Pish, like you have credit.
I never said that these easy-to-find-out things were true things, now did I?
Zoe: First rule of battle, little one. Don't ever let 'em know where you are. Mal: Whoo-hoo! I'm right here! I'm right here! You want some of me? Yeah, you do! Come on! Come on! Aaah! Whoo-hoo! Zoe: Of course, there are other schools of thought...
'The Message'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
amych - Apr 05, 2005 1:27:11 pm PDT #3453 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
§ ita § - Apr 05, 2005 1:28:12 pm PDT #3454 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My sister got shirty with me because I didn't give her name to "Alibelle." Except she used Alibelle's real name. So I thought she was on crack for a while. Then I continued to think she was on crack, for assuming I'd be using her real (and very identifiable and a bit more googleable) first name all over the internet without express permission -- especially since when she TTed, she did so with a pseud.
I know she's not all on the net the way I am -- she uses her real and full name, but she's not killing time -- she's working.
It was very odd.
Connie Neil - Apr 05, 2005 1:29:23 pm PDT #3455 of 10001
brillig
I'm fairly open online, at least name and what state I live in. I've mentioned the town I'm in a few times in various places.
Yes, I've been stalked. He saw me on my way to work one day and started following me, so my name was irrelevant. Nothing I've put online justifies job threatening--or the lawsuit they'd get if they threatened my job. I doubt anyone cares that much about me. I'm cool with that.
bon bon - Apr 05, 2005 1:30:26 pm PDT #3456 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Improv Everywhere (Look Up More, Best Gig Ever, No Pants) is supposed to be on TAL this week!
erikaj - Apr 05, 2005 1:30:45 pm PDT #3457 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I used to be WAY too cautious. Now, I think I'm in the middle. I kind of enjoy my secret identities...although maybe I took it a bit far being "Angela Frandina" on a dating site...nine out of ten men googling and saying "You're not *into*that are you?" No. Come as I'm not.
Wolfram - Apr 05, 2005 1:30:58 pm PDT #3458 of 10001
Visilurking
There are lots of reasons to protect one's identity online. Starting with your job, your family, your family's jobs....
Your children. Because that's really the only kind of internet freak that terrifies me.
msbelle - Apr 05, 2005 1:31:17 pm PDT #3459 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
nebermind
bon bon - Apr 05, 2005 1:31:51 pm PDT #3460 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
also nevermind
msbelle - Apr 05, 2005 1:32:37 pm PDT #3461 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I SAID NEVERMIND! GOD!
Sean K - Apr 05, 2005 1:33:31 pm PDT #3462 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
amych, you forgot to include your cv number.
Oy. I've already been stalked, in a relatively minimal way, and no. I don't think it's overblown at all.
Okay, the threat from any individual stalker is real and dangerous. That's not at all what I meant.
But study after study after study indicates that crime is declining. All I meant was that the hysteria over stalking, like most threats from crime reported in the news is overblown.
If you're stalked it's real and dnagerous, and I don't mean to minimize it, but the likelyhood of being stalked is not as great as some people would make it out to be, is all I meant.