Are your parents on-line as in Multiply, MySpace, 360, etc.? If so are you connected to them?
My parents (both deceased) never even used a computer. I take that back....my son did try to teach my mother how to use our PC right before she was killed. She damn near destroyed my mouse! LOL Her last words before she left my desk were, "To hell with this internet shit!" My son got a good laugh outta that.
I do have some older relatives who use email & such but only one who is into groups, blogging, etc. We are in a music group together & were connected on 360 until she pissed me off, but that's it. I really don't want my elder relatives to infiltrate my online activities & will block them with the quickness if they tried. I have sense enough to know that on-line activity isn't private, but as long as my elders don't come sniffing around, I'm cool.
I'll leave you with this (and those who've heard the Muda Tales know this one). Way back when the internet was all the hype on tv commercials, she asked, "Who is this www dot fella they keep talking about on the television?" We laughed so hard we cried. We expected nothing less from a woman who only had one Ma Bell rotary dial phone in her house and flat out refused to get call waiting.
OMG... if my family shared my world over here... I would be ousted from the family... lol My mom is as basic as simple emailing and browsing... But when it comes to profiling and online networking... nawwww she aint there yet... She's computer savvy,,, but not this, not yet... She keeps saying to me and the kids when mentioning our pages...."Yall still on that Myspace thing"... lmao at the very thought of her saying it like that means she aint ready...lol My dad, I dont know what he logs onto... but thats a whole nother issue... But most of my family are on Myspace... so i keep that open for them... but I dont want them anywhere near my Multiply address... you mofo's know more shit than they do... I dont even wanna share my sites with my guy... cuz when I need to vent about him then i do... Or when i need to discuss stuff outside of him this is where I do it... But thankfully he's not big on this kinda stuff anyway... Not that I would need to be sensored... but its like the tv show Cheers... I want a place where everybody knows my name and I can be free... I think I found that here... I think..
ReplyDeleteNow, Im getting nervous wondering have they been spying on my pc and shit...lol
My mother only uses email. She is on on Myspace or any of that stuff. I doubt my father is. Only family member who does blogs, etc. is my biological sister.
ReplyDelete*lol* My mom refuses to use the net. Every now and then she'll do one of those ... "Call you pull up (some thing or other) for me?" Usually, Its some herbal remedy or other (not weed ... heeheehee) or as Eddie Murphy put it "juices and berries". Sometimes I want to say, sit yo' arse down at this computer and pull it up yourself.
ReplyDeleteMy mom is choir president and she always gets me to type up her meeting things because she's afraid of breaking the computer. One day she got so frustrated, she asked me to, and I quote "Find that old word processor." Not even the type writer that gives you carpel tunneI ... not even the electric typewriter, but the dang word processor!!!! I hate word processors with a quickness *lmao*.
My grandfather does the same thing, which he can get away with it. But mom is just not excusable.
What kind of abuse is she inflicting on the poor machine... lol
ReplyDelete*lol* She just afraid for no reason. I always tell her that she can't break it, unless she picks it up and shakes it when no one is watching.
ReplyDeleteMy mom has been begging me to put her up on multiply! Iontknowboutalldat because we were connected on 360 and her ass never updated her page & she made me do all the work to set up & maintain it.
ReplyDeleteI like having my online privacy so to speak and I would feel family is violating my personal vent space if they joined me here.
lol.. Tell it wont bite... pc's and the net is gonna be more prevelant in the near future... so she better get on the band wagon... now...
ReplyDeleteThats what Im trying to say... oh.. wait.. I did say that... lol
ReplyDeleteIf my Mom were on I would not be as open about some stuff as I am now. LOL I don't need Mommy to know everythang!!! LOL
ReplyDeleteI'm the only internet crackhead in my blood family. All my "chosen family" is here though. I could NOT have any of my relatives on my Multiply/360/Myspace.. helll nawwww
ReplyDeleteSo you saying Im yo long lost cousin Bertha-Jean Marie-Alice (thats all one name...Im from the souf) lmao .... gimmie a big ole hug gal... lmaooooooooooo
ReplyDeleteROFL!!!
ReplyDeleteMy parents wouldn't be on, but I am #10 out of 11 children so needless to say I have brothers and sisters that are old enough to be my parents LOL. Some of them are getting more into the computer and the web, but I don't think they have joined any groups yet(well my sister may have, I wouldn't put it past her lol)
ReplyDeleteI put some of my family members up on msn groups. Matter of fact we have our own family group, so we can chat on the message boards and post pictures and things. But other than that, it's just a few of us in the family who are heavy into the computer stuff. My younger cousins just got their own computers at home, but they do the myspace & black planet thing, which ain't for me no mo.
ReplyDeleteOne of my closet cousins and of course my hubby are on 'Ply...
