An event in chat this afternoon, and episode the likes of which is becoming more and more frequent..
While listening to todays version of the Three Stooges define the meaning of life, the universe, and Einsteins interpretations of the Ancient Pyramidal scrolls, which were discovered at the foot of the Sphynx..
Yes..
At any rate this episode involved one female chatter.. a regular in the rooms.. entering and brightly asking had anyone seen so-and-so.. nobody had.. so after a few moments while the panto played on, she announced that since there was nobody in the room other than 'blank'..and she couldn't stand 'blank'.. she would be off.. and so she was..
Now.. this is the curious part. The valediction was delivered in all seriousness, and with deliberate malicious intent. It was barbed, as only a deliberate slight can be.
What this indicates is the depth of feelings exhibited by those who congregate in chat.. the effect these computer-generated acquaintences have on their lives.. their 'real' lives.
Now considering the decline in the overall genepool, this may well be explained by accepting the theory that computer commnication.. anonymous friendships.. vicarious existences.. are being offered to those among us within society who would otherwise be simply locked away in rooms.. to rock silently back and forth while having mental conversations with the Marquis de Sade.. it may well be that soon..under the Homeland Protection Act, it will be manditory for all trailers to have a computer built-in. That all those within over the age of five, must either have displayed a propensity towards learning or have signed up with CheetaChat.
The vanguard is with us now.