As many of you are aware, I work in a campus computer lab. There are signs all over this lab telling the students that they are not allowed to download things like AOL or any of the instant messenging programs (AIM, MSM, ICQ, Yahoo, etc.), but of course there are always people who think the rules do not apply to them.
Some of these people are incredibly stupid.
See, unless you tell it to do otherwise during the install, these programs will start up every time the computer does. And if you somehow are retarded, and have it save your password, they will log in on their own when I open up the lab. Meaning that (at least with Yahoo and ICQ) anyone can send messages to any of the people on your buddy list, whether or not they are actually online.
I used to be nice, and sent everyone on the list a message telling them to tell their friend to go to the computer and remove the saved passwords. I’m not anymore. Now I send out messages designed to either sabotage their friendships or make them look like complete and total morons.
A sample:
To someone’s friend “verysingle123” I sent, “Do you know why you’re very single? Because you’re fucking ugly!”
To everyone on some person’s list: “Help me, I need advice. I think I’m gay.”
I’ve said some funny things in my time, but I’m running out of ideas. Anyone have any good ideas on things I can do to screw with these morons?
Oh, I wish I had your situation. Sounds like a lot of fun. I’d just greet some random people in their friends list, strike up a conversation, and occasionally put in wierd comments, revelations, or opinions. The possibilities are endless.
I personally would send an IM to someone in the buddy list that says “Mr. X has stupidly saved his password on a computer intended for general use. I could use this opportunity to pretend to be him and get him in trouble, but instead I am asking him to remind you that saved passwords are nothing but trouble.”
I’d be careful if I were you. I know it is unlikely, but if any of these were tracked back to you, you could very well be fired.
If you really want to get them in trouble and mess up their life, I would try to find some way to threaten the president via AIM (of course, the Secret Service is more likely to track it back to you than the stupid person, but if you are taking chances you might as well place the big bets).
On a tamer note you could just send out something saying “am I the only one attracted to my grandmother?”
“I need to talk to you right away, I think I’m starting to develop deeper feelings for you and it’s becoming quite confusing.”
“Hey. I’m goign to be throwing a small (insert embarsing tv show based on whatever night it is, ie Dawson’s Creek, Hughleys) watching party tonight. You should come over.”
“My mom just died, I’m going out of town for a little while to cope”
– I won’t be online for a while, but when I get back from my gender reassignment surgery, I’ll send you an email!
–hey, did you hear about (select name from buddy list)?? Just don’t tell him/her what I’m about to tell you.
– I can’t really go into it right now, but I’m being kicked out of school so if you see my parents before I do, please DO NOT mention grand theft auto.
– If I slept with one of my professors for an A, but I only got a B+, who do you think I should complain to?
How difficult is it to set up the computers so that only someone with administrator access would be able to download that stuff in the first place? It’d allow you to conserve your creative energy for more worthy endeavors.
I’m sure they could. But that would be no fun. The servers at my school block the SDMB. It pisses Tasha and I off to no end. If this site wasn’t blocked I would be on it in every class. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.
Winnee, some of us are where “they” are. Which is what makes it fun
Drain’ems… set up the File Transfer thing (if it’s AIM… I don’t know what features MSN or Yahoo messengers have) and start sending them crappy Mp3’s… or small clips of goofy “porn”-esque material.
hypergirl, you should try to browse through a site like http://www.anonymizer.com. If the filter at your school is blocking by URL, that should get around it. Assuming that the anonymizer is not blocked too. You could also try using babelfish.altavista.com to translate your target site from some other language (it doesn’t matter which) into english. This should also get around the filter, but it’s hard to surf that way.
Drain Bead, how about something like:
“Mike told me everything. You’d better have a good explanation.” (Everybody knows a “Mike”).
“You, me, <insert name from list>, handcuffs, and a polaroid camera. My room, in one hour.”
“Look, I’m sorry about this last weekend. I wasn’t myself. Can we just get together and talk about it?”
Something tells me that Drain was never an immature, inconsiderate brain dead (!) individual with zero regard for administrative rules that are in place, in part, to help students.
