I think we can all agree that Google is as close to being a deity without having taken a week to create something magnanimous. Hell, a few years ago, a me and a friend created First Baptist Church of Google because we determined that if Jesus wants to know something, he probably uses Google too.
You can’t possibly think Jesus uses Bing, can you?
Moving on, if you’re like most of modern American society, and work behind a computer you likely spend a significant amount of your day on Gchat handlng business, shootin’ the breeze, and talking more sh*t than a little bit. It’s become the go to chat client. By the way, I have no idea if that’s actually true, but I’ve decided it is so…therefore, it is so. So so def.
In some ways, I think that the folks at Google are slightly sadistic and possibly have a God complex. Why? Well, why ELSE would they just add folks to your chat list JUST because you emailed them a time or too. Or because somehow they ended up in a big email chain. So think about this, for a vast many of us, we tend to develop crushes and interests in people through people that our friends know. So let’s say you meet this person and become enamored with them. At Dave and Buster’s or Hooters or somewhere. Or at a Delta picnic. Wherevs. <—– doesn’t work as well as “whatevs”.
As people are inclined to do nowadays, EVERYBODY somehow ends up in a big ass group email. And then because people like having their voice heard (*power to the people*) they all reply. Then boom, one day while chatting with that stripper you broke bread with at IHOP who loved discussing War and Peace, you look at your chat list and there they are. Maybe their dot is red. Maybe its green. If you’ve got a million contacts like I do you never notice the orange ones. But the point is, there they are. Their green dot is taunting you because the only thing better than a long walk on the beach and doing hoodrat things with your friends is a Gchat convo during the day.
But you don’t really know them do you? I mean yeah you did have that one quick conversation about Kermit the Frog and how he really should be on the second go-round of Mt. Rushmore, but will they remember you for real? And who wants to seem like a stalker. Then there’s this…
…they see your damn dot too, so if they wanted to talk, they’d hit you up. Right? What if they’re worried like you are and you’re both just waiting to hit each other up? That’s possible isn’t it? I mean, there was that spark…or at least you think there was. Right? Right? I mean…I mean…exactly. It’s stressful is what it is. There you go telling me no again trying to get some work done but the object of your affection, real or imagined, is sitting there chillin, waiting to have the greatest conversation they didn’t know they could have with you…
…but you don’t know my name. I sweaaaar.
Like I said, that’s sadistic right? Then again, a solid 60 percent of the individuals I talk to via Gchat are people who hit me up randomly for whatever reason. They took a chance and now we dance with the devil in the pale moonlight. Daily.
And don’t even get me started on Google Plus and all the random folks they keep trying to connect me with.
I guess the main point here is two fold: 1) Google just might be evil; and 2) being as they are likely evil and are placing the very folks you want to speak to right in your living room, should you take that chance or not?
So that’s what I ask, if somebody randomly hit you up via Gchat, if you even peripherally knew who they were would you engage them in a conversation? Or is it stalkerish to the nth degree? I mean I suppose you expect it somewhat with Twitter, but is GChat…more personal? What say you? And what are other ways of making connections that may be creepy but may work at the same damn time?
-VSB P aka THE ARSONIST aka MR. PUT ME IN COACH, I’M READY TO PLAY aka GIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRL HE A 3
Has PJ found someone? Send the dang message bruh. What could it hurt? If they get upset just tell them you accidentally sent the message to the wrong person.
And gchat does seem more personal. That is someone you have seen in real life. How many people on your twitter feed have you actually met?
percentage wise? dunno. but it’s a good number.
You’ve met random people from twitter? Y’all are some brave souls.
if you go from twitter to gchat..they are no longer random. some of them have become my closest friends. actually technically vsb –> twitter –> gchat –> phone –> in person.
Damn, Keisha, they need to go through ten different platforms wit cha?
LOL. not always in that order, but that’s how it went for many of the peeps.
Yes, it took all those platforms in order for KB to find out I was a middle aged white man.
You a middled aged white man? Maaaan now I gotta delete that tweet where I called you beautiful. Shame on you!
( ._.)
Middle aged white men can be beautiful too!
http://assets0.ordienetworks.com/images/GifGuide/dancing/tumblr_ljnfjqU7mB1qbzahao1_400.gif
bwhahahaaaaaaa
#truestory
And I’m a young beautiful black woman pretending to be a middle aged white man on VSB.
And here I am still stuck at step 1.
lmfaoooooo. rewind…are you on twitter?
Nah I treat Twitter like Europe treats Chernyobl.
