Cornholio 0 #1 October 7, 2004 I don't know, maybe it's just me... But I get so irritated when people that I am IM'ing with say "bye". WTF ?? Why say "bye" ? Are you going someplace ? IM = Always on. Why say goodbye ?? I mean you have a pretty good idea when the conversation is over. I can see it if it's someone you don't talk to that much, or the other person has to LOGOFF, but if you're just going to stop talking, why say "bye ?" We use IM here at work (internal App) and it just bothers me when some guy down the hall says "bye." Like, 'where you going ?' 'Nowhere, you're in your fucking cube! ' Does anyone feel like I do ? Butthead: Whoa! Burritos for breakfast! Beavis: Yeah! Yeah! Cool! bellyflier on the dz.com hybrid record jump Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windcatcher 0 #2 October 7, 2004 um, someone have a bad day at work? {{{{{{{{{huggy}}}}}}}}}}}} Ya know, life is too short to get worked up over trivial things, but to answer your question no, its not annoying....you have to end the conversation somehow. Even though it may only be over the internet, it's still a conversation. And technically, with IM, you CAN leave the computer or log off, which would require a cordial goodbye. Sorry, just being a communications major dork! Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #3 October 7, 2004 You're weird. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cornholio 0 #4 October 7, 2004 QuoteYou're weird. fuck you sunny. Butthead: Whoa! Burritos for breakfast! Beavis: Yeah! Yeah! Cool! bellyflier on the dz.com hybrid record jump Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #5 October 7, 2004 QuoteYou're weird. Yep. And I read somewhere that he licks windows... "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cornholio 0 #6 October 7, 2004 oh wait... forgot this. Butthead: Whoa! Burritos for breakfast! Beavis: Yeah! Yeah! Cool! bellyflier on the dz.com hybrid record jump Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #7 October 7, 2004 Quotefuck you sunny. Didn't we just discuss this in the pub? I don't do fuck buddies anymore, i wanna be in loooove. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #8 October 7, 2004 it's okay.. when i im with sunny i know i'll get about 3 lines of type out of her and then she will wonder off... no use in sayingbye there....as for other times.. imighthave to goand i'll say bye to someone, if not i'll just not reply anymore if i can't thinkof aanything to say,then they do the samand thdconversationis over...... i normally type "ttyl" instead of by though.... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cornholio 0 #9 October 7, 2004 Hey, at least there is ONE other person who feels like I do. That's all I need, is just 1% of the voting participants to agree with me. Screw the rest of you... you're wierd. Butthead: Whoa! Burritos for breakfast! Beavis: Yeah! Yeah! Cool! bellyflier on the dz.com hybrid record jump Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unstable 9 #10 October 7, 2004 Never bothered me. Talk to you l8er.. Bye!!=========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Girlfalldown 0 #11 October 7, 2004 Dude it annoys the hell out of me too! It's like a never ending conversation. You just type something and if the person isnt there they'll get back to you when they see it! DUH! We all understand this. If it's around noon and they haven't replied it's a strong possibility they are at lunch. If I had to tell every single person who I was in a conversation that I was leaving it would take me forever. You know what else is irritating? When you type hang on a sec or phone or my boss is creeping up behind me and they have to REPLY with something like OK, I'll be here.. NO shit? You'll be there? Wow, thanks, now my boss just saw the window pop up again when I'd closed it because I was trying to hide it from him. THANKS A LOT! That shit just pisses me off. Course everything pisses me off right now. GRRR! I just watched Phenomenon and got all pissed off. I can't believe the fuckin guy dies! It's a freakin tumor! What happened to the goddamn aliens? what were we talking about again? -------------- (Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take my posts seriously.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #12 October 7, 2004 I say good-bye to people whom I've been having an ongoing conversation with. If there hasn't been any conversation for awhile, then I don't start a new one just to say good-bye.She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yoink 321 #13 October 7, 2004 no... cos I'm tolerant like that... