Sign, Sign- Everywhere a Sign!

 It seems like most people's bios on Bluesky declare "NO DM'S!", as if those letters alone would insulate one from a stream of pickup lines, scams and dick pics. The thing about DM's is that you can easily ignore them or block the person sending them. No biggie, right. Some people in life will not be deterred no matter what the signs say, because they will figure somehow that it doesn't mean "Me". Like everybody knows you can't park in front of a fire hydrant, but your honor, there was no fire at the time, and I was going to only be a few minutes and I'm the real victim here because those firemen BROKE MY WINDOWS to run their hoses through MY car! Firemen like to do that, and I totally get that. Rules are rules.

My Bluesky bio specifically states, "DM's mean you want to sleep with me" and yet I still get DMs, and without offers of sex. This kinda makes me think people do not really read bios all too closely, if at all. I don't get a whole lot of them and when I do, they are from well-meaning folks simply thanking me for the follow. Nobody has asked for money or sex, even though I've got a little bit of both. 

I got a few recently from a gal (maybe?) who was a new mutual follow. She had a bio pic of what looked to me like could be of a younger, Elizabeth Banks. Well, I like that! After the follow she simply asked what I thought the future of Bluesky might be. Well, I hadn't thought about that much at all, so I ignored it. A couple days later she sent another one, curious as to what was on my mind. I asked if she had read my bio. She said that, yes, she believed in "change". She was referencing a recent effort in this blog. She went on to say that she liked it. That's nice to hear even if someone doesn't really mean it. 

I told her I meant my Bluesky bio- about DM's...

She laughed and said she had read that. She then asked how young I was and what town I resided in. I replied that I was too old for the girl in her picture. 

How old was too old, she asked, and why was I offering something I couldn't give? 

Why are you bothering me, I countered. 

With that she blocked me. Jeez, finally! It was a very pointless conversation that never needed to start. Was she romancing me? Did she really care what I thought of Bluesky's future? Or of my age and my town? Where was this really going? I had no idea. Not sure she did either. But it was a silly, futile way to get there, wherever there was supposed to be. 

So, DM's still "mean you want to sleep with me" stays. You don't have to, and I don't have too either. It's just there to stave off the riffraff. Signs- like anybody pays attention.