An Uncanny Coincidence!

I was in an IRC channel this evening which was being rather quiet. I attempted to stir up conversation by asking what people were up to and one person said:

"can't talk. watching curb your enthusiasm"

I thought this was quite a coincidence as only half an hour earlier, I had tweeted:

"Been playing DVDs more since I got the blu-ray player (still waiting on the blu-rays to arrive). Currently watching Curb Your Enthusiasm :)"

It's not normally a show people talk about and so I thought it was quite a coincidence and so the conversation continued:

Me: "Heh, that's odd. I'm watching Curb Your Enthusiasm too O.o"
Him: "on blu ray"
Me: "Ah, I'm watching season 3 on DVD"
Him: "ever since i got my blu ray dvd player i've been watching more movies."

So now at this point, it just seemed too much of a coincidence. I didn't really know the person who was saying what they were, nor why they would be mocking me about a random, rather mundane tweet. I'm not sure if they follow me on twitter either. However as it just seemed too close to when I tweeted, I took offence as it just seemed that for some reason they picked on that tweet to mock me with. So conversation carried on:

Me: "ok, sounds like you're mocking me"
Him: "?"
Me: "you have to be mocking me, you're quoting the tweet I made earlier..."
Him: "i am?"
Me: "If you're not, it's the biggest coincidence in history. http://twitter.com/#!/SlyCat/statuses/93781441149796352"
Him: "lol wow. i just picked up a bluray player at best buy for 30 dollars. been watching my brother's movie collection"
Me: "... that's kinda freaky. I could swear you saw my tweet and thought to mock me about it for some reason :P"
Him: ":/ you think very low of me x.x"
Me: "Well I had no idea why you would, it just seemed too much of a coincidence! I've been watching too much CYE, I feel like Larry David now :P"

Obviously due to the precise similarity between what he was saying and what I tweeted, I had been certain he was mocking me but in fact, this was just an incredible coincidence! I of course felt terrible for accusing him as such and so apologised for the misunderstanding. Ended up feeling rather silly about it all, which added to the surreal nature of the whole thing as that's the kinda thing Larry David, the lead character of Curb Your Enthusiasm, would end up getting himself into. Something which in itself is another amusing coincidence!

I should have bought a lottery ticket or something this evening :P

Google+ Blocked My Furry Account

I suppose I was kinda asking for it. I have two Google+ accounts, one for my real self that I have work colleagues and the like on, and one for my furry self. There's been much chatter about Google removing accounts which did not have a real name associated with them as detailed in their Community Standards but I chose to ignore it assuming they'd never bother with my account and the countless other furry pseudonyms on there.

Now everyone and his mother who has a furry account seemed to be adding me to their circles on Google+ and so I mostly ignore the people I don't know. However I saw two instances of people who were acting as companies who were just advertising their services so I rather naively reported them to Google. It seems this was enough to make Google aware of my profile and as of this evening, my account has been suspended due to violation of their aforementioned Community Standards.

So you have the option to appeal just by clicking a link which resubmits the profile for review assuming you've changed whatever was in violation, but they don't explicitly state what is in violation. I considered changing my name to a more real sounding name and changing my profile picture to a real picture but I figured what's the point? If I did that then it would negate the whole point of having a furry account.

I could add furs to my real account but I spend a lot of time ensuring my work/family life does not blend with my furry life. It's something I've done for 14 years now and I'm not going to change just because Google says I should.