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Of Epic Questions
Feb. 4th, 2011 07:26 pm(22:44:38) MichaelTheFish: I was more glad than ever that I had my own washing machine then, of course.
(22:45:05) MichaelTheFish: Because you've got to get penguin saliva in to soak after about five minutes, or you're never going to get it out.
(22:45:16) DXN: Really? How interesting.
(23:10:00) DXN: Well, I'm going to bed - see you! <-- Good? Unnecessary?
What, by your own standards and made-up etiquette that we've had to invent over our lives for Internet situations, is the cut-off point of the time since the last message for which it's unnecessary, as opposed to rudely abrupt, to announce your disappearance before going offline from an instant message conversation? I've never been sure.
(22:45:05) MichaelTheFish: Because you've got to get penguin saliva in to soak after about five minutes, or you're never going to get it out.
(22:45:16) DXN: Really? How interesting.
(23:10:00) DXN: Well, I'm going to bed - see you! <-- Good? Unnecessary?
What, by your own standards and made-up etiquette that we've had to invent over our lives for Internet situations, is the cut-off point of the time since the last message for which it's unnecessary, as opposed to rudely abrupt, to announce your disappearance before going offline from an instant message conversation? I've never been sure.
