I do it a whole lot. Has it happened to me ? Probably...
I do it a whole lot. Has it happened to me ? Probably...
Some pedophile IMed me so I said "NO I WILL NOT HAVE THE BUTTSECKS WITH YOU" and then he cried.
No, no one's ever done that to me. Sometimes I go on AIM to see if someone's on and then someone else talks to me, so I pull that on them though.
I have no problem saying, 'I don't feel like talking to you right now.' And blocking momentarily seems to work just as well.
Usually I am AFK, so I don't notice the person was trying to contact me until they have been signed off for a while.
Personally, I would rather just have people tell me they are busy, my feelings are not so delicate that I could not handle this.
I pity them.Originally Posted by Levian
If there's someone I don't like then I just go "omg look over there!" and then I block them when they're looking the other way.
Actually I don't have this problem because the only ones who talk to me on MSN is Rye, Psy, Cz and the occasional theundeadhero, DK and Mullet.
Why would I go through an elaborate ruse like that? I just tell them to go away and that I don't want to talk to them.
I never do that. I'm not that dishonest.
Others don't do that to me.
I am guilty of doing this. ._. Its not to be mean but saying that I'm a little tied up is nicer than going, "Don't have time for you right now, lolz." Its not usually a lie though since I'm always so busy with like ten other IMs at once from the RP. @_@
Also, my messengers mess up a lot and usually I have trouble with gettings IMs when directly connected to others or recieving files. -shrugs-
I do occasionally not talk for extended periods of time on Chat due to me being preoccupied with something else, but I almost always change my name to show that, and I never do it to avoid speaking to somebody, no matter how much I dislike them. Then again, I really don't hate anybody on these forums.
There is one person that I admittedly try to avoid. He's a great friend and all but he's 22 and he asks me for advice...me, a measly 16 year old girl who's still trying to find her identity in the world
I just don't answer.
Yeah i do it, simply as a means of i'm not not bothered talking anymore. Alot of the time i don't answer anyways. If i'm talking to a close friend i'll tell them what i'm really doing, if i need time to surf the net or whatever. On the flipside, i'm sure it's probably happened to me some time.
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I only say I'm going to go and do something if I actually am going to go and do it. If I'm busy, I'll say it. If I'm not and I don't want to talk to them, I just won't reply.
But 99% of the time I really am busy, usually on the phone.
Bow before the mighty Javoo!
This is of course the awkward thing about MSN - unlike face to face conversations, people can't see that you're already talking to someone else
In most cases with me, I'm not "busying myself" but there are in fact 3 or 4 other people clamoring for my attention too (that's what you get for being a popular guy!hehe). Nobody's necessarily more important than the other, so the time just has to get divided.
I also tend to use MSN as a background chat, so I'll already be surfing or playing a game or whatever and holding a conversation in the background as a second priority. Send a message, play for 10 minutes, send another, etc. I suppose email would be more suited to me, but it's a habit.
The problem arises with those contacts who feel, for whatever reason, that they should be your top priority (e.g. they think they're more important than they are, or they have self-confidence issues and think that you're deliberately ignoring them). They expect you to give them your undivided attention when they're chatting to you, and don't appreciate it when you're doing something at the same time or dealing with other conversations. Once you've got 2 or more of these on your list, things start getting awkward.
I've never used block, but I can see the temptation when that happens.
Last edited by Cloudane; 11-14-2006 at 11:15 AM.
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