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You really don’t have to read the entirety of the conversation I just posted. But do read...

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who knows: I IMed you first. If I deny this later, I'm lying.
Seth Glickman: sounds good
Seth Glickman: who is this?
who knows: i'll answer if you tell me who you are
Seth Glickman: what specifically do you want to know?
who knows: i dunno, i find random IM's odd. do you know me?
Seth Glickman: random IMs are definitely odd... i'm trying to figure out if i know you
Seth Glickman: do i?
who knows: couldn't tell ya friend, you IM'd me, remember?
Seth Glickman: a-ha
Seth Glickman: it's a trap
who knows: a catch-22 of sorts, it would seem
who knows: well, are you in school?
Seth Glickman: not at the moment
who knows: from the states?
Seth Glickman: how about you? what are you up to at the moment
who knows: i'm currently working on a final for an english class
Seth Glickman: yeah, i'm from the states
Seth Glickman: take-home? or in-class
who knows: would be a take-home.
Seth Glickman: yeah, i figured
who knows: well good, that narrows down our chances of knowing one another
Seth Glickman: so tell me, how did you pick this screen name?
who knows: as a lad, i liked the game starfox 64. one of the smaller villians was a lizard named leon
who knows: he'd chime in often
who knows: i am the great leon
who knows: stuck with me
Seth Glickman: i've never played it, but a lot of my friends liked it
who knows: isn't a coho a type of salmon?
Seth Glickman: oh, haha, i meant how'd you pick my screen name
who knows: what do you mean how'd i pick your screen name?
Seth Glickman: allow me to restate my question
who knows: heh, restate away
Seth Glickman: what caused you to IM me, out of all of the possible people online right now?
who knows: you IM'd me
who knows: at 12:17, you asked: "Have you ever been diagnosed with a mental illness?"
who knows: that was the start of this conversation
Seth Glickman: without accepting the validity of your last few sentences, have you?
who knows: ha. i believe there was a stipulation to that answer. i believe you are supposed to tell me how you know me first
Seth Glickman: so the first thing you sent me (and indeed, the start to this conversation) was "I IMed you first. If I deny this later, I'm lying." Why was the rest of that, or any of it, really, required? It should have been obvious, I would think
who knows: hum. i'm afraid to say i didn't send that. i therefore assume one of two things: either this s/n is being used by someone that isn't me, OR, you are omitting the truth for the sake of a pleasant midnight conversation
Seth Glickman: a-ha
Seth Glickman: a midnight conversation
Seth Glickman: a hint to your whereabouts
Seth Glickman: your time zone, at least
who knows: indeed
Seth Glickman: and a hint to my whereabouts as well i suppose
who knows: i suppose so
Seth Glickman: since i probably wouldn't have caught that if i was in the same time zone
Seth Glickman: although
Seth Glickman: there are more possibilities for me than for you
who knows: i suppose so
who knows: i'm not all that concerned with giving out my location
who knows: i live in seattle
who knows: you are welcome to remain a mystery
Seth Glickman: i was born in seattle
who knows: lovely city, don't you think?
Seth Glickman: i don't really remember much of it, but i'm sure it is
who knows: so did you really receive an IM from this s/n first?
Seth Glickman: so what is it you like to do in your spare time, other than confuse poor AIM users
Seth Glickman: i certainly did receive an IM from you first
Seth Glickman: and i'm afraid that nothing you say will really convince me otherwise
who knows: that's really quite strange
who knows: and i wish i could say the same
Seth Glickman: well
Seth Glickman: you can't
Seth Glickman: since if you said "I received an IM from you first" that would be a lie
Seth Glickman: you *could* say "You received an IM from me first"
Seth Glickman: but you're right; you can't say the same
who knows: well
who knows: given my current academic situation and the time of night, i'm not particularly certain i've the mental capacity to argue
who knows: but in the end, we can agree, that i am right
Seth Glickman: what is your current academic situation?
who knows: i'm a senior at one of the universities here in seattle
Seth Glickman: english major?
who knows: indeed
Seth Glickman: or maybe philosophy (yikes)
who knows: and music
Seth Glickman: i like music
Seth Glickman: what kind of music do you listen to?
who knows: a challenging question to answer
who knows: i've got a softspot for just about every genre, really
who knows: you
Seth Glickman: well, any band that you enjoy listening to would be a fine answer
Seth Glickman: me?
