Judging by appearances

[fredericks]

Just curious - personally, the use of netspeak turns me off like no one's business. I'm not referring to grammar, as I trample it gleefully on a daily basis, but simple sentence construction, punctuation, capitalization, and the "ur" thing. When it comes to casual interactions (Myspace, LJ, AIM, e-mails) if you're in the middle of "first contact" what's your take on what you're reading?

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[fredericks.livejournal.com]

Heh. Well, it's more something I've been thinking about. I posted on the local Craigslist looking for a workout/weight loss buddy, and so far I've gotten two responses. The first response was from a gent who sort of doesn't fit the criteria I'm looking for and he enclosed a photo (caption: "me skiing"; my reaction: "okay, good for you...?"). Mind, I posted on the "strictly platonic" board and I was explicit in my ad that I'm just looking for workout buddies so why even bother with the pic? Next was a response from an older black female...too old, IMO, to use "ur". I mean, come the hell on.

I'm an elitist snob, aren't I? I can't help it! I just, I draw so much of an opinion from what I'm shown via text interaction. In this case it shouldn't matter - I'm looking to work out, not add my little contribution to the gene pool - but it still sort of does. Bleh.