Thankfully, it wasn't quite what I was thinking, though potentially worse
Posted 04-19-2010 at 06:37 AM by Nate
I had a rather worrying moment the other day. Whilst packing up at the end of a class, one of my students turned to me and said "So, I hear you're active on a certain website?"
I froze. I didn't know what to say. I mentally listed through all the members here to work out who he could possibly be. No matches. I don't know why I find it worrying that my students might find out about my internet life, but I do. I replied with a hesitant "What are you talking about?"
He said "You're on 4chan, right?"
Turns out my students are discussing me behind my back, after I happened to use the word 'weeaboo' in one of my other classes. And mispronounced it, I might add.
I informed him that, no, I am not and never have been a poster on 4chan. Also that the word has spread beyond its dark depths in to general internet vocabulary.
I then sighed in relief, my dark secret safe for the meantime.