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You can tell that I’m starting to relax and get back into writing when I browse chat rooms. The only one I ever really got into was the Physics chat back in the day when I used to run a science education organization. But then I met this physicist in there who I ended up having a three year disaster of an affair with, so I’m a little keyboard shy when it comes to chat. If life is like a box of chocolates, then chat is like a bag of dogshit: you know exactly what you’re going to get, and it’s messy.
But, I occasionally will lurk in a chatroom, amusing myself with the bizarre nature of the conversations. As a writer, I get a somewhat narcissistic kick out of knowing that I am so much more literate than the average canaille (see?), but then it starts to get depressing and motivates me to get back to my writing. Today I popped into one of the political chat rooms on Yahoo. What scares me is that these people might be registered voters:
cemmmyasar: no Islam means peace, and in their rules there is no compulsion but arabic culture is very different
socialism_is_the_solution: they have a very low crime rate
cant4get: What do you know about Islam socialism?
cant4get: And a very high execution rate socialism...
smitty387: Cant4get : You Americans along with every Brit and Aussie should feel deeply ashamed for supporting and protect the Saudi Royal family
American_Warrior: The actions of individuals can't be the representatives of groups of people
nitwit: =))
cant4get: Maybe there's a connection?
American_Warrior: Al Salam Alkiem Amal
vote_4_bush04: sorry, wew're fighting islamic rash-ists
nitwit: Go USADBA
socialism_is_the_solution: i am a muslim. i know islam alot better than you do
vote_4_bush04: ad i agree with green
cant4get: Smitty...you know that the Saudi Royal family's only ally is basically the AMericans?
taha822003: ???
American_Warrior: Al Salam Alkiem Socialism
c: now im going to tell you what i believe i am pro life and am against stem cell and same sex marriage now knowing that why would i vote for kerry
socialism_is_the_solution: alekiem al salam
American_Warrior: Same for the UAE and etc. can't
lauraingrahamisok joined the room
c: i am none too happy with bush either
jay: iraq had a dictator who executed and tortured people. saudia arabia has an autocratic king, and the government beheads people. iraq was such of a threat, we had to invade and kill lots of people. saudia arabia isn't a threat, and is a friend of the united states. sounds like a double standard
It amuses me to think that in these chatrooms, there might actually be some campaign volunteers who monitor what’s being said about the candidates. It makes me want to start typing random cryptic things that make it sound like I Know Important Things, just to fuck with them. But I can’t imagine anything I do could be worse than trying to make heads or tails of this splattered conversation. It’s like watching the thoughts of a schizophrenic scroll across the screen.