Did Nabokov invent the smiley?

Times Interviewer: How do you rank yourself among writers (living) and of the immediate past?

Nabokov: I often think there should exist a special typographical sign for a smile– some sort of concave mark, a supine round bracket, which I would now like to trace in reply to your question.


IRC Courtship

#904301 +(571)- [X]

Rosti, can I ask you something as a close friend?

you could ask me something as a complete stranger, but go ahead

Do you reckon Emma would go out with me if I asked her?

errr….

ask her yourself?

no fucking way until I get a second opinion

dude she’s in the channel

no she isn’t

yeah she is mate, look up

she got op’d yesterday

fuck

PLAN B

spam the channel

with text

so it goes

hi

off her scrollback

ahaha

FUCK

* massacre has quit (PLAN C!!!)

I’m going to go install Windows 7 right now

so I’ll be offline for a bit

if he gets the balls to come back in here in the meantime tell him the answer is yes

rofl

* Audia has quit (QUIT)

that was some hardcore nerd courtship ritual right there

Oh man, I wish I could fuck up asking a girl out that badly and still succeed


omegle paradox

A chat I read:

Connecting to server…

You’re now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!

A word of advice: “asl” is boring. Please find something more interesting to talk about!

Stranger: 春哥纯爷们

Stranger: 暗号

You: yeah

Stranger: hehe

Stranger: from?

You: hong kong

Stranger: 香港的啊

You: yes

Stranger: 我以为又是外国人

Stranger: 我是中国的

You: sometimes…

Stranger: 刚刚见到一个印度的一来就问我是不是女的

You: haha yeah totatally

Stranger: 真是色

You: haha seriously?

Stranger: 额 这个 我英语不太好

You: lol cool

Stranger: seriously means

Stranger: Iam 初中生

You: are you?

You: thats cool\

Stranger: so

Stranger: what

Stranger: 你哪?

You: why do you type in chinese AND english?

You: it’s kinda weird

You: but cool at the same time

Stranger: 不好了 我的英语家教来了

Stranger: 我又要补课了

Stranger: 晕死

You: OMG

You: no way dude

You: you’re lying!

Stranger: 我的英语就是他教的 其实他教的很糙

Stranger: what?

Stranger: i lying???

You: i said no way dude

You: yeah

You: you have to be lying

You: theres no way thats true

Stranger: 拜托你打汉语好不 我英语不好啊

You: i don’t know if i can trust you anymore

Stranger: 你是不是HONK KONG 的啊???

You: yes i am from hong kong

Stranger: 怎么我们驴头不对马嘴

You: why do you say that?

Stranger: 你认不认得我说的话啊

You: oh

You: i see

You: gimme all your money

Stranger: 什么意思

You: i said GIMME YOUR MONEY

Stranger: 我就一初中生 英语水平不高

Stranger: GIMME 的意思

Stranger: 是?

You: WHAT PART OF GIMME YOUR MONEY DONT YOU UNDERSTAND!

You: MONEY. CASH. DOUGH. GIMME ALL OF IT

You: NOW

You: what’s your credit card number

Stranger: 我知道 you 和money 不知道GIMME

You: i need it

You: NOW

You: what was that?

Stranger: 怎么给你

You: you did what?

Stranger: 晕死 跟你说话我听不懂啊 好难

You know what would be the weirdest thing? If the person on the other end was doing the same thing…


What became of Steph

just t t because: i hope a bear eats you

just t t because: have some honey nut cheerios before you leve

dead fishiie: Okay

dead fishiie: I will

dead fishiie: I dont love you either

just t t because: fine

just t t because: i hope a bear eats you

just t t because: BUT

just t t because: you discover a majestic land inside his tomach

just t t because: and he you know

just t t because: digests you

just t t because: except when youre out again

just t t because: your VISIONS BACK

dead fishiie: Awesome.

just t t because: and you have B’S AGAIN!!!!

just t t because: and you will be skinny and have no scars

dead fishiie: Haha

dead fishiie: Wtf.

just t t because: and the stomach acid made your hair straight

just t t because: scars on your legs

dead fishiie: I had cs from the start

just t t because: and it coats you with protection

just t t because: so you will never get weird rashes again

dead fishiie: Good

just t t because: doesnt that sound nice? dont you want to get eaten and digested by a bear now?

dead fishiie: Idea

dead fishiie: Yes

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——-I want some majestic bear stomach acid…