I’m on FB though.
stuck at level 3….only been like 6-7 years n sh t
lmfao. aaaaaactually i sent you my email/gchat via twitter dm months ago.
hmph.
Aie. Brave I am.
Isn’t the whole point of social media to connect? I meet people all the time from Twitter. However it is mostly career-related.
I guess so. I am not a social media person though. Twitter, Instagram, pininterest, google+, gchat (don’t even have gmail) just isn’t for me. I keep thinking about getting on but then i decide not to. FB has all of those features and they are people that i know and interact with in real life.
“If they get upset just tell them you accidentally sent the message to the wrong person.”
—
That’s funny… –
*random gchat contact aka stalker* – “hey mena, you was looking good when you came out your bedroom in that royal blue outfit, but I liked the first outfit u tried on better”
*mena* – ” what? who da hale is this?”
*stalker* – “oh, my bad – I meant to send that to the OTHER mena that had changed into a royal blue outfit”
LOL!
You wouldn’t say the person’s name when you hit them up. You would start with a simple “hey.”
Gotcha – you mean like the following? :
“HEY….you was looking good when you came out your bedroom in that royal blue outfit, but I liked the first outfit u tried on betterâ€
*mena* – †what? who da hale is this?â€
*stalker* – “oh, my bad – I meant to say HEY to that OTHER chick that had changed into a royal blue outfitâ€
—
LOL
Exactly!!
Most people acknowledge that I dont know them. Like Hey, you dont know me but your my friend in my head. Let’s be friends.
I usually follow up with: state your name gangsta.
LOL!!! That was a good reference!
Or if you’re too scared to send the message, maybe you can get one of your friends to pass her a note that says “Panama likes you. Do you like him too? _yes _no”
old skool – all day e’rry day!!
and that would be hilarious.
Naw, this post wasn’t personal at all. At least not to my life. And with the number of folks who just hit me up, I’d personally have no qualms about hitting up somebody. I’m P, dammit. P, yeah you heard of him. <—– name that lyric.
And I can’t tell you how many folks I’ve met off my Twitter feed. I stopped paying attention.
Mobb Deep.
Y’all are some brave souls. Maybe i’ll try meeting someone from online one day. Though, i doubt it.
you could always just come to the VSB 5 year joint. then you can meet everybody at once.
I’m good though I expect to see pictures of videos. The pictures should be full of bougie ignorance. Like drinking from a solo cup with your pinky raised.
Hey mena no need to come to the event to meet. I’ll be waiting for you later when you get home.
. Lol! Jk
And nervous. *please don’t tell me this girl is a stalker* LOL
haaaaaa…..
listen.. gchat is what got me through work days that i was ready to quit my job, was a major catalyst for threedeez and is why i am as close to some people as i am today.
the fact that google is going to eliminate igoogle is just rood. ROOD I SAY!
oh and when you go to check an email and forget you are logged in <<<>>>
google is the devil, knows more about me than any entity on the planet and i am ok with it.
bing commercials make me laugh. when your company becomes the word for all search engines, is a noun, adjective and adverb….then i’ll take you seriously. until then.. bingwho? bingwhat?
for real doe, if I was full productive at work everyday I’d be done at 1:30
Don’t worry bout it Tristan. They did a study on this, & I think your gonna like the results. They found that ppl who periodically take breaks from their work to check fb, ect., actually perform BETTER than those who don’t. They said switching gears breaks the monotony of work & keeps the brain fresh. Jus make sure u actually switch back to your work after a few minutes lmfao
LMFAO. pretty much.
yeah, ive met some great folks thru gchat. im talking to most of them right now.
First of all; go0gle is the devil. Second; I don’t use it anymore. I tried Chrome and that pretty much sealed the end of my dealings with go0gle. For search I use duck duck go. So there!
Since I’ve never used any go0gle chats I’ll use facebook, the devils first cousin on his daddy’s side, as an example. It’s kind of wierdish when I get friend requests from friends of my friends whom I don’t know other than seeing their comments our mutual friend’s status updates.
When I get those requests for some reason it takes me a week or more to figure out what I want to do. I suppose because if I Friend them then they all of a sudden have access to all of my status updates and other junk on my page. And, not only will they have access but, so will their goofy friends who are total strangers to me.
So, I usually just ignore their Friend requests. The end.
So that’s why you ignored my Friend Request on Facebook? Shame on you, Val.
Oh snap, that was you?! I didn’t recognize you in that fb profile photo with those Spiderman pajamas you had on. Don’t you think wearing the mask is a bit much?
Lol…Val u stoopid.
