e-mail address for hate mail, so only productive discussion makes it into the forum. Feel free to send me nasty hatemail complaining about my humor there.

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    Oct. 20 2003, 4:11 pm

Umm.... no I rather muck up this thread about yourself.  Satire...yeah...... pfft
and you thought enough to respond....typical. "Snooch to the Nooch" -Jay of Jay and Silent Bob
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    Oct. 20 2003, 4:15 pm

LOL! At least I think, right?

Would you like my telephone number and home address? It may be better to take this sort of whining elsewhere.

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    Oct. 20 2003, 4:16 pm

Bring it on. "Snooch to the Nooch" -Jay of Jay and Silent Bob
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    Oct. 20 2003, 4:18 pm

317-773-2851

Home address is:

Jonathan Parker Bedrava
302 Kings Lane
Apartment D
Noblesville, IN
46060

There. Hope that will quiet things down in my thread.

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    Oct. 20 2003, 4:25 pm

'hmmm I think you reached a whole new stage of insanity.  You need help, I'm in the process of getting mine.  I just one word for you...

ZOLOFT! "Snooch to the Nooch" -Jay of Jay and Silent Bob
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    Oct. 20 2003, 4:27 pm

What, not going to call?

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    Oct. 20 2003, 4:47 pm

I sure hope you have caller I.D.
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    Oct. 20 2003, 5:01 pm

LOL! I just received this e-mail. They were nice enough to call to confirm the order. 82nd street? Come on, you can do better than that. (c;

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"Thank you for ordering Pizza Hut with QuikOrder! Your order information is as follows:
 
Order For  Pizza Hut
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Estimated Time  Approximately 20 minutes.
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Store Phone #  (317) 595-9300
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    Oct. 20 2003, 5:16 pm

Papa John's Pizza, Woodbury, and now this. Keep 'em coming. Great stuff. LOL! Talk about being a wuss. Come on, Nita and just give me a call, or are you too chicken ####? Funny stuff for sure. (c;

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    Oct. 20 2003, 6:53 pm

Dude, I just got back home, nah I'm no wuss.  Didn't think you were dumb enough to post your own number.  If that is really your number.  Sure I'll call  right after work when I'm really in a pissy mood. No Problemo "Snooch to the Nooch" -Jay of Jay and Silent Bob
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    Oct. 20 2003, 6:54 pm

BTW, It's not me sending junk to your house, I don't do lame pranks. "Snooch to the Nooch" -Jay of Jay and Silent Bob
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    Oct. 20 2003, 6:56 pm

LOL! Yeah, it's probably Digital_Signal_X. He has about the equivalent imagination that I'm seeing here. Usual stuff. Publisher's Clearing House entries, newsletters, etc., etc. It's pretty funny. He even tried to apply for a credit card in my name. (c;

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    Oct. 20 2003, 7:02 pm

OMG so freaking funny, I went up 2, no wait 3 iggies since my first post.  Water, your fake friends hiding from me?  (It's hard being so damned intimidating) :cool: lol too funny.  I think by this rate I'll have more than my lil' bro, dare I say?  These people are too lame, it's a wonder they can function correctly. "Snooch to the Nooch" -Jay of Jay and Silent Bob
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    Oct. 20 2003, 7:05 pm

Hell, I didn't realise anyone cared that much about my opinion to put you on ignore. But big deal. You have the freedom of speech, but then have to accept the consequences for it.

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    Oct. 20 2003, 7:12 pm

Doesn't matter to me, I think it's just funny, all this time I tried to make enemies by being rude, and all I had to do was be honest? Go figures lol.  If they cared, they would send some hate mail or even try to threaten me, oh that would be sooo funny.  Actually, I demand it.  heh, I'm hogging your thread :p "Snooch to the Nooch" -Jay of Jay and Silent Bob
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    Oct. 20 2003, 7:12 pm

I noticed.
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    Oct. 20 2003, 7:21 pm

yeah, guess I reached a whole new level of boredom. And you're too easy to pick on, plus you're the only one willing to fight back...punks.  *sigh no new iggies either.  Credit card heh? That's funny, even funnier if you were accepted.  I'm going soft, type something condesending to #### me off more. "Snooch to the Nooch" -Jay of Jay and Silent Bob
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    Oct. 20 2003, 7:25 pm

? ? ? ?

Piccy Attached There Catalog

Art
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    Oct. 20 2003, 7:31 pm

ROFL  um.... no, not until this pms phase is over.  Until then I'll be just as mean as I want :P "Snooch to the Nooch" -Jay of Jay and Silent Bob
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    Oct. 20 2003, 7:32 pm

Feel free to blame me Watersign. *adds paranoid delusions to the checklist* I -did- send your post to spliff, saying that you were posting your private information, and suggesting that you should be moderated for your own protection, even if you were blind to the consequences of your behavior.
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    Oct. 20 2003, 7:36 pm

hmmm, tattler!
Do I seem immature?

