This whole thing makes me want to use fewer of Google's products.
What you did to me was unbelievable, Connor. But then I got stuck in a hell dimension by my girlfriend one time for a hundred years, so three months under the ocean actually gave me perspective. Kind of a M.C. Escher perspective, but I did get time to think.
Angel ,'Conviction (1)'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
askye - Jul 26, 2011 8:53:33 am PDT #18105 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
Tom Scola - Jul 26, 2011 8:55:44 am PDT #18106 of 30001
hwæt
You're not Google's customer. Google's advertisers are their customers. You're Google's product.
Jesse - Jul 26, 2011 8:57:10 am PDT #18107 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ditto Facebook, of course. I do think the different ways they (mis)treat users are interesting, in some kind of corporate-culture-analysis way.
Amy - Jul 26, 2011 8:58:31 am PDT #18108 of 30001
Because books.
Now I'm nervous. My Gmail email account is my only account, really. I'm using the Internet wrong.
megan walker - Jul 26, 2011 8:58:32 am PDT #18109 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
It makes me a little sad I chose Blogger and not Wordpress, which is the only thing I have associated with my gmail account that is not a person I know (since I use my Yahoo for all other online activity). My emails are too perfect to want to have to shed either.
megan walker - Jul 26, 2011 9:02:21 am PDT #18110 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Speaking of online corporations, I just opened an Ally checking account with the idea that I'll eventually close my Chase account. Anybody use them that can report on their ATM fee refund system? I refuse to pay ATM fees and have zero interest if there will be any charge associated with (domestic) withdrawals.
askye - Jul 26, 2011 9:03:24 am PDT #18111 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
Google's applications then, I guess that's the better word for it.
How is this - it makes me want to stop using Gmail, Chrome, Google, Google Docs, and anything else like that I use.
Better?
Kate P. - Jul 26, 2011 9:21:04 am PDT #18112 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
YES. Crisp days that are cool but sunny, grey days with fog and drizzle, and drifts of fallen leaves to scuffle through. Plus, Halloween.
WANT. I used to think I didn't mind the heat that much, but damn, I am sick of it now. Want fall. And rain, and highs in the 50s, and freshly-picked apples.
And a nap.
Kathy A - Jul 26, 2011 9:32:16 am PDT #18113 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Want fall. And rain, and highs in the 50s, and freshly-picked apples.
Except for the rain, ITA. We've had enough rain here in the past four days to last us the rest of the year, I think.
Fall is definitely my favorite time of year. Mid-50s, just cold enough for a jean jacket, the crunch of fallen leaves underfoot, overcast with a slight breeze--just perfect.
le nubian - Jul 26, 2011 9:36:05 am PDT #18114 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
After ita's post, I deleted Google+ access on one of my gmail accounts. I had 2 accts with Google+ (one was my pseudo account, one is my real name), I deleted + from the pseud.
I do not need any problems with that pseud account which is my primary email address for all services when I don't want to give out my real addy. I have bills in there, all kinds of stuff that I would not want to go poof! in the night.
I'll give it a day, but I might go ahead and delete + on my real name acct because I can ill afford bullshit there.