Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Introduction

Personal ads are generally meant to spawn some type of relationship whether it be romance, friendship, casual or sometimes sexual. These ads are almost always anonymous. They started in newspapers, now also appear online
Since newspaper ad prices were based on lines of text, abbreviations were generated and have carried on (W:white, F:females, T:transgender...)

Examples: Craigslist- strictly platonic, casual encounters, missed connections
City Paper- "I love you, I hate you"

City Paper: I love you, I hate you
Jan.27-Feb.2 2011 #1339

Shiny Wig
I stood behind you when I was about to get off the train and I looked at your wig from behind! I said to myself, what is wrong with some women, are we all that lazy not to do our hair anymore? What the fuck! Then it looked like the woman had a whole bunch of greasy lube or some other substance in her hair! Then she ran her fingers through it and looked and smelled her fingers. I thought to myself how nasty I thought you were. It didn't make any sense. I know when you got home and took the wig off you were all sweaty and shit! I think that it is fucking disgusting! I hope that I don't see you again or moreless stand behind you!

This writing is informal and I notice switches audiences. The writer begins with "you," switches to "her," and ends with "you."

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