Can that be because I am?

3 nights out of a month?

What bad can I post to be moderated?

It's no fair! I wanna get in trouble too, I go through all this trouble messing with him and he's the one to get moderated, phooey sticks. "Snooch to the Nooch" -Jay of Jay and Silent Bob
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    Oct. 20 2003, 7:46 pm

Quote (digital_signal_X @ Oct. 20 2003, 8:32 pm)
Feel free to blame me Watersign. *adds paranoid delusions to the checklist* I -did- send your post to spliff, saying that you were posting your private information, and suggesting that you should be moderated for your own protection, even if you were blind to the consequences of your behavior.

I'm glad you're so concerned. Speaking of which, all the newsletter subscriptions and so forth stopped as soon as I menioned your name, Diggie. Funny. I am obviously not *that* paranoid if I'm willing to give out my address.

Oh, and don't be such a ##### stuck in a ####-suckathon. I'm sick of your ass-kissing.

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    Oct. 20 2003, 7:55 pm

Who's kissing ass?  Personally that's not my flavor, and will other people stop posting here I'm hoggin this damned thread.  And of course you're delusional, no question to it.  You're just as delusional as I'm sadisitic, or egotistic, your pick. "Snooch to the Nooch" -Jay of Jay and Silent Bob
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    Oct. 20 2003, 7:58 pm

Digital Signal X is the ass-kisser. All you'll ever here from him on the official forums are the following statments:

"Yes, (name of person in authority)."
"Anything you say, (name of person in authority), right away!"
"Oh, my god, (name of person in authority), it tastes sooooo good!"

And this is a member of MAB, a person supposedly representing us, the little guys, but can't becasue he's got his mouth full all the time.

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    Oct. 20 2003, 8:04 pm

heh, oh this should be fun, finally a form of entertainment, Digital, this is where you come in and protect your rep, if you have one that is.  *leans back and enjoys the view*  and please, be malicious "Snooch to the Nooch" -Jay of Jay and Silent Bob
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'sigh

Another interesting thread degenerated into a who-gets-the-last-post disaster...
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    Oct. 20 2003, 8:32 pm

And thus, I do, HA!  I'll stop when he  tells me to stop, but he hasn't.... yet.

woohoo up to six now! "Snooch to the Nooch" -Jay of Jay and Silent Bob
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    Oct. 20 2003, 9:07 pm

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    Oct. 20 2003, 9:20 pm

What's the matter Watersign? You can dish it out but that sh*t tastes so damn nasty coming right back at ya don't it?

And Nita. I'm gonna add you to my buddy list! F*ck midol give me a bat, a stun gun, 25 feet of plastic cord, some duct tape and a camera. I still got n my steel toes from work  :flipoff: Sin like you mean it!

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    Oct. 20 2003, 9:52 pm

LOL! What ####? I'va actually been enjoying this whole thing. But I do wish we could stay on topic.

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    Oct. 20 2003, 11:26 pm

:rasberry:  That's no fun! Sin like you mean it!

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    Oct. 20 2003, 11:33 pm

Heh, Still no stop signal.

Okay back to topic, you mean how pathetic you are right?  Let me count the ways..... ( this is going to take some time) "Snooch to the Nooch" -Jay of Jay and Silent Bob
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    Oct. 21 2003, 6:06 am

I am tottally calling up his number today. I was playing a female avatar in there, before it was cool.

Sworn to fun, loyal to none.

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    Oct. 21 2003, 6:15 am

Hey Aqua i double dog dare you to tell him you're calling to confim his appointment for a colonoscopy. Sin like you mean it!

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    Oct. 21 2003, 8:41 am

I'm thinking people who read and responded to this didn't get the intention of the post. "Memoirs of an Unpopular Avatar" is a kind of series of insights into There. It's just the title he gave it, rather than a comment about how unpopular he is or isn't in There.
back to the original post, not commenting on the flame-fest that ensued afterwards - As far as inviting people you hardly know to events - I do that sometimes myself or go to events with people I don't know simply to meet new people in There. If you only hung round with people you consider "friends" you would never meet anyone new. Actually considering someone a friend you met a couple of times in There though is a different thing. I have to spend a lot of time with someone before I think of them as a friend. WaterSign and I go back about two years. "Cake or Death?" ~ Eddie Izzard

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    Oct. 21 2003, 12:07 pm

ROFL!! thanks watersign! Beautifully crafted...I was laughin my butt off thru this whole post LoL!!
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    Oct. 21 2003, 12:41 pm

Quote (Ariadne @ Oct. 21 2003, 9:41 am)
I'm thinking people who read and responded to this didn't get the intention of the post. "Memoirs of an Unpopular Avatar" is a kind of series of insights into There. It's just the title he gave it, rather than a comment about how unpopular he is or isn't in There.
back to the original post, not commenting on the flame-fest that ensued afterwards - As far as inviting people you hardly know to events - I do that sometimes myself or go to events with people I don't know simply to meet new people in There. If you only hung round with people you consider "friends" you would never meet anyone new. Actually considering someone a friend you met a couple of times in There though is a different thing. I have to spend a lot of time with someone before I think of them as a friend. WaterSign and I go back about two years.