Aside from email, my mom and my sister aren't online. Neither one of them have the patience to create a myspace page to keep up with me (now that I'm no longer living in WI). My sister had a 360 page, got bored with it and then closed it. Oh well.
ReplyDeleteIf my family was online, I don't think I'd want to be connected to them. I don't want them knowing all of my biznazz.
My brother is getting a new computer. I'm not telling him nothing about my multiply. I will send him to facebook or myspace or something.
ReplyDeleteI love it here.
it seems that, according to the consensus, that most folks like their secluded little lives over here in the realms of Multiply... hmmm makes me wonder are yall mofo's hiding something... Is Mo really this hard nose woman thats always so mean to me... I bet she's just as gentle as a little lamb... lol
ReplyDeleteand TNP... are you on the run from the law or something... Checking the Post office data base right now...
and Cynthia... you got something you dont want your brother to know about...? Did you steal his crock pot and you Was about to blog about the joys of crocking... ?
And Silkee... Its alright if you wanna be my cousin 9 times removed... But can I borrow a lil cash til I get a job...You'll get it back... I promise... thats what family do for each other... lol
And Bigdaddy... 10 out of 11... hell I can see that you just wanna have you own section of the world to yourself... So yeah,,, dont share the link...
And Ncognegra..Im wondering is this where you come to secretly vent all those bad words thats pinned up on inside... say em loud, say em proud.... SHIT! FUCK! GOTDAMN! SONOFA BEAST.... awwww didnt that feel better...
And Stormy...we can't let your mom on the Ply yet, she might shut us down...
And Divam...you spoke the truff... I dont want them knowing my bizness either...
You all know Im just joking.... RIGHT?
Lord knows I would die if I were to run across my mom on a Myspace page. LMAO
ReplyDeleteMy mom works everyday on a comupter for her job, but she is clueless when it comes to the internet so I doubt she would be on there, and even if she did do the internet, she wouldn't be interested in sites like that. She would probably be on there playing Wheel of Fortune or Soduko or something lol
Is yo momma, my momma too.... thats sounds weirdly common... lol
ReplyDeletelol. I remember a few years back my mom was suprised you could pay bills on line she was like..uhh huh. I don't know bout all that mess yall do on dem computers, but it sound dangerous to me. lol
ReplyDeleteOk... for real now... Is your mom's name Evon.... and dont lie... cause it sounds like you talking bout my momma... lmao
ReplyDeleteNOOOOO! They know nothing about social web sites! And if they knew I had my picture on the Internet and an on-line diary (blog) they would be SOOOOO CONCERNED!
ReplyDeleteDo any of you find that your folks look at you sideways when you talk about your online activity and friends? They think I'm crazy or something when I'm like, "yeah, RedEye had wrote this blog about the dog that stole the dildo! And I was LMAO @ her..."
ReplyDeleteThat's my Dad. he had an email address for a while but I don't think he EVER checked it. And if he knew my picture was online he would probably blow a gasket and think because someone could see my picture they could come kill me or something. He over exaggerates like that.
ReplyDeleteSpeak my life! LOL Don't let someone I met online call my job. They think I am crazy as a loon!
ReplyDeleteWhen I told my people about the last love of my life *eyeroll* they were cool even when they met him, but when they found out I met him in a chat room, talk about deer in the headlights. My one (older) cousin even said stuff like, you don't know anything about him, where he lives (I did), where he works (I did) and all that other jazz. I politely reminded her I didn't know that same info about the guys in the club, but that didn't stop me from giving the brother a chance.
ReplyDeleteYou have to put it in terms that makes sense to non-online socializers.
You sure do. Speaking for myself, I have known more about any man I've met online before I laid eyes on him than I have guys I met on the street, at the store, or in a club.
ReplyDeleteOMG!!!! He must be related to MY PARENTS! LMAOOOOOOOO!
ReplyDeleteMy mother has an AOL account and the only website she joined was Classmates.com. She love sending out forwards too. Geeeez
ReplyDeleteGirl! Don't internet newbies love sending out forwards??? Some of my friends and coworkers ONLY send out forwards. Most times I delete as soon as I see their name in my inbox. LOL
ReplyDeleteMe too! Here are my peeves...
ReplyDelete* Don't forward something to me without deleting the other 500 forwards below yours! Do you REALLY think I'm going to scroll down just to read something stupid!
* I want to punch people in the neck for sending me the chain emails that say something will happen to you if you don't forward to so many people. Why would you send somebody that??!!!
I have a friend who does that exact thing!!!! I feel the same way. Why would you send that to somebody?????? If I feel like even being bothered I will forward it right back to her and only her. LMAO
ReplyDelete@ Sunshine & Twin, I started replying with "a pox on you for sending this mess!" LMAO
ReplyDelete...unless it was one of my older relatives who just don't know any better. They get a Senior Citizen pass.
I'm gonna borrow that one. LOL
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