What do you feel like saying, right now?

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

How so?

They’re like similar to AI spambots, but in a biological way. So kind of like the way I remember John explaining it to me when he was talking about what slows Greekchat down? So, like a virus, a spambot doesn’t have a mind of its own, it doesn’t run independently, and it doesn’t create anything new. It just sits there as an inactive line of code, until it finds a system to exploit. The moment it gets access to a server or an email chain, it takes over, copying itself and spreading, just like a virus infecting a host. But would anyone call an AI spambot alive? No, because it doesn’t think, it doesn’t adapt without external programming, and it can’t function without something to latch onto.

So, are viruses alive? Only in the same way that spambots are, like, by causing problems, replicating uncontrollably, and making everyone’s life a little more miserable. I mean, it’s not like they run the show, they just hijack the system. And just like how good cybersecurity can stop spambots, good vaccines and hygiene can keep viruses in check. But calling them alive (like some people do) is giving them way too much credit.

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

It hasn’t even been a week yet LOL. But here’s to hope.

Fingers crossed.

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

LMAO! What’d the messages say? Which dating site was it?

It was eharmony. I saw that I was getting messages but I couldn’t view them unless I paid for membership and I was NOT doing that. So, I don’t know what the messages said. I was just assuming they were cheesy pickup lines. Plus, at the time, I had already formed an online friendship with my now hubby, and that was free. I like free. I mean, you know the whole thing about how that went, lol. I eventually screenshot our back and forth messages from back then and put them in my scrapbook. I still read them and laugh, or when I want to call him out on something he says he didn’t say. Messages don’t lie.

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

Besides getting jelly filled, nasty ass, heart-shaped boxes of chocolate, what’s everybody got planned for Valentine’s Day?

My husband and I took the day off and are pretending we live in a kid-free world for a few hours. So far, we’ve actually had coffee without interruption, and I swear it feels like a luxury. We’re just trying to slow time down before school lets out and chaos resumes, lol.

Originally Posted by XAntoftheSkyX

I see so many clips of videos on social media of people acting crazy about dating, relationships, marriage and kids that I cannot believe those are their opinions. Men shaming women for having a higher body count than they want, and women shaming men for not having a high-paying job in the six to seven figures. Both have very unrealistic standards for a date's physical appearance in stereotypical ways.

I never went to bars, I never hit on women at clubs, every woman I dated were friends or people I met through social groups or shared activities. Plenty of them had issues, of which I'm also not innocent of. But they were much more down to earth than the people you see all over social media perpetuating these realities until they manifest in other's lives.

Yep. I mean, based on what I hear at work from others, social media makes dating seem like a game where everyone has unrealistic standards, but in reality, most people just want a real connection. Know what I mean?

Oh, and I love that you met people naturally, because emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and character matter just as much as physical attraction. Social media thrives on drama, not reality. I mean, honestly? Love isn’t a transaction, it’s built on connection, not checklists.

I’m not sure if I’ve asked you or not, but how did you and your wife meet?