everything mrs. g. knows about technology she learned from the amish, part 536 and 537
Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at 3:16PM Mrs. G. 
A few days ago, Mrs. G. noticed the above question in her Facebook status box. Frozen in fear, she sat for at least ten minutes contemplating the following:
1) She had finally lost her everloving mind and was writing to herself without being aware of writing to herself.
2) Wanda had hacked into her computer to push her over the edge and force her to deal with a couple of the many chinks in her armor.
3. She had finally lost her everloving mind and was writing to herself without being aware she was writing to herself.
Mrs. G. summoned her on-again-off-again heroism and accused her daughter, who was sitting just too innocently across the room, of messing with her. Her daughter explained Facebook was responsible for the rhetorical question, and then she proceeded to laugh her ass off. It was Sea Biscuit PTSD all over again.
Mrs. G. was mildy affronted, but mainly she was relieved.
And...
If you have one of these on your blogs and Mrs. G. leaves a comment, rest assured she adores you, because she despises these wily bastards.
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Reader Comments (31)
Those comment veris make me weep. Once there was one on Juggling Jenn's blog that took me longer to fill out than our refinancing paperwork.
Wanda is definitely not a happy person.
Oh thank you for the link to that old post! I needed a good laugh today. And Wanda is a real winner, huh?
Well, that explains it! You are not alone in your wondering. Now it is the first thing I see when I open FB, and I keep thinking, was I chatting with someone and left off the conversation? I should have figured it was something new, and not something I've been missing for the last X # of years I've been on FB.
I haaaaate those things. Took me 5, count 'em 5 tries to leave a comment on my sister's blog the other day. I only kept trying because I love her so. It takes persistence. I have noticed the new, casual comments from FB in that space. My only thought is, "Lame".
I have a friend who posts beautiful photos, but the "codes" he wants me to recreate are in two parts....a two or three digit number that is so blurry one cannot figure it out and a series of letters which,like those you've shown us, are difficult if not impossible to read,nevermind recreate. Bah!
Totally agree on both counts--FB asking me "How's it going, Marty?" threw me for a loop at first and still sorta bugs me but I can ignore it most of the time. And those anti-robo-comment thingies are calculated to make me crazy, but not as crazy as lunatic commenters like Wanda make me. Glad you blocked her ass--useless waste of oxygen. What the hell is wrong with people? Good job, Heather. 2013 will be a wonderful year!
you know-ejihdbjsh27- you know- nhbisgye68- that really these are goverment codes--- hksbsdyeyu f76---- for we can make these people do anything we want------ 23ehabsfxcsfsb.
Or they are traning us to write code just like they trained us to check out our own groceries......nksojr tuashj ajk dhj09
and how are you feeling fb- what's up buttercup?
Don't feel bad, I got "how are you feeling" and stared at it for too many minutes trying to figure out who in the hell was asking me that! Kinda freaky if you ask me! And those mumbo jumbo letter prompts are intended to frustrate you enough that after your third try you will finally get it or sign the hell off and forget the whole mother loving topic you were responding to! Arghhhhhhhhh! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Heather, let's have another glass of the nog! I need one!
Right there with ya. I noticed a "What's going on, Deborah?" on FB the other day and thought... um, what? Took me a while to figure it out. And oh my I hate those word verifications. Now, I could be remembering badly (this happens a lot) but it seems like I visited one blog where I had about three attempts before it offered me an ADA-accessible version of word verify. Next time I see it, I'm clicking on that baby!
I'm a math geek, so I love the verifications where they ask you to solve a math problem (e.g. "6 x 3 = ?")
There's a z in there? I'm screwed.
I cannot imagine why facebook cares how it's going for me. Back off!
Love it! Let's blame everything crap on Wanda. Or call something bad "doing a Wanda" or "pulling a Wanda". Wanda deserves to become a figure of speech.
Oh, my, I hate the verification gobbledygook! Blogger is the worse with the blurry numbers that I can never, ever figure out. I have actually given up on posting a comment to a blog a time or two after striking out a couple of times. Grumble, grumble...
As for Wanda, you are generous, about the only time her comment would see the light of day on my blog is if she were a spambot and I was mocking her. :0)
I just checked - Facebook is asking me, "What's happening?" It feels so insincere. I don't think Facebook really cares.
Not a z it's an u. I hate those things and secretly beleive that people should just deal with the spam and not cause such difficulty for their friends when we want to comment. But that's just me.
Oh, I'm so not alone in this! I cannot for the life of me figure these things out and tried really hard recently to leave a comment on someone's blog but could not get past this! I am challenged in this area for sure! Do you find yourself squinting at the screen for what seems like forever? And thank you for not doing these on your site!
I HATE those things! I always have to try at least a couple of times to get it to accept. Why do people need those? I don't get it!
i give it three times then i click away.
I hate those word verifications. I can barely read them most of the time -- and sometimes, not at all.
If I have one, please tell me and I will try to get rid of it.
Facebook has been freaking me out lately, although I haven't yet noticed that particular message.
Would it help your Sea Biscuit PTSD if I told you about how my 20yo volunteered last night that when he kept hearing about Justin Bieber a few years ago, he wondered for a while if it was a popular kid at his high school? EB's cousins and aunt are STILL laughing about that admission. (Frankly, I thought that was a reasonable thing to ponder. And yes, eventually EB did figure out the truth without having to ask around his former high school and have someone point out this unknown popular kid....)
I hate those things!! I have so far resisted having to use that system for my blog - of course, the five or so regular commenters that visit me must be relieved!!
I hate those word things, too. And I think I have it turned on at my blog, and at the moment, I don't know how to turn it off. Something to fiddle with tonight, I guess.
Facebook keeps asking me how I'm feeling, and I always imagine it in the voice of HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Facebook doesn't want to know how I'm feeling and might not like my answer.
Huh. If FB is asking me questions, I seem to have missed it. Guess i don't pay that much attention to that top bar.
As for the Word Verification thingys, I blame the asshat spammers out there. I understand why bloggers use the word verification. What I don't understand is why anyone would encourage the asshat spammers by clicking on their link or even worse, actually buy something from them.
I hate the word verification, but even with it on my blog French Shoe Spammers make up half of my daily comments. Without it, I am totally sunk.
For those who are on Blogger, a blogger friend gave me a good tip to avoid spammers without having to use word verification. If you go into your comments settings, you can tell it to moderate comments placed on posts more than a certain number of days from the posting date - I think I chose 21 days. It's a pretty good bet that any comments made much later than the posting date are spam - so you can trap them and delete them in one fell swoop.
I hate the crappy words, but make room in your heart for recaptcha. You are helping to digitize old books& newspapers! http://www.google.com/recaptcha/learnmore
Facebook had pissed me off enough with the change in privacy settings, before the creepy concerned questions. I thought I had it all under control and realized a boatload of stuff was public. I wish I were one of those people who could quit, but I've become addicted to the connections.
I hate the word verification, especially blogger's, which is the worst. I stopped using it on my blog and I filter out almost all spam by not allowing anonymous comments.
I have trouble with the word verifications too. Maybe I'll try doing without again.
I have trouble with the word verifications too. Maybe I'll try doing without again.
Can so relate to this!! I hate those things! I don't have one on my blog, so you can comment freely :)