Yay! I knew it would happen sooner or later!

[apocalypsos]

Today, I got an email. It said,

Dear trollprincess,

Congratulations! You're now officially the only person on the planet who doesn't have a Gmail account! Please have this Oreo we found under our desks, our deepest condolences, and 6 Gmail invites.

Sincerely,

Gmail Support Staff

So, now I have no Gmail account, but I do have a cookie. And some lint I scraped off the cookie.

Life is good. :)

Comments

[alicamel.livejournal.com]

You're not the only person.

What is gmail and why does everyone want an account? It's like a super!sekrit!club, or something...

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

It's a Google-run email account with 1Gb of space. They try to control the flow of takers by issuing invites to people who've already got accounts, but if my friends list is any indication, they're annoying and hard to get rid of. Personally, I like not having one ... it makes me feel special. :)

[channonyarrow.livejournal.com]

I didn't want a Gmail account either. A "friend" of mine who may no longer be a friend signed me up involuntarily.

I should look into just deleting the damned thing.

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[frito-kal.livejournal.com]

So... you're.. offended and annoyed because you have another email address.. that.. no one is sitting on you and making you log into?

HUH?

Re: ...

[channonyarrow.livejournal.com]

No. The problem is that she emails it.

I have asked her not to. I am not going to set up a redirect on it just so that she can continue to do what I fucking asked her not to.

Especially since I told her to start with that I did not want a Gmail address and it's set up anyway. And yes, I don't check it. Things are, as far as I know, getting interesting in the rpg we comod...she's emailing the box I don't use for plot/mod stuff.

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[marginaliana]

Wow. That's, like, the epitome of thoughtlessness. "Hi. I'm going to send you really important mail, like your bank statement and stuff, but I'm going to send it to your name c/o Pamela Anderson. It's up to you to make the arrangements with her to receive your mail. And of course I'm doing this for you because I'm nice and wonderful and helping you establish a relationship with Pamela Anderson." What a great friend.

[azurelunatic]

It used to be Super Geek Cred to get one.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

See? I have a "Lord of the Rings" tattoo, so I don't need any more Super Geek Cred. :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/___destijl/]

Do I get any Geek Cred for writing my first fic?

[azurelunatic]

Is it in bad taste to bust out with "She's a super-geek! She's super-geeky!" this soon after Rick James has died?

[http://users.livejournal.com/___destijl/]

XD

[penmage.livejournal.com]

It's good because of the gig of storage space. I have one solely for large files and email storage and the like. Convenient, you know?

[cmstephens.livejournal.com]

It's also good for the "conversation" feature, where an exchange of a series of messages between people is presented in a continuous format, instead of forcing you to have to open 20 different messages just to see what's going on...