by BeachBall on Mon Oct 29, 2007 9:30 am
Okay - so I've just read the thread that you link to in your signature line, and I guess the answer probably lies in the somewhat unusual response you give to the "s" part of the query.
But so what?
As somebody wisely said - this place is about communication, not alienation. And what I've always loved about internet MBs is this very fact that you get to communicate directly with the PERSON that somebody is, without getting distracted or diverted by any preconceptions or prejudices that you may have based around their looks, or social class, or the way they speak or any of that crap. It's the most reliable way I've ever known of getting to know what the inner person is really like.
And that, BTW, is why I never ask a/s/l - I think that on the whole the answers are likely to get in the way of good communication, rather than enhance it.
(Oh - and in case anyone was wondering, my typing skills are next to non-existent. That's why so many of my posts get edited!)