Whenever I post a comment on one of my two favorite blogs (Worthy of Being Storied or Chick Flick Chic) I am always prompted to "prove I am not a robot". Regardless of the fact that I am already logged into my actual google account, and the page suggests that I post as my google-self "CJ" - I am still forced to type in two magic swirly words to prove I am not a robot.
Excuse me, but in what world are "meedsco", "iressa", "ckaec", or "gerilesi" PEOPLE words?
(Admittedly, "heiine" pictured above could be a foreign spelling of a derriere euphemism in a language I am unfamiliar with.)
To me, it feels like a trick. I believe that only a robot would actually blindly type out these letters presuming them to be words - when I as a human know they are not. Sometimes I just want to type "These are not words" into the box, as that would more legitimately prove my humanity. But I never do because I'm lazy and don't want to have to reconstruct my comment should my insolence force a page refresh, thus losing my witty/clever/heartfelt words forever.
I suppose a robot would never be so lazy, nor so sentimental about its initial reactions to a blog post being forever captured in the first draft comment.
In any case, I am still suspect. The logic of proving myself a person and not a robot seems quite flawed.
Which I suppose just proves that the whole concept must have been created by people, and not robots. Touche, Google.
I see your meedsco, and I raise you an ildthigh.
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