ChaCha Cha!

For a period of maybe five minutes, I figured it would be fun to ask a guide on ChaCha for help with an outlandish question.  But what to ask?  I have to assume that there's lots of people who ask things like, "how do I get these bloodstains out?" or "what do I do with a dead hooker?" and I also figured that these sort of questions might get my IP forwarded to the five-oh.  Unless, of course, the Guides at ChaCha are as desensitized to ultraviolence and the victimization of women as nearly every other person on the Internet.  It's a safe bet, but I am not much of a gambler.  

I ended up asking Doctor Doom's middle name, claiming that it was "for school," and I hope that the burning curiosity about the kind of school project that requires any student to research DOCTOR DOOM will stay with KjerstenJ for years.  To her credit, she searched for like five minutes.  I timed it.  I mean, that's stickwithitness.  And all I got back was DOOM's Wikipedia page, which does not feature the Chartreuse Conqueror's middle name, but does let me know that he has Gypsy magic.  That's totally going in my fake school report.

I don't know why information about the king of Latveria, a sovreign nation, is being suppressed, but I swear, this has RICHARDS written all over it.

Did I mention that KjerstenJ found information on Doctor Doom under the RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY heading?  I freaked out a little bit at its ramifications.  I guess it's because of that one time Doom stole Odin's powers.

The tragedy of ChaCha is that in your brain, messing with the Guides is the greatest thing, but 98% of the time, they're too professional and actually helpful to be amusing.  It would be like watching Borat and having all the crazy Americans say things like "Women are equal with men," or "There is no difference between the races, Borat.  Don't be silly."  And sometimes, it's just awkward.  My Intertron pal Nathanael asked for information about coming out to his parents, and what he thought was going to be funny ended up taking this turn:

christineh: Now for the sites to tell your family
christineh: Dont be nerves
You: Thanks...this is just really crazy for me.
christineh: Well hey your loved no matter who you love

Deep stuff.  Think about it - really think about it.  Dr. Phil would charge you like 80 dollars for that kind of wisdom.  And an extra $20 to put commas in and spell correctly.  "Your loved no matter who you love," is poignant stuff.  And also a total logical fallacy, but hey, the gesture was there.

To sum up, messing with people on ChaCha is not as much fun as you think it would be, and it's actually a little awkward.  Maybe I'm not doing it right.