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It has just been the night for odd AIM IMs, as opposed to the usual Yahoo bunch. [05:02] studleyqbeefpile: ILLEGAL COCAINE IS COMING INTO OUR COUNTRY AT ALARMING LEVELS
[05:02] exopilot: As opposed to all that legal cocaine?
[05:02] studleyqbeefpile: humm
[05:02] studleyqbeefpile: yess
[05:03] exopilot: That statement begs a thousand more questions, not least among them being what "alarming levels" are, and would it be any better if it were legal cocaine.
[05:03] studleyqbeefpile: it should be legal
[05:03] exopilot: Oh, I agree. Totally. I want life to be more toxic to kill off the unrepentantly stupid. But why are you spamming me about it?
[05:05] studleyqbeefpile: spamming?
[05:05] studleyqbeefpile: humm i'm sorry but i haven't sent you anything....i don't even know you
[05:05] exopilot: I don't know you. There's no reason I'd be interested in hearing your message, nor would you think I would. Ergo, you're spamming my ear uninvited. And worse, in all caps.
[05:06] exopilot: I pointedly refer you to: [05:02] studleyqbeefpile: ILLEGAL COCAINE IS COMING INTO OUR COUNTRY AT ALARMING LEVELS
[05:07] studleyqbeefpile: sorry, never sent that out....unless i have some odd virus
[05:07] exopilot: I suggest a serious system scrubbing for you.
[05:08] studleyqbeefpile: thanks, I'll consider that
[05:08] studleyqbeefpile: sorry for the mishap
[05:08] exopilot: Indeed.
[05:09] studleyqbeefpile: goodbye
And this is after the rather extended discussion I had with what I thought, at first, was a sexbot troll, but in the end turned out to be an actual human being who could spell and use grammar! Session Start (exopilot:SpiceGirl69420): Fri Mar 17 03:00:08 2006
[03:00] SpiceGirl69420: Hello? Is anyone there?
[03:00] exopilot: Abducted by aliens. Its actually not that bad, save for the probing.
[03:01] SpiceGirl69420: Oh, hello. I was just browsing, found your profile, and thought you might like to talk, unless you are busy with that.
[03:02] exopilot: Well, alien abduction is a busy effort. They keep having me do phone support for some product I've never heard of and anal probing me every half hour. Really, its a lot like working for HP without the pay.
[03:02] SpiceGirl69420: Sounds like you've been busy.
[03:03] exopilot: There's a certain charm to the room they have me in. Its done up in early 80's kitch with a 300 baud accoustic coupler modem.
[03:03] SpiceGirl69420: I'm so sorry. Btw, a/s/l?
[03:04] exopilot: 45 / Male, last they let me check / Somewhere spinwards of Alpha Centauri. I can't be sure, they don't give access to star charts in here.
[03:04] SpiceGirl69420: I'm 24/f/US. That sounds far away.
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Amusingly, I kept the poor girl/guy (you just can't be sure of gender online, though I actually think it was a she ... I think) talking for a good hour and a half with my line of amusing patter and my charming, yet casually dismissive, style. The strange part is that one can never be quite sure why folks like this come out of the woodwork. I mean, Yahoo IM has Profiles that you can auto-farm out, but AIM's logins are slightly harder to get to. Fascinating stuff, really. At least I can relax and relish the knowledge that I'm a fascinating, compelling writer with the ability to attract weirdos from all over the planet, even to my digital shadow. | 
