jere7my | PSA: fresh salmon

I just got hit with a salmon!

The salmon bot chooses two people who have just posted to LJ and initiates an AIM conversation between them. It sends the same opening message to both of them, using a salmon-related username, then relays whatever one says to the other.

My "partner" already knew about the bot, so confusion was minimal:

11:10:15 PM ninjasalmon: We are legion. The time of our return is coming. Our numbers will darken the sky of every world. You cannot escape your doom.
11:10:36 PM jere7mytt: Bummer!
11:12:10 PM ninjasalmon: hello
11:12:23 PM jere7mytt: Hi.
11:13:22 PM ninjasalmon: do you have a LJ
11:13:36 PM jere7mytt: I do.
11:13:55 PM ninjasalmon: do you know about the salmon bot?
11:14:22 PM jere7mytt: [Googles. —ed.] Now I do!
11:14:45 PM jere7mytt: I figured it was something like that.
11:14:57 PM ninjasalmon: haha. well i got a message from you but it wasnt actually you it was a bot.
11:15:05 PM ninjasalmon: We are legion. The time of our return is coming. Our numbers will darken the sky of every world. You cannot escape your doom.
11:15:06 PM jere7mytt: Yeah, ditto.
11:15:16 PM jere7mytt: Love the internet!
11:15:40 PM ninjasalmon: oh yes

It actually seems sort of benign, once the meme is widely known enough that people don't get angry and confused. It's a way of involuntarily and randomly meeting people at unexpected times.

Now you know. And knowing is half the salmon.