instant idiots

31 May

Why I mostly ignore instant messages:

Random Idiot: hey, 24 m in SF here, cute pic on yr profile
cygnoir: i’m not single and i’m not looking.
Random Idiot: i’m married
cygnoir: k, good luck with that.
cygnoir clicks the “ignore” button.

Usually I don’t respond at all, since it is pointless. One of these losers once argued the ethics of infidelity with me. Yeah, okay, whatever you need to tell yourself so you can look your partner in the face and lie, lie, lie.

Because it bears repeating: there are many random idiots in the world, online and off. You do not owe any one of them your time, patience, respect or kindness. Give those to your friends; give those to yourself.

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  • That was an excellent conversation.
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  • Dean Jones
    Maybe he was a Jehova's Witness,they are getting really really sneaky these days.
  • But your pic IS cute on your profile. Maybe he wasn't so much hitting on you but merely turning into his secret identity, Captain Obvious?



    Okay, probably not.
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  • David
    I have a simple philosophy on this sort of thing. If they'd screw around on someone else to be with me, they'll screw around on me to be with someone else just as easy.
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