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I don't have an internet bill.
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Oh, yeah, that's right, her
unemployed brother provides her with DSL service, which is why she can afford to spend $100 to buy Chrismas presents for a
dog while complaining that she doesn't have enough cash; can a bunch of kind-hearted strangers help her out?
But I'm not getting sucked into this again. I'm more interested in the emotions and responses this thread raised than I am in the proported "plight" of the misbegotten author. I couldn't figure out why this person's use of this site to scam money from people aroused my ire so, particularly when I was a newcomer myself, and had no real relationship with anyone here (except HB).
What I have concluded is that the site really is quite succesful at its mission; to establish a community (nebulous, but a community nonetheless) -- not necessarily of like-minded people, but of people who communicate at a common level of understanding, and enjoy each other's (non-corporeal) company.
There are certain spoken and unspoken groundrules, and I like that. It provides a certain comfort level. When this interloper posted her trash, it was as if someone came into the pleasant tea party I was enjoying, and pissed in the fruit punch.
Not to mention that she was obviously lying, whining, and trying to take advantage of others, three traits I cannot stand. In addition, she was grammatically incorrect, which is tolerable in a friendly exchange, but when cyberbegging, is as bad as a typo on your resume in the 'real world.'
Anyway, I'm going to stick to my guns (that's for you, wolf and slang
) and stay away from any further exchange with this (probably fictitious) person.