What to put in your personal message: 50 ideas (cryptic encouraged)

The personal message was the original status update: one line, under your name, for everyone on your list to read and overthink. On Chatroom it's back. Click the line under your name at the top of your contact list and type.

Here are 50 to get you started.

Doing stuff

1. brb, kettle's on
2. at work, pretending to be busy
3. dinner. back in 20
4. on the bus, ask me anything
5. walking the dog (the dog is walking me)
6. footy's on. don't talk to me
7. studying (lies)
8. cooking. pray for the smoke alarm
9. gym, then pie
10. house hunting, send help

Very 2004

11. ♫ now playing: something with a key change
12. why does everything happen to me
13. if you know, you know
14. ...
15. :|
16. nudge me if you're bored
17. back from the beach, sunburnt
18. new display pic, rate it
19. sk8r 4 life
20. it's not a phase

Funny

21. professional overthinker
22. currently buffering
23. my plants and I are thriving (one of us is)
24. I put the "pro" in procrastinate
25. ran out of personal message ideas
26. on Kiwi time
27. powered by flat whites
28. 5% battery, 100% chat
29. away. for real this time
30. bring back the 3310

Mysterious

31. you know what you did
32. some people...
33. it is what it is
34. one day you'll understand
35. 3 days to go
36. guess who
37. never again. (until next time)
38. not telling
39. today was a good day
40. it's complicated

Kind

41. say hi, I don't bite
42. new here, be nice
43. happy Friday everyone
44. thinking of you, Nan
45. ask me about my weekend
46. good vibes only
47. hope your day's a good one
48. thanks for the birthday messages!
49. here if anyone needs a chat
50. glad you're here

A tip from the old days: if you want song lyrics, write your own version. Half the fun was making people guess what you meant.

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