"Hey, 10-4, good buddy!"
For those of you young punks who've seen this term on a t-shirt but don't know where it comes from (because you don't remember any part of the '70s, damn you), 10-4 was the ten-code for "Message received," "Acknowledged," or simply just "OK."
It's CB radio talk, which is how people talked to strangers before IM.
OK, fine: ten-codes are on the way out. But, there doesn't seem to be a lot else going on October 4th (besides World Animal Day?), so here's what I propose:
Let's make 10-4, October 4: Leave Someone Else a Comment Day.
* Do you read someone's blog religiously, but never say anything?
* Are you a leech on a social link sharing site, one of the silent majority (80% or whatever it is) who coasts and consumes what the super-sharers put out?
* Have you seen an image on a photo-sharing site you like?
* Do you lurk on a message board somewhere?
On 10-4, tell someone "Message received": Leave a comment somewhere where you haven't commented before.
Hey, we all know that the oft-quoted and universally-ignored maxim of user-generated content, "I do this for myself, not other people," is crap, so on 10-4, validate someone else's online existence: Leave them a comment, and say hi.
10-4: Over and out.
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I feel compelled to leave a comment. I'll check out your blog. Cool post- I used to love playing with a CB radio.
Hey, I'm not trolling for comments.
Wait, no, actually I am a little bit.
I guess. -- Joe
Hi. This is my contribution to 10-4. :)
No, really, I'm liking your blog. I just blogrolled you.
Hello :)
Something else to be grateful for today. (Yes, I went there.) -- Joe
I'm a pretty regular reader and traditionally a lurker. But since it *is* 10-4, I thought I should say hi.
Hi.
:)
Did Republican congresspersons use CB to contact underage pages before IM was around?
Curious Strangler -- I was going to reference Foley, but decided it was too blindingly obvious. I see you have no such compunctions, though. -- Joe
I thank you for your comment.
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