So, I've been salmoned
Here's a conversation I just had after posting to randompictures:
(8:47:22 AM) MicroSalmon: A penis is being waved at you. How do you respond?
(8:47:41 AM) srrevolt1: karate chop
(8:47:42 AM) microsalmon is now known as MicroSalmon.
(8:47:46 AM) MicroSalmon: Well *that's* a new response.
(8:47:54 AM) srrevolt1: Who's this?
(8:48:19 AM) MicroSalmon: I'm E. We're being "salmoned", are you familiar w/it?
(8:48:28 AM) srrevolt1: Nopr
(8:48:32 AM) srrevolt1: Nope, rather
(8:49:48 AM) MicroSalmon: M'kay, one sec., I'll see if I can get you a link.
(8:52:22 AM) MicroSalmon: Here we go...
(8:52:25 AM) MicroSalmon: http://community.livejournal.com/themissinghat/
(8:52:44 AM) MicroSalmon: I'm hoping no one removed any bit o/the link or changed it w/the filter on its way to you.
(8:53:19 AM) srrevolt1: I think it worked, I'll give it a check out.
(8:54:11 AM) MicroSalmon: Basically "salmoning" is a 3rd party type o/conferencing bot thingy run by someone else that randomly pulls screennames from LJ profiles & "conferences" them, most often just after they've posted *or* if they go to this site & request it:
(8:54:14 AM) MicroSalmon: http://project-upstream.awardspace.com/
(8:55:44 AM) MicroSalmon: Just out of curiousity, where are you located? The last person I met this way was in AU.
(8:56:13 AM) srrevolt1: I'm in East Peoria, IL. You?
(8:56:24 AM) srrevolt1: This is really cool. I did just post to a community on LJ.
(8:56:29 AM) MicroSalmon: Northern VA.
(8:56:33 AM) srrevolt1: Nice.
(8:56:33 AM) MicroSalmon: Yeah, I did, too. :)
(8:56:36 AM) MicroSalmon: What
(8:56:39 AM) MicroSalmon: s your name?
(8:56:43 AM) srrevolt1: Chris. You?
(8:56:51 AM) MicroSalmon: Erin. Nice to meet you.
(8:56:57 AM) srrevolt1: Nice to meet you too.
(8:57:15 AM) MicroSalmon: Oh, another question - what does my screenname look like to you?
(8:57:25 AM) srrevolt1: Were you just randomly salmoned, and that's how you found out about it? Or did you find out somewhere else?
(8:57:31 AM) MicroSalmon: Yours looks like "LeadSalmon".
(8:57:32 AM) srrevolt1: MicroSalmon.
(8:57:57 AM) MicroSalmon: No, my roommate was salmoned & I figured out what it was for her. She was convinced it was a virus.
(8:58:08 AM) MicroSalmon: Aw, I'm a wee salmon! NanoSalmon.
(8:58:08 AM) srrevolt1: So, do you ask everyone what their response is to a penis being waved at them?
(8:59:17 AM) MicroSalmon: ::laughing:: Yeah, this one was a bit more rowdy than the usual ones. Whatever is said, it looks like ea.person is initiating the IM w/the other using the same phrase/link/question, etc.
(8:59:34 AM) MicroSalmon: Last time me & the other person thought the other RickRolled us.
(8:59:40 AM) MicroSalmon: Via YouTube video.
(8:59:52 AM) srrevolt1: Awesome.
(9:00:06 AM) MicroSalmon: Before that the salmoning was a bit dour. Lots o/end o/the world nonsense. This one was kinda funny.
(9:00:45 AM) srrevolt1: I thought you were my friend Levi to be completely honest, or maybe my cousin who I haven't talked to in a while. Either of them I wouldn't have been that surprised by the question.
(9:01:06 AM) MicroSalmon: o_O Does that happen to them often?
(9:01:08 AM) MicroSalmon: :D
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(9:01:15 AM) MicroSalmon: Tell them to move.
(9:01:34 AM) MicroSalmon: I suggest a change o/scenery.
(9:01:38 AM) srrevolt1: No, but they would start conversations with people in that way, at least I could imagine they would.
(9:01:52 AM) MicroSalmon: ::laughs:: Right on.
(9:02:05 AM) MicroSalmon: I think everyone has a friend like that.
(9:02:08 AM) srrevolt1: Yeah, they're both funny and crazy, which is cool.
(9:02:41 AM) MicroSalmon: Very much so. That describes pretty much all o/my friends.
(9:02:56 AM) srrevolt1: Yeah, I guess it does me too really.
(9:03:09 AM) srrevolt1: I'm 26, how about you?
(9:03:19 AM) MicroSalmon: 29.
