Random Curiosities
Feb. 6th, 2009 11:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
effexSo, a couple months back, I got an IM from an unknown username (Yahoo! based). It didn't look/feel like spam and I was feeling adventurous, so I replied - I don't remember the conversation that followed, but the gist was that they hadn't sent the original message and claimed they had gotten an IM from *my* account, neither of us knew the other, we were both very confused, and agreed to go our separate ways.
Just now, I got an IM from an unknown username, asking me if I knew how many calories a sneeze burned. It didn't look/feel like spam and I was curious, so I replied that I did not (and, btw, who *were* they?). They replied by asking me who *I* was and why I had contacted them (apperently, by telling them I was a robot and not to say 'domo agrigato' 'cause I'd hurt them. Yeah, I don't know either.). As we exchanged wtfs, it dawned on me that I knew the username after all, this was the same person as last time. My memory is crazy like that. We again agreed to go our separate ways.
I am *really confused*, y'all. Is this a scam? Harassment? A fluke? The Internet's attempt to bring two strangers together? Will it happen again? What the hell is going on?
Update (May 27th, 2009): Another IM from shimmeringsalmon, did not respond this time. Let's see if anything happens!
Update (November 9th, 2009): All is revealed!
Just now, I got an IM from an unknown username, asking me if I knew how many calories a sneeze burned. It didn't look/feel like spam and I was curious, so I replied that I did not (and, btw, who *were* they?). They replied by asking me who *I* was and why I had contacted them (apperently, by telling them I was a robot and not to say 'domo agrigato' 'cause I'd hurt them. Yeah, I don't know either.). As we exchanged wtfs, it dawned on me that I knew the username after all, this was the same person as last time. My memory is crazy like that. We again agreed to go our separate ways.
I am *really confused*, y'all. Is this a scam? Harassment? A fluke? The Internet's attempt to bring two strangers together? Will it happen again? What the hell is going on?
Update (May 27th, 2009): Another IM from shimmeringsalmon, did not respond this time. Let's see if anything happens!
Update (November 9th, 2009): All is revealed!