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mouth 0 #14 October 7, 2004 I say bye cause I usually log off when I'm done. Not sure why since I have DSL Ijust do. -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverdriver 7 #15 October 7, 2004 Got meds? edit to add: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyingferret 0 #16 October 7, 2004 Easy killer I think it depends on the way you use IM, you are assuming everyone uses it like you do. I run Trillian, connected to 4 IM networks, for work, home, and jumpers. Additionally, I am not 'always on' at home. At work, Trillian never closes. But at home, if I leave for more than an hour or two, I shut down Trillian and sometimes the PC. Not sure why, even as a geek, I like to disconnect sometimes. Additionally, the people make a difference. At work, I never say bye because the people are staying online working just like I am. However, with friends and particularly romantic interests, it is a whole other set of protocol. If there is a running conversation with someone I typically say ttyl, just to be polite if they come back with anything and wonder where I went. This is particularly true of interests/girlfriends it is only polite to not wander off in the middle of a conversation. This situation is somewhat amplified by the fact, that I in a 'perma-away' state. I am always away, and don't always change it. A lot of time is reading "I am doing random stuff, leave me a message" For some people that is enough, others I go a little further and say bye. It raises an interesting point about the way communication is (d)evolving. Email follows much less ettiquette than written word, unless maybe at work. IM has even less ettiquette. I am kind of torn on this and could interpret it two ways; one would be a devolution from written conversation, the other would be an evolution of quick verbal chat.-- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #17 October 7, 2004 Quoteit's okay.. when i im with sunny i know i'll get about 3 lines of type out of her and then she will wonder off... EXACTLY! If anyone needs to learn how to say 'bye', it's sunny! I'll be typing away, and never get an answer, or the dreaded 'the user has gone offline'. Say something, damnit! It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #18 October 7, 2004 That's why a 'ttyl' is more appropiate if you have to quit IMing and get work done or something along those lines.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #19 October 7, 2004 Quoteit's okay.. when i im with sunny i know i'll get about 3 lines of type out of her and then she will wonder off... --------------------------------------------------------- EXACTLY! If anyone needs to learn how to say 'bye', it's sunny! I'll be typing away, and never get an answer, or the dreaded 'the user has gone offline'. Say something, damnit! I suck at IM, i admit it. Can anyone give me IM counseling? ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #20 October 7, 2004 QuoteQuoteit's okay.. when i im with sunny i know i'll get about 3 lines of type out of her and then she will wonder off... --------------------------------------------------------- EXACTLY! If anyone needs to learn how to say 'bye', it's sunny! I'll be typing away, and never get an answer, or the dreaded 'the user has gone offline'. Say something, damnit! I suck at IM, i admit it. Can anyone give me IM counseling? Nah, you don't need it. Trust me, all can be made up for by a simple turning on of the web cam. It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,121 #21 October 7, 2004 >but if you're just going to stop talking, why say "bye ?" Cause it's less nerdy than saying /CTS. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #22 October 7, 2004 No, but I hate when people send emails that just say "Thank you." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #23 October 7, 2004 QuoteDude it annoys the hell out of me too! It's like a never ending conversation. You just type something and if the person isnt there they'll get back to you when they see it! DUH! We all understand this. If it's around noon and they haven't replied it's a strong possibility they are at lunch. If I had to tell every single person who I was in a conversation that I was leaving it would take me forever. You know what else is irritating? When you type hang on a sec or phone or my boss is creeping up behind me and they have to REPLY with something like OK, I'll be here.. NO shit? You'll be there? Wow, thanks, now my boss just saw the window pop up again when I'd closed it because I was trying to hide it from him. THANKS A LOT! Oh HELL!!! I do that to you Shannon in every IM we've had I think!!! Mama taught me that it's rude not to say 'Goodbye'... GFD did I tell you about my skysurf dream with you in it??? It was wayyyyyyy cool. ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Girlfalldown 0 #24 October 7, 2004 Quote Oh HELL!!! I do that to you Shannon in every IM we've had I think!!! Mama taught me that it's rude not to say 'Goodbye'... GFD did I tell you about my skysurf dream with you in it??? It was wayyyyyyy cool. HA! You do not do that to ya freak! Ooh no you didn't tell me about that dream Share! I want to try skysurfing in Elsinore during Chicks Rock. Some dude PMd me and said he'd take me for the "ride of my life" and I think he meant skysurfing. -------------- (Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take my posts seriously.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #25 October 7, 2004 QuoteI don't know, maybe it's just me... But I get so irritated... In my religion, that is the point of spiritual perfection. One day, we hope to have "someone typing bye" as our biggest problem. That is bliss. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
