'cause those real time apps freak me out. It's like an ouija board or something, only scarier. MSN freaks me out, too. With message boards, I can still think before answering. Not that I do it all the time, but I can.
Also, I've never really figured out how to configure that stuff in Firefox and Linux.
Re special meals: yeah, I think I have, but since I'm a terrible cook, the meal was fries and chicken or something like that, and the person was my ex. She wasn't my anything yet, at the time, though, so I don't think the meal did any real harm.