The Short Stik

Okay, basically, the Short Stik is not going to be the grammatically displeasing mess that it was before, with apostrophes and shortened words everywhere. The only thing that The Short Stik "segment" ( if I really can call it a segment ) is going to signify is that it is a short post. More or less it is a rant about something that really does not have anything to do with anything else I have written about and usually something thought about during the day.

Allow me to just rant about something that has been bothering me for a while now. It has been discovered quite some time ago and there are many guilty of this pet peeve of mine. I can actually name about five off of the top of my head without even needing to think about it. So I shant hold you in suspense any longer. It is of course the dreaded disappearance from AIM without any form of departing statement. Those who do not say "bye," "later," "peace," "brb," or "bbl." They just sign off, abruptly. I do not even care if we stopped talking a half hour ago. Perhaps something has been distracting us both, but when you sign off completely without any statement of departure, it bothers me. A lot. You can abruptly say, good-bye, without any explanation, and then sign off, without even letting me say good-bye back to you, and that is fine. Granted, it is not my favorite way for someone to end a conversation at all. But hey, at least they ended it. To me, the maximum of time you are allowed to be silent without saying good-bye, is forty-five minutes. However, the rule with that is we both need to be silent for that rule to apply. If I am attempting to talk to you and you have not answered, then you left, without saying good-bye. Just because you remain online but still go to the mall, does not give you the right to not say good-bye.

In addition, those who ruin conversations with your leading no where responses like, "lol," you also agitate me beyond belief. I understand there are sometimes when you have nothing to respond with and that it is hard to continue a conversation. Try this one though, "lol. I don't know how to respond to that." It is not insulting, it is an honest response and it shows the idea that you want to continue a conversation, but have nothing to say to that remark. There are billions of topics in the world, we can stop talking about the current one, as obviously we have nothing more to say about it, and we move to something new. If you do not want to have a conversation with me, then just say, "Hey, I do not really want to talk right now," and I will let you be. Do not give me one word responses. It pisses me off.

Short Stik III: Complete