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azurelunatic) wrote2004-09-01 05:05 am
azurelunatic) wrote2004-09-01 05:05 am
Brief reminder about IMing me, rant and guidelines to follow:
Random people IMing me who haven't gotten the clue last time I didn't want to talk to them annoy me.
Spelling (correct) is key to my remaining not pissed off. Native speakers of English have no excuse. Non-native speakers of English often have more precisely correct English than native speakers; if one is a non-native speaker of English and knows one's command of the language is poor, a simple mention of this in the header of one's remarks will turn a snarling bitchy Lunatic into a polite and informative Lunatic (as the number of languages I speak and write with any degree of fluency I can count on my tongue, and I have great respect for those who have mastered a second language to any degree of being able to communicate in it).
Getting hurt and defensive if I don't respond is not a way to make me want to talk with you, again, ever.
Getting hurt, defensive, and huffy if I indicate my unwillingness to converse is not a way to make me want to continue the conversation.
Spelling (correct) is key to my remaining not pissed off. Native speakers of English have no excuse. Non-native speakers of English often have more precisely correct English than native speakers; if one is a non-native speaker of English and knows one's command of the language is poor, a simple mention of this in the header of one's remarks will turn a snarling bitchy Lunatic into a polite and informative Lunatic (as the number of languages I speak and write with any degree of fluency I can count on my tongue, and I have great respect for those who have mastered a second language to any degree of being able to communicate in it).
Getting hurt and defensive if I don't respond is not a way to make me want to talk with you, again, ever.
Getting hurt, defensive, and huffy if I indicate my unwillingness to converse is not a way to make me want to continue the conversation.
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It's safer than trolling bars, though. And I have gotten at least one decent online acquaintance out of the chatting up local girls to see if they're amenable to meeting up thing.