Interweb Counselling 101

Tuesday 7th February 2017 1:41 pm

So I'm sending you these instant messages
As I really don't want you to take this as personally
as you would emails
Or text messages from me
I'm thoughtful like that..

These eye-emms are only thoughts
So
As these are just my thoughts
Don't take my thoughts about you too personally
Unless you wish to
Which is fine by me..

These are only
I
Ms
So
Thinking of me a bully
Or a troll
Is infantile
And childish
So I don't care
Would you say that to my face
You know what would happen if you did
Just sayin'..

So you can ignore this
- after you have read it
Entirely your choice
These are only my thoughts about you
This isn't real..

So stop treating them as if they are
People can be so sensitive
Toughen up
Live in the real world..

Do you think you're talented
You need to sort yourself out
And btw I know people
Trust me on that..

I can find out where you live
Just sayin'..

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suki spangles

Sat 11th Feb 2017 19:18

Hey Stu,

Cheers so much. That's exactly what my aim was.Glad it worked. Many thanks.

Stu Buck

Fri 10th Feb 2017 09:53

quite chilling and i love the way the tone slowly shifts from sing song to dark and foreboding. a cracker.

suki spangles

Wed 8th Feb 2017 07:00

Hi elP,

Cheers, I have just read the article. Scary but not surprising. We are already living in a Phil K.Dick world. I believe the powers that be have already mastered artificial intelligence, and goodness knows what will happen when that is rolled out - especially when it comes to tracking every aspect of our behaviour. I sometimes wonder whether the only way we can truly save ourselves is by disconnecting from all our electronic devices, but how easy will that be? And to think, the Internet of Things hasn't even got going yet..

Hi David,

Cheers so much! I agree with you. Also, sometimes the bully pretends their communications "aren't real" as an all too convenient excuse to hurt and be as nasty as possible. Nation states now employ people to troll on-line! Also, the complete lack of basic human decency (if that isn't an oxymoron) is worrying. When children take their life because of such bullying, we should all sit up and pay attention. The recipient should take the message at face value - you're right - and I suspect the messenger know that full well.

elPintor

Tue 7th Feb 2017 23:56

I hoped you might find this article interesting...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/07/friendships-romance-humanity-mind-reading-tech

As important as our ability to speak our minds is the ability to keep them in silence...

..much to think about--about where we are and where we could go with interpersonal communications.

elP

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