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The pride of creation
Jul. 20th, 2009 11:10 amDespite what you might be tempted to think, I know a lot of people on FA who seem like perfectly normal functioning members of society. But I do admit that there are also a large number of people who could be politely described as "unstable". And impolitely described as "desk-chewingly insane". One such specimen messaged me after going on a long trawl through my submitted music, having picked up on some religious overtones during one period a few years ago and asking if I was a Christian. I replied that I would probably describe myself as such, but reassured him that I wasn't one of the mad ones.
Unfortunately it turned out that he was - I'm really not sure why he thought that I was part of the sort of literalist fanaticism that his mindset seems to involve, because I would have liked to think that my music at that time described him as part of the problem. Nevertheless, he eventually found one of my IM addresses and took the opportunity to whine to me about the various problems in his life, foremost of which was a homosexual relationship that he had broken off because his equally insane older sister told him it was wrong. This is the latest conversation I had with him, and I think it's also fair to say that it's the last.
I haven't posted an IM conversation saga for a number of years now, having somehow avoided them for a long time. I thought that this one was funny at first, but in many ways it's just horribly distressing. The log opens with things you'd probably be better off not knowing right from the start, but gets much more interesting close to the end.
( Instant message epic in two acts )
He had me on his page under "My Christian recruits" until recently, but thankfully he's since removed it. Unfortunately, like everyone else who leaves the site forever, he came back after about eight hours and looks like he's now clinging on to other people one by one - maybe I should just have said it was an abomination unto everything when I had the chance and saved everyone else a whole lot of trouble.
Update: I wasn't going to actually link to him, but when his page is now this much better, I'm forced to abandon any morals I may have had.
Unfortunately it turned out that he was - I'm really not sure why he thought that I was part of the sort of literalist fanaticism that his mindset seems to involve, because I would have liked to think that my music at that time described him as part of the problem. Nevertheless, he eventually found one of my IM addresses and took the opportunity to whine to me about the various problems in his life, foremost of which was a homosexual relationship that he had broken off because his equally insane older sister told him it was wrong. This is the latest conversation I had with him, and I think it's also fair to say that it's the last.
I haven't posted an IM conversation saga for a number of years now, having somehow avoided them for a long time. I thought that this one was funny at first, but in many ways it's just horribly distressing. The log opens with things you'd probably be better off not knowing right from the start, but gets much more interesting close to the end.
( Instant message epic in two acts )
He had me on his page under "My Christian recruits" until recently, but thankfully he's since removed it. Unfortunately, like everyone else who leaves the site forever, he came back after about eight hours and looks like he's now clinging on to other people one by one - maybe I should just have said it was an abomination unto everything when I had the chance and saved everyone else a whole lot of trouble.
Update: I wasn't going to actually link to him, but when his page is now this much better, I'm forced to abandon any morals I may have had.
