Tuesday, September 9, 2008

in search of nice people

Remember that bumper sticker that read "Mean People Suck"? I think I might have had that sticker on my first car back when I plastered the damn thing with stickers I bought on Haight Street.

Anyways, I was thrilled to learn that there are human beings behaving humanly online of all places. And why not? Most office people spend the most time online. I calculate roughly 6 of the nine hours I'm at work. (Although, now that I'm in charge of online advertising it's more like nine out of nine hours.)

So, as you can imagine, I manage to take some time off and surf the 'net while I'm at it. You know, the usual - IMing friends in New York, checking to see how many friend requests I have from old high school classmates on Facebook, and choosing what song I'd like on the Myspace profile. And of course, I have to get my daily dirt on Sarah Palin and update my blog or plan a getaway.

Sometimes, however, I need some advice on important and significant questions like: "Where should I eat for lunch?" Thank Jebus for forums like Yelp.com. (Yes, I'm a member there too.) It's always interesting to see how many people reply to a post. It's almost like doing an online social experiment.

I was craving some spicy soup today. Blame it on the change of weather. (Saturday was 100 degrees and Tuesday was 50 degrees). So asked of my fellow Yelpers, what soup would they recommend in my area that was soothing enough for the scratchy throat I was suffering from.

It just goes to show that I have more online friends, as Myspace and Facebook will show, because I got at least 40 responses within fifteen minutes of my original response. I got everything from types of soups, to restaurants to recipes. I even got a nasty response from someone who answered "warm jizz". How is one supposed to respond to that? "No thanks, semen gives me indigestion this early in the day."

But aside from that remark, I got a warm fuzzy feeling from my online experience. Although he probably already had a warm fuzzy feeling when he suggested that entree. In the end I settled for a health store version of instant freeze dried soup. (Ahh, organic potato leeks!)




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