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More often than is convenient, I will get IMed or emailed by strangers who think that I am the only Tavie in the world, and therefore the Tavie they know. (Nevermind that their Tavies probably never gave them their email addresses, if they're simply guessing by IMing or emailing "tavie@aol.com"; let those Tavies worry about it.) My standard response is to politely inform them that they've gotten the wrong email address and I am not the Tavie they seek, and wish them good luck if I'm in a good mood.

Once in awhile the IMers will insist that I am their Tavie, playing a trick on them. At this point I block their IMs and am done with it; I've tried reasoning before with strangers, and unless I'm terrifically bored, I don't find it worth my time.

I just now got IMed by the same person under three different screen names. To the first screen name I explained that I was not who they sought. They insisted, I blocked. Immediately the same person under another screen name appeared. "Tavie rhymes with gravy, not savvy", they called me, proving that they are familiar with my newsgroup sig. (Then why give me a fake name when introducing yourself? If I know you, I know you. If I don't, I don't.) "Don't make me angry," they added right before I blocked them again.

Now a third screen name. "Do NOT block me again, I already have your IP address and I am getting angry. You do not want to make me angry," they threatened.

So I have been forced to block everyone except my friends, something I've been hesitant to do permanently (although I have implemented it on occasion for extended periods) for years because I have been contacted by legitimate friends of mine, in the past, who found me through my screen name.

Oh well. That's what you get, you fucking psychopaths.

Why are you in Tavie's head? 6:53 PM | shower me with attention