The amazing thing about online chat programs, Google Talk, Windows Live Messenger and such, and something that I really must give the hundreds of companies insane amoutns of credit for, is the incredible amounts of anonymity, and furthermore complete and total apathy for the human race as a culture that it cultivates. Think about it, people you've never met, convening for themselves personas possibly only used on the world wide web, knowing of you only the information conveyed upon the usual online venues, having only the knowledge of your existence when that little "Online" button flashes with your name next to it. Feel special, MSN user, no