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Mar 30, 2007

What GTalk status messages are really for

It’s not for letting people know you’ve popped out for lunch, or are in a meeting. No. It’s for reliving David Bowie in frightwig and tights, as evidenced by this little interlude this morning. No conversation required – you don’t need to talk and you can get on with other things quite happily. Just let your status do the talking.

Because it’s all about status.

anna’s new status message – you remind me of the babe
Meg’s new status message – what babe?
anna’s new status message – the babe with the power
Meg’s new status message – what power?
anna’s new status message – the power of voodoo
Meg’s new status message – whodo?
anna’s new status message – you do!
Meg’s new status message – I do what?
anna’s new status message – remind me of the baiib!
Meg’s new status message – what babe?
anna’s new status message – the babe with the power
Meg’s new status message – what power?
anna’s new status message – the power of voodoo!
Meg’s new status message – whoodoo?
anna’s new status message – you do
Meg’s new status message – I do wha?
anna’s new status message – remind me of the babe
Meg’s new status message – WHAT babe? Dammit!
anna’s new status message – the babe with the power – seriously, this could go on all day
Meg’s new status message – But why does a babe need power? I don’t understand. What is it, glow in the dark?
anna’s new status message – not that kind of power
Meg’s new status message – Then what kind of power? Is this some esoteric inner-resilience and moral fortitude thing?
anna’s new status message – No! It is the power of ‘voodoo’!
Meg’s new status message – What is this voo doo you speak of? And whoo doo?
anna’s new status message – voo·doo (vÅ«’dÅ«) pronunciation. A religion practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries, especially Haiti, syncretized from Roman Catholic ritual elements and the animism and magic of slaves from West Africa, in which a supreme God rules a large pantheon of local and tutelary deities. Oh, and You Do.

Hoping we don’t see a Grease revival on Twitter anytime soon.

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  1. An Unreliable Witness says:
    March 30, 2007 at 1:11 pm

    It’s quite true. Exchanges via the Google Talk status field are the fashionable new way to communicate, and I have been popularising this trend for quite some time. An added bonus is that it’s one step removed from having a full conversation, which is quite an appealing idea for nervous, socially awkward types (like myself) who find even beginning an instant messaging conversation akin to a fingernail-biting nightmare.

  2. graybo says:
    March 30, 2007 at 1:58 pm

    Excellent. At this rate, not-having-a-conversation will be the new having-a-conversation. Next thing you know, being a luddite will be the new geekery. I can’t wait.

  3. Syrrys says:
    March 30, 2007 at 3:29 pm

    Ha awesome… totally need to watch the Labyrinth again!

  4. Clair says:
    March 30, 2007 at 9:41 pm

    Heeheehee…Oh this made me snigger.

    And I’m going to have that clip going round my head for the rest of the evening now…

    “I saw my baby crying hard as babe could cry…”

  5. mathew says:
    April 18, 2007 at 5:10 pm

    i don’t quite get enough [non-spam] email for me to justify leaving it open all day and adium doesn’t allow gtalk so i suppose this sort of thing would never happen to me. but if it did! i am prepared for such an incident.

    ‘i saw my baby, crying hard as babe could cry…’

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