Why is this....

[conuly]

Whenever I point out to somebody that they're hypocritical for telling me to "get a life", they leave!

I mean, I *know* I need to "get a life", but, really, what does that say about you that you've spent just as much time talking to me as I have to you? At least I don't feel the need to tell people to "get a life" all the time.

Is that some sort of internet law? Like Godwin's, that the first person to say "get a life" loses and can be resoundly mocked as a hypocrite? Please say it is!

(Connie can't sleep, and is going steadily more and more insane by the second)

Comments

[absurdixie.livejournal.com]

I agree completely. It's annoying as well. I really hate when random people come to a forum and tell them to get a life, or when people flame fanfics/fanart and include "get a life". Yet, a life is sitting online and looking for people to insult?

Or of course, like on Neopets, when people tell the users "get a life" on the neoboards, and are sitting there with a 33 month old account, all painted pets, a huge gallery and BC trophies. O_O They've been putting in the same amount of work as we have. Why do WE need lives?

Sorry, I got carried away. **scuttles away**

[curtainlady.livejournal.com]

Spyro! You've got an LJ? I didn't know that =P Mind if I friend you? (This is Blokey from NC btw)

[absurdixie.livejournal.com]

Friend away. I like getting friends. It makes me feel important. XD

the first person to say "get a life" loses

[scarletdemon.livejournal.com]

They might as well scream "I'm a fucking moron!" as say that.

Re: the first person to say "get a life" loses

[conuly]

Exactly.

[l33tminion]

I agree, but you said:

I mean, I *know* I need to "get a life", but, really, what does that say about you that you've spent just as much time talking to me as I have to you?

Doesn't this merely assert that all users who communicate with you also need to "get a life"? If so, by your own rule, you loose.

[xiggaroo.livejournal.com]

Loose?

Oh yeah, that's right. You lose. :P

[l33tminion]

Crap.

[conuly]

*snickers and mocks most callously*

U cAnT sPeEl!1!

[maelorin]

my stock reply to those three words: [mock surprised look] "this isn't one i have now?"

occasionally: "what would i do with another one? (surely if i can't use this one properly, another will just be a bigger mess ...)"

or: "jealousy doesn't go with those earrings."

now i'm thinking "godwin" might suffice in future.

[prezzey.livejournal.com]

This whole "get a life" thing is so stupid. Eg. all I've been doing today is, sitting in front of my computer writing months of Syntax homework (because I had trouble getting the textbook, so they accumulated) and I'm still not done. But after I have survived Syntax class (IY"H), I'll go to an industrial-punk concert and STOMP. So now do I have a life or not?!? Sheesh.

Also, if one spends a lot of time online, people are inclined to think s/he's not doing anything else at all. They forget that people can be online while multitasking, eg. I'm writing my syntax homework right now, can't you tell? ;DD

[sporks5000.livejournal.com]

Usually the sort of people who tell me that spend theirs either going to bars and getting drunk or watching sporting events on television.

Or both...

...which is terribly sad...

[absurdixie.livejournal.com]

I agree completely. It's annoying as well. I really hate when random people come to a forum and tell them to get a life, or when people flame fanfics/fanart and include "get a life". Yet, a life is sitting online and looking for people to insult?

Or of course, like on Neopets, when people tell the users "get a life" on the neoboards, and are sitting there with a 33 month old account, all painted pets, a huge gallery and BC trophies. O_O They've been putting in the same amount of work as we have. Why do WE need lives?

Sorry, I got carried away. **scuttles away**

[curtainlady.livejournal.com]

Spyro! You've got an LJ? I didn't know that =P Mind if I friend you? (This is Blokey from NC btw)

[absurdixie.livejournal.com]

Friend away. I like getting friends. It makes me feel important. XD

the first person to say "get a life" loses

[scarletdemon.livejournal.com]

They might as well scream "I'm a fucking moron!" as say that.

Re: the first person to say "get a life" loses

[conuly]

Exactly.

[l33tminion]

I agree, but you said:

I mean, I *know* I need to "get a life", but, really, what does that say about you that you've spent just as much time talking to me as I have to you?

Doesn't this merely assert that all users who communicate with you also need to "get a life"? If so, by your own rule, you loose.

[xiggaroo.livejournal.com]

Loose?

Oh yeah, that's right. You lose. :P

[l33tminion]

Crap.

[conuly]

*snickers and mocks most callously*

U cAnT sPeEl!1!

[maelorin]

my stock reply to those three words: [mock surprised look] "this isn't one i have now?"

occasionally: "what would i do with another one? (surely if i can't use this one properly, another will just be a bigger mess ...)"

or: "jealousy doesn't go with those earrings."

now i'm thinking "godwin" might suffice in future.

[prezzey.livejournal.com]

This whole "get a life" thing is so stupid. Eg. all I've been doing today is, sitting in front of my computer writing months of Syntax homework (because I had trouble getting the textbook, so they accumulated) and I'm still not done. But after I have survived Syntax class (IY"H), I'll go to an industrial-punk concert and STOMP. So now do I have a life or not?!? Sheesh.

Also, if one spends a lot of time online, people are inclined to think s/he's not doing anything else at all. They forget that people can be online while multitasking, eg. I'm writing my syntax homework right now, can't you tell? ;DD

[sporks5000.livejournal.com]

Usually the sort of people who tell me that spend theirs either going to bars and getting drunk or watching sporting events on television.

Or both...

...which is terribly sad...