(9:03:26 AM) srrevolt1: Coolio.
(9:03:49 AM) srrevolt1: Sorry, I know that's lame to say, but I still think it's funny. I guess I'm stuck in like '94.
(9:04:06 AM) MicroSalmon: ::laughing again:: I suppose. So what are you doing up @ this hour on a freakin' Sat.morning, anyway?
(9:04:45 AM) srrevolt1: My wife had to work early, so I got up when she did so I could see her off. Also, Diablo 3 was just announced over night, and I wanted to check that out.
(9:05:02 AM) MicroSalmon: Aaaah, I see.
(9:05:28 AM) MicroSalmon: Never been much into video games myself, but I wish I were. They look like they might be fun, but they don't keep my interest.
(9:05:32 AM) MicroSalmon: What does your wife do?
(9:06:02 AM) srrevolt1: She's a registrar in the ER in one of the Hospitals in Peoria.
(9:06:19 AM) MicroSalmon: Okay. How 'bout you?
(9:06:57 AM) srrevolt1: I work at Caterpillar. It's a tractor company. I work in payroll. I'm going to school also. What about you?
(9:07:42 AM) MicroSalmon: Culinary student & trying to figure out what I can do in addition that'll work w/the f/t school schedule & still help w/bills.
(9:09:34 AM) srrevolt1: Yeah, I'm going to a community college right now so my school schedule is still pretty flexible. When I get to the 4 year though, that's gonna really tough. My job is pretty cool about giving me a flexible enough schedule though. I get to go to class in the middle of the day this fall, which is nice.
(9:10:13 AM) MicroSalmon: That is pretty nice & I envy you. :)
(9:11:05 AM) MicroSalmon: ::looks @ time:: Oof, and speaking of culinary stuff, I have a cooking party to attend this evening, and I've not yet been to sleep very much, so I'm going to hit the sack. But listen, it was nice to meet you. My screenname's ch3shyrecat if you ever feel like dropping me a line.
(9:11:09 AM) srrevolt1: Yeah, like I said though, once I hit the four year, I'll have to figure something else out, because it's gonna be tough.
(9:11:42 AM) srrevolt1: I'm srrevolt1, which is my highschool sn if you're wondering why it's so lame. Nice to meet you too.
I didn't have the heart to tell her I was taking a dump during the majority of the conversation. It was pretty cool though.
(8:47:22 AM) MicroSalmon: A penis is being waved at you. How do you respond?
(8:47:41 AM) srrevolt1: karate chop
(8:47:42 AM) microsalmon is now known as MicroSalmon.
(8:47:46 AM) MicroSalmon: Well *that's* a new response.
(8:47:54 AM) srrevolt1: Who's this?
(8:48:19 AM) MicroSalmon: I'm E. We're being "salmoned", are you familiar w/it?
(8:48:28 AM) srrevolt1: Nopr
(8:48:32 AM) srrevolt1: Nope, rather
(8:49:48 AM) MicroSalmon: M'kay, one sec., I'll see if I can get you a link.
(8:52:22 AM) MicroSalmon: Here we go...
(8:52:25 AM) MicroSalmon: http://community.livejournal.com/themissinghat/
(8:52:44 AM) MicroSalmon: I'm hoping no one removed any bit o/the link or changed it w/the filter on its way to you.
(8:53:19 AM) srrevolt1: I think it worked, I'll give it a check out.
(8:54:11 AM) MicroSalmon: Basically "salmoning" is a 3rd party type o/conferencing bot thingy run by someone else that randomly pulls screennames from LJ profiles & "conferences" them, most often just after they've posted *or* if they go to this site & request it:
(8:54:14 AM) MicroSalmon: http://project-upstream.awardspace.com/
(8:55:44 AM) MicroSalmon: Just out of curiousity, where are you located? The last person I met this way was in AU.
(8:56:13 AM) srrevolt1: I'm in East Peoria, IL. You?
(8:56:24 AM) srrevolt1: This is really cool. I did just post to a community on LJ.
(8:56:29 AM) MicroSalmon: Northern VA.
(8:56:33 AM) srrevolt1: Nice.
(8:56:33 AM) MicroSalmon: Yeah, I did, too. :)
(8:56:36 AM) MicroSalmon: What
(8:56:39 AM) MicroSalmon: s your name?
(8:56:43 AM) srrevolt1: Chris. You?
(8:56:51 AM) MicroSalmon: Erin. Nice to meet you.
(8:56:57 AM) srrevolt1: Nice to meet you too.
(8:57:15 AM) MicroSalmon: Oh, another question - what does my screenname look like to you?
(8:57:25 AM) srrevolt1: Were you just randomly salmoned, and that's how you found out about it? Or did you find out somewhere else?
