Thursday, June 24, 2010

The Axiomatic Musings of a Teen who is only a bitch when she needs to be.

Ohhh, Formspring. It's gotten back to you again. *Siiiigh*

Far too many people in this world are irritating. I should know and accept this by now but for some reason I keep thinking I'll run into someone intelligent on the internet...no such luck xD.

Lately I've been getting questions that are more like comments. People seem to think I need to try and be single because I'm too dependent on Ash. Which I'm not, for the record, I've made sure of that since the break. I just happen to really like hanging out with him. Then when I try to tell people to mind their own beeswax I get called a bitch. Awesome. But that isn't the point. The point is that far too many people are idiots on Formspring. BUT from dealing with it myself and watching my friends do the same, I've kind of classified the questions into categories, and various ways to respond.


The Basic Formspring Question Asker Types
-The Creeper. Generally identified by their poor grammar and sleezy comments. Probably masturbates a few times a day because they've never had a girlfriend. Eg, "hey ur hot letz bang." "i wanna do u up the ass" "u hav nice titsss" etc.
-The Bitch. Clearly knows everything about you. They're the same type of people you've been dealing with since middle school but now they get to hide behind the anonymous button so it's easier for them. Usually tries to be cutesie by adding extra letters to words and backwards smiley faces. Eg, "can you stop putting up nasty-ass pictures of yourselfff? kthanxxx(:" "ur sooooo fat." "your such a whore/bitch/slut and everyone knows it(:" etc.
-The Compimenter. Rare, but it happens. Every so often they just pop up in your inbox to back you up when there's a Creeper or Bitch around or just to make your day :). Eg, 'you're really pretty!' 'where do you shop? i love your original style!' 'you're so fun to be around, keep smiling :)' etc.
-The Communicator. Because everyone loves how you clog up their 'following' stream with your weekend plans and chitchat that's better reserved for wallposts or texts. Eg, "heyy when are we hanging out again? how's tomorrow at 3?" "omg i'm gonna fail that test tomorrow!" "i like cheese." etc xD.
-The Actually Interesting Person. My favorite :). These are the ones you wait for. The ones that ask questions that give you a chance to tell an interesting story or divulge an interesting piece of information they may not have known. For a few minutes you're given complete permission to talk about yourself as much as you want :D. Eg, "what's your favorite type of music?" "what's your opinion on the BP oil spill?" "how did you and your boyfriend/girlfriend meet?" etc :).

I'm sure anyone that has their own Formspring knows what I mean. Some are more related to the girls (like The Creeper) although I can assure you that Ash has gotten quite a few questions like that in the past himself :P. But yeah, so once you get these bizarre questions, how do you respond? There are a few basic categories for that, too.

The Basic Formspring Question Responder Types
-The P.I. Watching this is actually one of my pet peeves because it's so incredibly pointless. These are the Private Investigators who ask for the person's identity. The point of them using the anonymous button is that they DON'T want you to know who they are. No one is going to actually be like, "I'm John Smith from your math class!" if you ask. The people asking the questions may be stupid, but they aren't that stupid xD. So honestly? Just don't bother.
-The Grammar Nazi. Okay, I'm just as much for correct grammar as the next guy. But when that's literally your only defense for any question you get? It makes you look stuck-up and pretty pathetic, too. When someone says, "ur a whore with herpies" and your only response is that they spelled 'you're' and 'herpes' wrong, it doesn't really help your case any xD. And after a point it DOES get pretentious. Combining it with some other answer isn't as bad, though.
-The All-Purpose Answer. Overused and ineffective at this point. "...Oh yeah? Well, uh...well you're the one harassing me through Formspring anonymously! So you're the coward! I'm still better than you! Nyeah!" Same effect as with the Grammar Nazi, it really doesn't help your case anyway and its just pathetic when you use it too much and it's your only defense.
-The Tank. My personal favorite. Out-logic and out-intelligence them.You're gonna shoot at me with your little water gun? Get ready for my big-ass tank, bitch, I'm running you into the ground.
-The Tentacool. Okay yes that was a Pokemon reference. I'll explain it for those reading this who have lives ;). Tentacool can have the ability "Clear Body" which prevents any stat reductions during battle. Eg, if a Pokemon uses Growl to lower the Tentacool's attack stat, the Tentacool won't actually be affected at all and will attack normally with its normal attack power. Some people do this with Formspring. They can be asked obscene, rude questions and just answer them with the utmost unaffected confidence. I kind of wish I could do this. Like, "I honestly met you once, but i want to slap my face with your titties and cum all over your ears." Disgusting, right? The girl answered: "wonderful. where'd we meet? if you don't wanna say that's fine" like I would have flipped or something, but she just kept her cool. There are other ways to do that too, just kind of go along with whatever they're saying in a joking manner. I just really admire that kind of confidence to not let stuff get to you.

