I've had enough of one-sided chats

[MaxSebastian]

Does anyone else have this problem? You're on ICQ or some such chat program and some random punter decides to talk to you - fine - but then when you're chatting, turns out you're asking all the questions and they're answering them (usually with limited responses) so that the 'chat' is more like an interview?

them: hi, you wanna chat?

you: sure, why not? Where are you from?

them: Boston

you: really? what a great place to live. What kind of thing do you do for a living?

them: i work in an office.

you: is it a good job? What kind of office?

them: yeah, its not bad.

Why the hell do these people ask you to chat if they're just going to sit there like lemons?

why, dogammit?

 

[Siren]

 

[Tyrael]

LOL I'm used to most one sides conversations. Sometimes I have 2 sided conversations but not often.

 

[Bindii]

Your chatting to the wrong people. I usually give up when I get chatters like that. Why should I try if they won't.

The worst chatter is the one that just pops up, asks for a chat, answers in monosylables and then boasts that they are currently chatting to 5 other people, its almost like they have a scoreboard in front of them or something.

 

[kotori]

Sometimes I have two sided conversations but then the drugs wear off, and it's just me mumbling again.

 

[MorgaineLaFay]

or worse...the ones that just send you endless smiley faces ...eh...as if that is going to keep my riding on the edge of my seat...

Morgy

 

[MaxSebastian]

This evening, someone comes on and says: Hi

So having given up on initiating things with monosyllabics, I reply: Hi

And then I leave it at that. We sat there for a while and nothing happened. What a loser.

 

[starlis]

This evening, someone comes on and says: Hi

So having given up on initiating things with monosyllabics, I reply: Hi

And then I leave it at that. We sat there for a while and nothing happened. What a loser.

That's exactly what I started doing, because of the number of morons who'd message me like that. Why message someone if you don't know how to carry on a conversation? Drives me crazy!

What I really don't understand is when they go ahead and add me to their contact lists after that. Huh?

 

[SilverVeil]

Them : Hi

Me : Howdy, what's up ?

Them : nothing

Me : sounds like a bummer

Them : yeah

Them : can I fuck you ?

Me : Not from where you're at

I quit chat .... I just hang out here on the BB now.

 

[sabbathstorm]

Typical chat:

Them: hi a/s/l

Me: 28/f/Canada

Them: Gotta pic?

Me: No I don't

Them: ok bye (sometimes I don't even get this)

That's the shit I get on yahoo and why I hardly ever go there. Sometimes I'll get a genius who clues into the vampire references and asks "Wanna suck my neck and dick?". I think I've heard all the corny lines!

 

[ksmybuttons]

Double post. Damn.

 

[ksmybuttons]

I don't think they can type..

I really think there are a group of people who just cut and paste. It takes them so long to type a sentence that they can't have a chat, conversation - or they use all the little cliches, or they can't spell. I figure if I am going to spend my time then it is going to be with someone who can express themselves with a keyboard. I get so many hits on Yahoo that I just stay invisible so the people I want to talk with can reach me.

I spend my time here now and I spend most of that reading and smiling...well a few other things, too. I finally covered my computer chair with a towel.

 

[sabbathstorm]

You've hit on one of my pet peeves in chat. People who think "u" and "r" are words. That drives me crazy! I appreciate someone that can carry on a conversation with real words!