My mom has 1010, my dad has 2048, my brother has Pokemon Go, and I have Words With Friends. We're all addicted to something on our phones. For some people it's Instagram likes, others cherish their Snapchat streaks. There are those who collect Facebook friends and those who get a stream of sweet messages from their loved ones. And then there is me...I compete against strangers online who are just as desperate to prove their intelligence as I am.
And in between the ads and the ads (there really are a ridiculous amount of ads), there are messages. There are the messages you expect, like middle aged men trying to hit on you.
What I love about this exchange is that Frank here thinks the issue is that he's older than my father. And it's not ideal, sure, but also you live in Ohio Frank. What is this, The Bachelorette for literacy advocates? I'm not going to be like those guys in middle school who claim their girlfriends are models in Canada. You're not fooling anyone and the best you can hope for it one day appearing on an episode of Catfish or that new show Ghosted which I am SHOCKED I have not been asked to appear on...yet.
But there are also messages you don't expect. Like everyone trying to make Google Hangouts happen.
I don't fully get it but I know it's a scam. And I stand by what I said. Hangouts is for conversing with coworkers. Not beginning an unnecessary and likely exploitative relationship with a stranger from western Europe.
I don't know what they do with your gmail address, but I do know that I get a lot of spammy emails that allege to be from PayPal and that back in December I apparently treated someone in Texas to $50 worth of Panda Express.
It's not all bad. I did play against Shannon Doherty one time.
So remember to practice stranger danger on the internet, don't give anyone you don't work with your gmail, and qi is a word. Who knew?
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