So that's kind of Formspring in a nutshell for those of you smart enough to not already have one xD. I keep mine because of the Complimenters and Actual Interesting People. It's something to do when you're bored at home doing summer and are putting off that AP Lit reading, anyway ;). So feel free to ask me anything :)

And remember! This is one of my all-time favorite quotes!
"Madness is genius,
Imperfection is beauty,
And it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
And when it comes down to it; let them think what they want.
If they care enough to bother with what I do, I'm already better than them." 
-Marilyn Monroe <3


♪: "Cuz I'm Awesome" by the Dollyrots  ("I don't need you; cuz I'm neato!" :D)

6 musings in reply:

Anonymous said...

It should never surprise you that there are idiots on the internet. Why bother even dealing with that kind of crap? You should just ignore them. It seems like the fact that they've forced you to give their questions so much thought in the first place means they're winning. Also, as purely constructive criticism, I disagree with you're "tank" thing. It seems like doing that would let someone know that they really got you with a mean question, and adding insult to insult won't help anyone. It doesn't seem like they're being randomly mean, so that means there's an existing conflict that you shouldn't escalate. Once again, I would just ignore it.
-Nesse

Geek in the Pink said...

Ignoring them is much easier said than done when you have my kind of temper ;). It doesn't mean they're winning; it means they're giving me an outlet to take out a pissy mood i'm in.
Ash actually said the same thing about not liking the 'tank' thing the other day. But it's just that if someone thinks something about me, and it's wrong, I will set the record straight however I see fit, basically, especially if it offends me. But I did realize that I took it a little overboard with a couple recent questions so I'm going to try and back off in the future. Not ignore entirely, but back off a little. Hope that explains my side a little more, thanks for the feedback :).

Anonymous said...

The internet isn't the best place to vent a pissy mood. Not to say you should take sh!t from people, but fighting fire with fire makes you look just as bad as them. Plus, they're after your reactions anyway. It's like feeding wild animals xD they'll keep coming back. It sounds like that's what she-voldemort is trying to do, anyway. It doesn't look like Ash is ever going to leave you for her, so she's got nothing on you. Your clearly in a better position, and if you ignore her, she can't touch you.
-Nesse

Geek in the Pink said...

yeah, yeah, well...maybe i'll mature enough and learn that eventually xD.
but as for she-voldemort, you're actually right and that is how i'm going to handle it from now on. ash and i both. our relationship isn't threatened by her (i know he isn't THAT stupid xD), she's just a pain in the ass. but she'll be gone in a few months anyway so we'll just have to wait her out and not give her the attention she is so obviously desperate for in the meantime.
also nesse is an interesting choice of codename. Nessie (as in the loch ness monster) is actually one of my nicknames for ash, long story :). i'm obviously curious about who you are but i don't expect you to say. are we friends, though? or just kinda acquaintances? jw :)

Anonymous said...

Let's say we've met before. I'm not a creeper ;-D
-Nesse

Geek in the Pink said...

i figured that much. it is nice to know you aren't creepy though :D. well i'm glad you enjoy the blog, and i do always appreciate this kind of feedback! the whole idea of this is to see how people think alike/differently to you so its good to get different opinions :)

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