Chad Savage: I’m curious – do you know anything about me or the type of websites I do?
[OTHER GUY]: which type
[OTHER GUY]: tell me
Chad Savage: You didn’t answer the question.
Chad Savage: Different question: How is it that you IM’d me?
Chad Savage: Where did you get my name?
[OTHER GUY]: why r u getting upset
[OTHER GUY]: ?
Chad Savage: I’m not upset. These are very, very simple questions.
Chad Savage: That you aren’t answering.
[OTHER GUY]: i don’t know about u n your sites

Some guy just IM’d me wanting to do a link exchange. His sites were total affiliate-based garbage, and he couldn’t name any site of mine (specifically) that he wanted to exchange links with (he kept asking me to suggest my own sites that matched the crappy links he wouldn’t stop sending). When I gave him an undeservedly polite “No, thanks”, he pressed the issue and demanded to know why.

To my credit, I did not use the terms “parasite” or “jackass” in my explanation, nor did I accuse him specifically of being everything that’s wrong with the internet.

The Moral of the Story: If you try to inflict your useless bullshit on strangers, and they say “no”, accept it. You’re not in a position to be indignant.