(8:57:31 AM) MicroSalmon: Yours looks like "LeadSalmon".
(8:57:32 AM) srrevolt1: MicroSalmon.
(8:57:57 AM) MicroSalmon: No, my roommate was salmoned & I figured out what it was for her. She was convinced it was a virus.
(8:58:08 AM) MicroSalmon: Aw, I'm a wee salmon! NanoSalmon.
(8:58:08 AM) srrevolt1: So, do you ask everyone what their response is to a penis being waved at them?
(8:59:17 AM) MicroSalmon: ::laughing:: Yeah, this one was a bit more rowdy than the usual ones. Whatever is said, it looks like ea.person is initiating the IM w/the other using the same phrase/link/question, etc.
(8:59:34 AM) MicroSalmon: Last time me & the other person thought the other RickRolled us.
(8:59:40 AM) MicroSalmon: Via YouTube video.
(8:59:52 AM) srrevolt1: Awesome.
(9:00:06 AM) MicroSalmon: Before that the salmoning was a bit dour. Lots o/end o/the world nonsense. This one was kinda funny.
(9:00:45 AM) srrevolt1: I thought you were my friend Levi to be completely honest, or maybe my cousin who I haven't talked to in a while. Either of them I wouldn't have been that surprised by the question.
(9:01:06 AM) MicroSalmon: o_O Does that happen to them often?
(9:01:08 AM) MicroSalmon: :D
(9:01:13 AM) Logging started. Future messages in this conversation will be logged.
(9:01:15 AM) MicroSalmon: Tell them to move.
(9:01:34 AM) MicroSalmon: I suggest a change o/scenery.
(9:01:38 AM) srrevolt1: No, but they would start conversations with people in that way, at least I could imagine they would.
(9:01:52 AM) MicroSalmon: ::laughs:: Right on.
(9:02:05 AM) MicroSalmon: I think everyone has a friend like that.
(9:02:08 AM) srrevolt1: Yeah, they're both funny and crazy, which is cool.
(9:02:41 AM) MicroSalmon: Very much so. That describes pretty much all o/my friends.
(9:02:56 AM) srrevolt1: Yeah, I guess it does me too really.
(9:03:09 AM) srrevolt1: I'm 26, how about you?
(9:03:19 AM) MicroSalmon: 29.
(9:03:26 AM) srrevolt1: Coolio.
(9:03:49 AM) srrevolt1: Sorry, I know that's lame to say, but I still think it's funny. I guess I'm stuck in like '94.
(9:04:06 AM) MicroSalmon: ::laughing again:: I suppose. So what are you doing up @ this hour on a freakin' Sat.morning, anyway?
(9:04:45 AM) srrevolt1: My wife had to work early, so I got up when she did so I could see her off. Also, Diablo 3 was just announced over night, and I wanted to check that out.
(9:05:02 AM) MicroSalmon: Aaaah, I see.
(9:05:28 AM) MicroSalmon: Never been much into video games myself, but I wish I were. They look like they might be fun, but they don't keep my interest.
(9:05:32 AM) MicroSalmon: What does your wife do?
(9:06:02 AM) srrevolt1: She's a registrar in the ER in one of the Hospitals in Peoria.
(9:06:19 AM) MicroSalmon: Okay. How 'bout you?
(9:06:57 AM) srrevolt1: I work at Caterpillar. It's a tractor company. I work in payroll. I'm going to school also. What about you?
(9:07:42 AM) MicroSalmon: Culinary student & trying to figure out what I can do in addition that'll work w/the f/t school schedule & still help w/bills.
(9:09:34 AM) srrevolt1: Yeah, I'm going to a community college right now so my school schedule is still pretty flexible. When I get to the 4 year though, that's gonna really tough. My job is pretty cool about giving me a flexible enough schedule though. I get to go to class in the middle of the day this fall, which is nice.
(9:10:13 AM) MicroSalmon: That is pretty nice & I envy you. :)
(9:11:05 AM) MicroSalmon: ::looks @ time:: Oof, and speaking of culinary stuff, I have a cooking party to attend this evening, and I've not yet been to sleep very much, so I'm going to hit the sack. But listen, it was nice to meet you. My screenname's ch3shyrecat if you ever feel like dropping me a line.
(9:11:09 AM) srrevolt1: Yeah, like I said though, once I hit the four year, I'll have to figure something else out, because it's gonna be tough.
(9:11:42 AM) srrevolt1: I'm srrevolt1, which is my highschool sn if you're wondering why it's so lame. Nice to meet you too.
I didn't have the heart to tell her I was taking a dump during the majority of the conversation. It was pretty cool though.