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I thought they hired the smart people

I got one of those periodic emails indicating that someone I don't know is interested in my Orkut account. This is usually due to some dude saying "Whoa. You're female? I like to date girls who are female!" and figuring that's enough for us to get started with.

Thus I decided to kill off my Orkut account. (MySpace, you're next.)

So I went to Orkut.com and I tried to log in for the first time in I don't know how long. Unfortunately I don't remember my password. Fortunately, it implies I can now log in with my Google account. But when I do, it wants me to associate my Google account with my Orkut account by logging in with my Orkut account. You know, the one I don't remember the information for?

So I try to use the "Forgot your password?" feature of Orkut.

It redirects me to Google's account password management.

Yes, that's right; I can reset my Google password over and over and it will make no difference because it's the Orkut password I need.

*sigh*

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