See, right on, Claire. I invite lots of people I don't know to events too, I've got to say, but I am not going to lie to anyone about their status with me. Mostly I'm pissed off about lukewarm friendships and people "collecting" buddy-list entries. Sort of takes away the point of friendship, to have 400 friends you've never talked to.

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    Oct. 21 2003, 12:42 pm

Quote (shaitan @ Oct. 21 2003, 1:07 pm)
ROFL!! thanks watersign! Beautifully crafted...I was laughin my butt off thru this whole post LoL!!

LOL! Thanks, Shaitan! I'm glad at least someone sees the humor in it all! Try to catch me this evening! I miss hanging out with you!

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    Oct. 21 2003, 1:05 pm

Quote (WaterSign @ Oct. 21 2003, 11:41 am)
... and people "collecting" buddy-list entries. Sort of takes away the point of friendship, to have 400 friends you've never talked to.

Since my short term memory sux, I purge my buddy list periodially.  Sometimes I will IM folks on my list and ask if they can remember who am I, or what we did to have me add them to my list.  We usually just laugh and then I delete them.

At first I thought the chat logs would be my salvation, but I find that they are purged.  I currently have only 1 weeks worth. BOINCer, but you may call me Bo
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    Oct. 21 2003, 1:15 pm

I just stick all the people on my buddy list that I don't know in a folder called "Who the hell are these people?" There's not really that many, maybe like 20 tops. I figure I should save them just in case...I'm not hurting for room or anything.

As far as calling people you've only had superficial conversations with "friends" goes, I don't do that much either. But I think that stems from something I do in RL, which is that I don't really communicate well with someone unless I know exactly where I stand with them. Pretty pointless in a virtual world, I know, but it's a bad habit.

I have some truly wonderful friends in There that I probably wouldn't have gotten to know if they hadn't IM'ed me out of the blue to do something...I would have just lumped them in the same category as the people who I've had a pleasant chat with but nothing more.

LOL so I guess what I'm saying is I wouldn't mind it if someone called me a "friend" without some kind of deep meaningful relationship. This whole post didn't really come out as I intended.

Meh...
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    Oct. 21 2003, 1:18 pm

Quote (BOINCer @ Oct. 21 2003, 1:05 pm)
We usually just laugh and then I delete them.

:laugh:   *DELETED*

I also purge my Buddy list, about once a month.

As for people who just summon up everyone on their buddy list for events... I am torn.  I will go if I'm in the mood to, but more often than not I just ignore the summon.  I don't consider everyone on my buddy list "my friend" - and I wouldn't expect anyone else to consider me their friend simply because I'm on their buddy list.  

Just collecting buddies, especially as a means to beef up an event, goes against the purpose of the buddy list, IMO. "I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."
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    Oct. 21 2003, 1:21 pm

Im a pack rat in real life, and sorta am one in There also.  I don't have the heart to purge the people on my buddylist often, so all I do is take the ones I see all the time, and move them to the top of the list, and move the ones I rarely or never see down to the bottom.  Who knows, they may come back someday.

I did purge about 10 names about a month ago, but OMG that was hard to do!  Prolly won't do that again for quiet awhile.  :D There 4 All - Community Journal
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    Oct. 21 2003, 3:28 pm

Quote (WaterSign @ Oct. 21 2003, 1:41 pm)
Quote (Ariadne @ Oct. 21 2003, 9:41 am)
I'm thinking people who read and responded to this didn't get the intention of the post. "Memoirs of an Unpopular Avatar" is a kind of series of insights into There. It's just the title he gave it, rather than a comment about how unpopular he is or isn't in There.
back to the original post, not commenting on the flame-fest that ensued afterwards - As far as inviting people you hardly know to events - I do that sometimes myself or go to events with people I don't know simply to meet new people in There. If you only hung round with people you consider "friends" you would never meet anyone new. Actually considering someone a friend you met a couple of times in There though is a different thing. I have to spend a lot of time with someone before I think of them as a friend. WaterSign and I go back about two years.

See, right on, Claire. I invite lots of people I don't know to events too, I've got to say, but I am not going to lie to anyone about their status with me. Mostly I'm pissed off about lukewarm friendships and people "collecting" buddy-list entries. Sort of takes away the point of friendship, to have 400 friends you've never talked to.

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yes exactly which is why I regularly purge my buddy list. I see little point in getting constant reminders that so and so are online when I only spoke to them once. Buddy lists seem to be treated as a kind of competition where everyone has to have the most buddies. I personally I see it as a  way of keeping track of the people I actually regularly speak to and hang out with in There. "Cake or Death?" ~ Eddie Izzard

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