I'm curious about something. Am I really supposed to believe those messages that accompany sometimes touching, sometimes cheesy, but mostly downright obnoxious forwarded emails? You know the ones I mean - you can usually find them at the bottom of the text. (Though they're hard to miss in their huge, flashing, brightly-colored letters.) The ones that say I must, repeat, MUST forward the email to 5.8 other people in 10.3 seconds or horrible things will happen to me. And my family. And my next door neighbor's dog. And I'll also miss out on the chance to win a new car. Or an all-expense paid trip to Rome. Or a gazillion dollars. Personally, I'd prefer that the message get right down to the nitty gritty and simply tell me that unless I pass the email along, I'm a cold-hearted beast who will die bitter and alone.
Cuz I can live with that.
1 day ago
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I will die alone with you.
even the cutest, sweetest, most inspiring email falls prey to the delete button if it in any way implores me to forward.
and if it threatens me, or says that i don't have faith unless i forward it, i hit the delete button EXTRA hard.
just to show it who's boss.
I hate forwards. With a passion.
Hey! We must be on the same mailing list because I wrote about the same topic today.
Those things drive me NUTS (well, nutser than usual, if you can imagine).
When I see this: "FW:"
I use this: DEL
Sorry, mom.
I never pass them on. And I am still amazingly beautiful, filthy rich, and have millions of friends who adore me.
Delete them.
You go beast girl!
Those emails are annoying.
Unless of course they involve some pictures of animals dressed up as people. Those kinds of forwards are pure genius that must be shared with the world.
Ah! I hate those e-mails, too. Read...delete. Sometimes I even bypass the read part. No one writes personal e-mails anymore. It's all fowards.
Oh yeah...those emails find themselves laughed at in my home.
HA!
Thank you for finding my true self. I feel much better now.
I figure I should have all the plagues down upon me by now. I hit delete as soon as I get those things!
I never even acknowledge that garbage...unless of course I find it to be FALSE on Snopes.com, and then I promptly reply to the sender with a link to the debunking of their debauchery.
I have never once in my entire live forwarded ANYTHING to everyone in my inbox. And I hope i never do.
(Sounds like i'll be dying semi-alone with you and Kristina...but at least I'll be in good company!)
I never even acknowledge that garbage...unless of course I find it to be FALSE on Snopes.com, and then I promptly reply to the sender with a link to the debunking of their debauchery.
I have never once in my entire live forwarded ANYTHING to everyone in my inbox. And I hope i never do.
(Sounds like i'll be dying semi-alone with you and Kristina...but at least I'll be in good company!)
YOU DON'T FORWARD THEM!?!?!?!
If I know the person well enough I will reply like this: "I can't believe you just sent me that."
I admit that I occasionally read the story (if it's from someone I like a lot) and sometimes like it, but the other stuff? I seriously cannnnnnnnnnnot believe people forward those things.
Ok -- here is my question. Who is actually narcissistic enough to believe that they really can control the fate of the world with their little finger? One click and all the starving babies in Africa will get to eat -- Just because YOU forwarded the email...
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