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31 March 2009

When real life meets cyberspace →[More:] So I keep a couple blogs, and family and friends and even the occasional mechazen come to those watering holes of the intarweb savanna. These are safe havens I suppose, because I control my blogs, and family members whose blogs I visit have control of theirs.

But Mrs. Doohickie's sister has signed on with a bicycle forum I hang out at. Will this cramp my style? Do I have to watch my flirting (not that I flirt that much)? Will she just post a little and go away?

I'm not quite sure what to make of this...
post by: Doohickie at: 19:46 | 18 comments
You'll have to stop this. Otherwise, she'll push you out of the cool high school crowd and make you a second-class member. Just like here.
posted by mullacc 31 March | 19:54
lulz
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 31 March | 19:56
Maybe she will just post a little and go away. Or maybe she will read every word you say and use some nugget against you until the day you die. Ha, just kidding on the second part. I wouldn't worry. I don't think she'll cramp your style. Keep it cool and don't say anything you wouldn't in real life. I know what you mean, though. If my sister or other family member were on Metachat I'm sure they'd be rolling their eyes left and right at my comments. :-)
posted by LoriFLA 31 March | 20:37
The internet and real life are/will increasingly be the same thing, and definitely so on sites where you're identifiable. Don't freak out, just be yourself. If you think you flirt inappropriately in a way your wife wouldn't like, maybe curtail that, but other than that I don't see that there's anything to worry about. Give her her privacy, too - no need to stalk her around the forum.
posted by Miko 31 March | 20:38
Kill her now, save yourself a lot of grief later.
posted by Hugh Janus 31 March | 21:30
Kill her now, save yourself a lot of grief later.

We've already covered how to mask the smell of the dead body.
posted by trinity8-director 31 March | 21:57
OMG you guys....! This is my sister-in-law! If she ever follows me over here and reads that, she might freak out. I probably would!
posted by Doohickie 31 March | 22:42
Hey, Doohickie's sister-in-law, don't worry, it was just a joke. Doohickie isn't going to kill you because of advice he received here at Metachat.
posted by Hugh Janus 31 March | 23:22
Suicide might still be a possibility though.
posted by mullacc 01 April | 00:06
No, there are plenty of other reasons for him to kill you, apparently, which you can find if you search the archives here.
posted by dg 01 April | 00:07
Ssssshhhhh! Guys! Ssssshhhh!
posted by Doohickie 01 April | 00:36
Does anybody actually follow MetaChat advice? I kinda view it like my hair stylist's movie recommendations and do the opposite.
posted by trinity8-director 01 April | 01:57
If you follow MetaChat advice, you ask your hair stylist out on a date.
posted by mightshould 01 April | 07:27
Speaking of which - mullacc? updates plz!
posted by jonathanstrange 01 April | 07:30
Does anybody actually follow MetaChat advice? I kinda view it like my hair stylist's movie recommendations and do the opposite.

This is excellent advice.

See what I did there?
posted by Elsa 01 April | 09:17
Does anybody actually follow MetaChat advice?

I think that depends on the strength of the relationships you've built within the MetaChat community.

For me, it's rarely "MetaChat advice" but "X's advice which is backed up by Y, Z, and W's advice. R and S think differently, but I don't hold much store by R and S anyway, and I'm pretty sure N is just giving me shit", in which I know X, Y, Z, W, R, N and S from MetaChat.
posted by Miko 01 April | 11:37
... and we all know what A stands for.
posted by Ardiril 01 April | 12:08
If you follow MetaChat advice, you ask your hair stylist out on a date.

After the Spousal Unit regained her strength from almost laughing herself to death she would dump my body in the same hole with Doohickie's SIL.
posted by trinity8-director 01 April | 12:34
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