No, Val. It was not a bit much. If you’re gonna rock a Spidey outfit you have to fully commit.
will you be my friend?
gchat caught me off guard when I finally went to a smart phone, almost reluctantly. I did some contract/consulting last year with a group of about 30 others. we all trained, hung out at bars after work, and swapped all kinds of personal info. I get my smart phone & next thing I know is about 10 people hitting me up on chat. It was cool doe, I just didn’t realize the phone downloaded my contacts. But, I enjoy folks reaching out. I just wish they wouldn’t do it all at the same time! multitasking multiple convoys is sometimes tough! I guess I should turn that feature back on so I can reconnect with those folks. Thanks for the reminder PJ!
oh… and snapchat is the new “social media.” had no sooner read about it & my kids were telling me to get an account. apparently FB is boring. LOL who would have ever thought. *clocks out & headed to bed* later peeps.
Only one person ever hit me up on gchat. I met her here on vsb. I didn’t even know what was happening…did not know my google phone had that app.
The only person to ever hit me up on gchat was that. Every so often, I’ll hear word from them.
But, that’s not why I’m here for. <—added an extra word to sound mo' ignant.
High Nilla. What's goin' on?
hi Feb 29! I couldn’t stay awake any longer last night. mama was tired. too much socializing in the late evening. I think it’s an evil plot to keep me sleep deprived.
I jotted down your twitter but I haven’t gotten there yet. maybe sometime today while I’m bored out of my mind in all day meetings. 
thanks for the heads up
Snapchat is totes hilar.
Only 1 person on GChat that I talk to regularly that doesn’t have my phone number.
really??? so why don’t you exchange numbers? would that be weird??
They already on my Facebook.
malik on gchat >>> LOLLLL.
the definition of random.
Somehow I see Malik using carrier pidgeons.
Listen. This ninja is INSANE on gchat. Many kikis. LOL
that’s probably true for most folks.
I dont find it wierd when somebody hits me up randomly-whether it be friend request, poke, chat. Etc. but what I do deem to be a “ey fall back brah” moment is when I get a friend requests on facebook, I accept and we chop it up on the chat; then you comment on every single photo and precede to like all my statuses. And it doesn’t stop there. Next you go on to friend me on skype, you hit me on gchat, you email me telling me I need to join myspace, you send me linked-in messages-where does it stop?
Fool me and my best friend don’t have that many connections. I don’t want to see your mug everytime I turn the virtual corner.
I just think we use certain social media for certain things. And sometimes I can’t have my facebook world crossing over into my tagged. just creeps me out.
Oh I wasn’t talking to anybody in particular.
sounds personal. lol. stop meeting them chicks at Churchs.
Never used gchat. I talk to people through Twitter and Facebook. When strangers hit me up I think nothing of it. We chat, have a nice convo, then probably chat it up on a semi-regualr basis if we enjoy talking to each other.
I’m amazed at how many folks don’t use Gchat. I use it like a religion.
Not sure why Pana Montana ghostwrote this blog, but I’m pretty sure The Pope Emeritus uses Webcrawler. Or The Globe. Maybe Excite. Don’t tell the Vatican about Yahoo, y’all
Panamontana was sleep when I wrote this. If I told you what inspired this, you’d be like, wow, that inspired it.
*goes to bed*
you know, I hadn’t seen your cheery self in a long time. I wondered, legitimately a week ago, how you were doing. Glad to see you are still kicking.
oh sweet Sagey Baby Bear… i am well and i hope that you are too! where have you been?!?
twitter.
Hey, I’m one of them! Give me some credit dammit! LOL
I think that’s pretty common. It’s not many people’s first choice of communication methods (I am completely basing this on people I know/ dont talk to on gchat)
Yoles!! arent you in my gchat list? i never see your button lit up ma’am.
you are definitely doing it wrong.LOL
im one of them…but im rarely on these days.
You got me though.
me too. i only have 4 people on my Gchat list. God, Jesus, the holy spirit and Oprah.
I’m pretty sure I’m signed up for gchat, but I don’t get it – or use it. I guess if I was in some group convo and had a side convo with from that, it would be cool. But I don’t even know that I would really respond to someone that just randomly hit me on gchat out the blue. It would seem lthe same as some complete stranger finding my number on a piece of paper on the street and then they just start texting me just to see if I respond.
I think that’s a divide between men and women, most dudes would respond to a random female, a woman would be In Dikembe Mutumbo mode #ahahahnottoday
the thought of telling some dude “#ahahahnottoday” in a gruff-@ss Dikembe Mutumbo voice just made me laugh out loud….
well would you respond…cuz im sure i found a piece of paper with your name and number on it.