starting a gchat revolution
March 20, 2008, 4:19 pm
on gchat, appropriately.
Ben: you also wish you had a yellow dot
me: yes
me: i was thinking about this a lot
me: i wish we could choose from many dots to portray our emotions chromatically
Ben: all I want is a yellow.
Ben: I don’t need no f’ing mood ring
me: why yellow?
Ben: Yellow means “I’m probably here and welcoming your attempt at conversation with me, but don’t be offended if I don’t respond to you within the next 10 nanoseconds
Ben: well, we have green and red. yellow was the next logical “in-between” choice.
Ben: the political moderate of gmail status indicators.
me: hm
me: then what is orange?
Ben: orange is what red wishes it could be.
me: yeah
me: no one pays attention to red anymore anyway
me: i’m trying to start an anti-red revolution
me: so red means something again
Ben: I like that idea.
Ben: from now on, if I’m red, Im not talking.
me: hm. good idea
me: or at least respond in 30 min
me: as punishment
Ben: hahah.
Ben: and all the responses will be to berate the offender
me: yes
me: all caps
me: ARE YOU COLOR BLIND?
me: actually, green and red are unfortunate colors for the color blind
Ben: RED = STFU
Ben: well, that would make for an interesting world.
Ben: at least the red/green color blind people.
the conversation then devolves into confusion over colorblindness, but you get the point. let’s give the red dot meaning again!
To me red means one of two things…
1. I’m on deadline, so seriously leave me the fuck alone.
2. I’m pissed the fuck off, so seriously leave me the fuck alone.
Is that meaning enough?
why even tempt the fates by being on gmail anyway? or you can disable chat.
The best way to prevent people from talking to you is to be incredibly dull. Seems to work for me.