brb, roflmao, k?

The wonders of MSN. Huh.

First of all, I would like to point out, just because you are online, and I am online, does not mean we can cultivate the longest conversation in Instant Messaging history, unless you are a very, very good friend. Then it becomes acceptable. When a convo is over, it is OVER. When the conversation fizzles out, for gods sake, shut up; you don't need to pelt me with constant 'r u ther???'s and 'still ther???'s. This is only okay if you're a very good friend. This is not acceptable if I've met you once whilst shopping, through a friend, and talked to you for a grand total of three seconds. You are so off my buddy list.

Second. You see that thing at the bottom of the screen? The '[name] is writing a message' ? Whilst this is there, do not send anything. It's better to let the person have their say, or it becomes annoying, and sometimes complicated if you change the subject whilst I'm typing something completely different. Only okay if you absolutely feel you have to contradict me.

Third. Those awful, awful display pictures with sound. They're kinda cute on some people, but on others, no. I do not need a random dog barking in the middle of a song everytime you send an emoticon. Get a proper picture, like everyone else.

Fourth. Do not make me beat you in the name of grammer. I'm not kidding. Just because it's MSN does not make it ok to skip every vowel in every word and use 'their' instead of 'they're' and 'there' and 'your' instead of 'you're.' Of course I understand mistakes and even I use ppl for people and cause instead of because etc but for God's sake people, I cannot understand you wn u tlk lyk dis an mis evri 3rd lt ot ov all da sntences u do. I'm english, speak english to me. Not only is it stupid, it's also pretentious and juvenile. Grow up. And the strange thing is, it's really smart people that do it mostly!

Fifth: When my status is anything - anything - but online, I DO NOT WANT TO TALK TO YOU. GO AWAY. If I want to speak to you, I will, but stop bugging me when my personal message clearly says 'doing coursework' or 'feeding the cat' or 'doing the chicken dance.'

If we all do this, I'm confident the cyberworld will be a better place.