Chat Rooms

docsigma2000: jesus christ man
docsigma2000: my son is sooooooo dead
c8info: Why?
docsigma2000: hes been looking at internet web sites in fucking EUROPE
docsigma2000: HE IS SURFING LONG DISTANCE
docsigma2000: our fucking phone bill is gonna be nuts
c8info: Ooh, this is bad. Surfing long distance adds an extra $69.99 to your bill per hour.
docsigma2000: …!!!!!! FUCK FUCK FUCK
docsigma2000: is there some plan we can sign up for???
docsigma2000: cuz theres some cool stuff in europe, but i dun wanna pauy that much
c8info: Sorry, no. There is no plan. you’ll have to live with it.
docsigma2000: o well, i ccan live without europe intenet sites.
docsigma2000: but till i figure out how to block it hes sooooo dead
c8info: By the way, I’m from Europe, your chatting long distance.
** docsigma2000 has quit (Connection reset by peer)

— IRC Chat

So, my roommate was home last night and had seized control of the television, so my only option for entertainment was the internet. The problem is that, as much as I like the internet, there’s really only so much you can do on it before you get bored by it. I had already done all of those things, and, naturally, I became quite bored. Now, when I say I was bored, I’m not sure you grasp the full scope of that statement. I was bored to a level that I hadn’t been in months. So bored that I did something that I had promised myself I’d never do again.

I went in a chat room.

Chat rooms make me worry about society. I don’t know how much longer we’re going to make it. I wrote a few entries back that dreams were possibly windows into the unconscious. Well, if dreams are windows into our unconscious, then chat rooms are windows into our conscious and I don’t like what I see in the window.

I’m aware of the psychological theories that say basically everything we do, we do to improve the possibility of having sex. I’ve always doubted it, because from a personal standpoint, that’s just not how my mind works. However, after a quick visit into a chat room, I become more aware of what a horny world we live in. Phrases like, “Any cute girls want to chat?”, “Any hot guys in here?”, “Do you have a 6-pac?”, “Can you talk dirty?”, and everyone’s favorite “wanna cyber?” populate chat rooms the second you click on them. I get messaged by someone named “nudegayguy”, who when asked about his intentions says he’s looking “to make some new acquaintances”. So, why are we so horny online, while we seem to be able to control ourselves out in the real world?

The answer, of course, is, well, people online don’t know who you are so they don’t have their reputation to manage. Therefore, you can say anything you want and no one will be able to tell your mother about it. I don’t really mind the concept of that, theoretically it’d be fun to know what people REALLY have on their minds. However, after chatting a few hours, it’s absolutely clear what’s on everyone’s minds: SEX.

So, what’s a guy like me to do, who’s looking for only intellectual stimulation and no other? Well, obviously chat rooms aren’t the place for me. I’m much safer in real life, where we all still have sex on our minds, but we hide it out of fear of rejection and our mothers.

So, now you’re probably asking yourself what the point of this entry was. Well, it’s as devoid of a point as the rest of them, except that the amount of sex talk in chat rooms bothers me for some reason. Oh and the grammar used in chat rooms is really bad too. And there’s nothing on earth that bothers me more than the bad grammar used in cyber sex.

Later.