Re: Party Online - a Curmudgeonly view of chat

[Ray McCrary <spook01@mindspring.com>]

Paul,
Chat rooms seem to appeal to the 'Beavis and Butthead' mentality.
Most people can't type as fast as they think, and they feel the compulsion
to say SOMETHING, so they tend to produce mental farts.
Besides, on the lists, you can take your time, read what you want and
delete what you don't like.
Ray 

At 07:16 AM 12/17/97 -0800, KILE, PAUL D wrote:
>Can someone explain to me the allure of chat rooms?  An MG friend sent
>me the address of a chat room he set up, and in the ten or fifteen times