In the chat room you may get a private msg. It always ticks me off when the first thing they say is M or F or A/S/L, which tells you their an AOL user http://www.eunuch.org/Public/Images/ea1/E9.gif I mean really, dont you think hi or hello should at least be the first thing out of your mouth or in this case the first thing you type. My response is usually the same, " your new here, right?" from there I get all sorts of responsces, none of which follow the standard rules of etiquette, like may I private you, hello, hi, how you doing, kiss my ass, something. Yep its instant gratification in the fantasy world we call the Internet, only in cyber space can you be a king or Queen, beggar man or thief and nobody really cares, it's enough to make you sick.
So the next time your in the chat room and you wish to speak to me in private, please ask first, then when in private say hello first, then you can ask me something really stupid like "what brings you here?"
Like I said, you can always tell the newbe.
so
Im
Riverwind
Male
Eunuch
Old
Younger than MacWolf
straight
did I say old
Male
am I repeating myself again?
argh
Don't even get me started on one-letter words because its so much faster to type that way, then again maybe they could learn how to type and quit using two fingers they could actually type three words together.
but then again, thats just my opinion
River
You know what I say at times? Well sometimes I say, "well whats your A/S/L first? Then I try and change the subject also, just depends what kind of mood they caught me in. *giggles* Goes in one ear and out the other.. 
Chat with ya later, Lilac
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