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...they use communication platforms you're not willing to get involved with?

If it is one of those weird conservative grifting sites then yes

Do they require you to use this platform to communicate with you? As in: is this their only link to talk to you?

No, but I've refused to use weird communication platforms and been cut off for it. They weren't really friends anyway, and they were kinda weird, so no big loss.

Laserion posted...

Do they require you to use this platform to communicate with you? As in: is this their only link to talk to you?

Some people are iMessage snobs, yes.

Back in my day, we kept it simple. If you wanted to DM someone you'd just cut a potato in half and carve your message into it. Then you'd throw that potato on their porch and they'd get to it when they could.

I remember as a boy I used one to ask Linnie Swigman to the school dance. Of course Swigman wasn't her real name. We called her that because one swig and you'd be intoxicated. Her real name was obviously Swigaloni. Her being Italian and all. Because of that her parents never taught her what a potato even was. It was well known that Italians were afraid of potatoes and didn't want to scare their children with the idea.

So anyway, I put on my best bird watching outfit. At that time birds were thought to be fake, so it consisted of some dark ninja clothes and Xray vision glasses. The glasses were of course more to protect your eyes than to see through things. It being common knowledge that birds were made of lead and couldn't be seen through with current Xray technology. They've come a long way since then, I hear.

So I threw the potato on her porch and of course she immediately got excited as most teenaged girls do. She threw an acceptance pasta on my porch in return, such was the ways of her people. I was so giddy, I'll tell you what.

My mother asked me what was so exciting as she gave me a bath that evening. I told her and she absolutely forbade it. She thought Linnie was entirely too old for a boy of 4 to get involved with. I disagreed of course and stormed out of the house. I used my factory wages to keep me afloat, but times were tough. Things didn't start to get better until I met your grandmother who married me almost on sight. She had a night job down at the docks and the dual income really helped. I never asked much about it because it was taboo at the time for a man to know what women did all day. We weren't quite yet evolved back then. It was considered very feminine to talk to your wife about her thoughts and feelings.

Fuck yeah, I aint got the time or energy to be talking on the phone

..because they're tiring? Yes

Jiek_Fafn posted...

Back in my day, we kept it simple. If you wanted to DM someone you'd just cut a potato in half and carve your message into it. Then you'd throw that potato on their porch and they'd get to it when they could.

I remember as a boy I used one to ask Linnie Swigman to the school dance. Of course Swigman wasn't her real name. We called her that because one swig and you'd be intoxicated. Her real name was obviously Swigaloni. Her being Italian and all. Because of that her parents never taught her what a potato even was. It was well known that Italians were afraid of potatoes and didn't want to scare their children with the idea.

So anyway, I put on my best bird watching outfit. At that time birds were thought to be fake, so it consisted of some dark ninja clothes and Xray vision glasses. The glasses were of course more to protect your eyes than to see through things. It being common knowledge that birds were made of lead and couldn't be seen through with current Xray technology. They've come a long way since then, I hear.

So I threw the potato on her porch and of course she immediately got excited as most teenaged girls do. She threw an acceptance pasta on my porch in return, such was the ways of her people. I was so giddy, I'll tell you what.

My mother asked me what was so exciting as she gave me a bath that evening. I told her and she absolutely forbade it. She thought Linnie was entirely too old for a boy of 4 to get involved with. I disagreed of course and stormed out of the house. I used my factory wages to keep me afloat, but times were tough. Things didn't start to get better until I met your grandmother who married me almost on sight. She had a night job down at the docks and the dual income really helped. I never asked much about it because it was taboo at the time for a man to know what women did all day. We weren't quite yet evolved back then. It was considered very feminine to talk to your wife about her thoughts and feelings.

I read this in Abe Simpsons voice

_____Cait posted...

I read this in Abe Simpsons voice

Same.

Which was the style at the time....

Solid Sonic posted...

...they use communication platforms you're not willing to get involved with?

like facebook? yes, if they expect me to use it.

I guess I technically did this in the past when I abandoned most social media platforms. Nothing of value was lost though because the important people chose to continue to converse with me via SMS/MMS or by calling. Most people I know now are cool with SMS/MMS so that's alright. The only other messenger I use is Discord. If I want to share an album with someone I just use Google Photos.

"you tried to fucking kill me!" is my only criteria.
Even then, I forgave that at least three times.

Yep. I got a lot of friends on Facebook and Snapchat and I says fuck that shit

No.

but I am willing to start the cutoff process for people who deny using the same platform as I deliberately on the basis of undermining me, tbh

There's a couple choice descriptors for folks like that. Nice, big, long words

Yeah, someone wanted me to talk to them on snapchat for some reason and I couldn't grasp why

Xethuminra posted...

No.

but I am willing to start the cutoff process for people who deny using the same platform as I deliberately on the basis of undermining me, tbh

There's a couple choice descriptors for folks like that. Nice, big, long words

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Smackems posted...

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Well, GameFAQs, for example.