Seth Glickman: right now my favorite bands would probably be...
Seth Glickman: radiohead
Seth Glickman: andrew bird
Seth Glickman: the love language
Seth Glickman: i tend to lean more towards indie rock
Seth Glickman: or rather indie music in general
Seth Glickman: i also like beirut, and the magnetic fields. there are others, but i'll spare you
who knows: that's cool, i haven't had as much exposure to indie music, but i suppose i like some of the more mainstream indie music, if you'll pardon my oxymoron
Seth Glickman: like?
who knows: i guess the much earlier stuff, dinosaur jr, sonic youth, and i have heard some andrew bird
Seth Glickman: nice
who knows: what's his new album...noble something, right?
Seth Glickman: noble beast, yeah
who knows: that one
Seth Glickman: it's pretty good
who knows: i think my roommate has one of his live cd's around here
who knows: fingerlings, he says
who knows: is that one?
Seth Glickman: yeah
Seth Glickman: there were a few fingerlings
Seth Glickman: i think at least 3
Seth Glickman: i think it's what he calls his live cds, but i could be wrong
who knows: ah
who knows: it's white on the cover with green swooshs all over it
Seth Glickman: hmmm, i'm not sure
Seth Glickman: i don't love listening to most live music
who knows: it says andrew bird on it too
who knows: so i'm guessing it's him
Seth Glickman: most likely
Seth Glickman: so what could possibly be on your final that led to such procrastination efforts?
who knows: is there anyway to coax you into telling me the truth over the start of this conversation?
who knows: perhaps i should ask why you thought i had a mental illness
who knows: ha, who says i'm procrastinating?
Seth Glickman: touché
Seth Glickman: also, note that your supposed statement that I asked you was "Have you ever been diagnosed with a mental illness?" -- which doesn't imply that I thought you had a mental illness
who knows: i yield
Seth Glickman: purely hypothetically speaking, let's assume for the moment that a person somewhere (not me) has started a conversation in this manner - call him or her person A
Seth Glickman: person A may have a relative who was recently diagnosed with a mental illness, and be seeking more information on the subject
Seth Glickman: person A may just be curious -- does a random user of AOL Instant Messenger have a history of mental illness?
who knows: a plausible scenario
who knows: however
who knows: person A might be surprised to find that such a blunt line of interrogation is not always so well met on said AOL instant messenger
who knows: lucky for person A, person b (not necessarily me) does not fall into that category
Seth Glickman: well luckily for us, person A is completely irrelevant to our current conversation, as neither of us started the conversation with the question "Have you ever been diagnosed with a mental illness?"
Seth Glickman: also
Seth Glickman: it's curious to note that while you will accept some quoted lines from earlier in the conversation as the truth, such as when I quoted that question back to you, you refuse to accept others, like your original statement
who knows: might i, briefly, take the route of this conversation on a tangent? i do promise to come back
Seth Glickman: you don't need to come back, as denying your involvement in the beginning of the conversation is a little tiresome
Seth Glickman: but
Seth Glickman: please
Seth Glickman: a tangent
who knows: lol
who knows: i do apologize for being wearisome, it is not deliberate. your s/n "ornerycoho"
Seth Glickman: is there a question involved here? or even a full sentence?
who knows: is your s/n "ornerycoho" a bot?
Seth Glickman: you make a dangerous assumption at the start of that question
who knows: how so?
Seth Glickman: you assume that the screen name "ornerycoho" somehow belongs to me
Seth Glickman: when in fact it does not, and i had not heard of it prior to your question
Seth Glickman: so
who knows: i mean nothing to be dangerous or offensive, i'm merely curious and this has been a nice break from my finals
Seth Glickman: i'm really in no position to answer that
who knows: interesting

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