Reason #83 Why I Hate People

I just received the following email:

Look closely at this picture

The President of Argentina received this picture and called it 'junk mail'. 8 days later his son died.

Another man received this picture & immediately sent out copies. His surprise was winning the lottery.

Alberto Martinez received this picture, gave it to his secretary to make copies but she forgot to distribute it. She lost her job & he lost his family.

This picture is miraculous & sacred. Forward to at least 10 people!

I'm sorry that I'm on the emailing list of someone who would fall for this crap. I have never, ever, not even once, forwarded these types of emails. And there have been quite a few. They just piss me off.

This particular type really pisses me off. How can any Christian believe in such superstitious baloney? It is absolutely antithetical to our beliefs. God is neither going to punish nor reward you on the basis of forwarding a stupid email. More likely, He would mark a big red X by your name if you do forward it, you unfaithful idiot.

You know, even through the lowest point of my entire life it would never occur to me for one second to just go ahead and forward the email. Others in my predicament would think they'd have nothing to lose by it, so why not. Not me. I have to be true to myself, my faith and my logic. Participating in this sham, minor as it is, would make me feel like a total loser. Along with common sense, have people also lost their self-respect?

Whoever starts this shit should have their Internet access cut off, along with their arms.

OK, I just had to get that off my chest. Damn. People.

P.S. Please disregard this post if you never hear from me again...

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Giraffe ~

Hey I got the same email today. From my cousin. I did not forward it.

I always figured this type of thing was a way to harvest email addresses to spam in the future.

Somehow it gets back to the sender with a backlog of all the addresses it was forwarded to.

Feb 18, 2009 21:26

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Taylor ~

Hello, Mr. Giraffe.

So, the email got around to you too. I wonder how many people got it.

Yeah, whatever the reasons for starting this stupidity, it's certainly not to help people via e-miracles.

Hey, if my cousin forwarded that to me, he'd get an earful. But, nobody in my family would fall for that.

Feb 19, 2009 03:28

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WaterBoy ~

I used to get all kinds of these things from well-intentioned friends and relatives, including my own mother. I had to patiently explain to her that nothing bad would happen if she didn't forward them on, nor would she see a surprise cartoon pop up on her monitor 10 days later, etc., etc., etc.

People who start these things think they are being clever in seeing how widely they can get them circulated, by playing off people's superstitions. We need to respond to the ones that send us these things and patiently explain why they should stop forwarding them. When most people begin to see them for what they are, the reign of circulating spam will be over.

Feb 07, 2009 20:39

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Taylor ~

It's kind of sad that people should require someone to explain to them that this junk has no power at all. One wonders if they're as irrational about other aspects of their lives. Or it just may be that it takes minimal effort to forward an email, and the intentions are good, regardless of how totally stupid it is, so they play along with this harmless nonsense.

But, in my opinion it really isn't harmless if one is a Christian. That's the part that bugs me the most. The man who forwarded it to me is a church-going Catholic. He really should know better.

Feb 07, 2009 22:46

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WaterBoy ~

True, on all accounts.

Unfortunately, if nothing is said then the spam will continue.

Feb 09, 2009 09:27

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Taylor ~

Email programs really need to have a "Return to sender" option. It would be very useful. I'm surprised they don't have it. At least none of the ones I've ever seen don't have it.

Feb 09, 2009 11:51

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Difster ~

I remember a couple of years go when a guy I worked with clicked on a link in someone's MySpace profile and there was a Gospel message of some sort or another. The sad part was, that it said at the end that if you didn't forward it to 10 people you were denying God. What a stupid thing for a Christian to do. I told the guy I work for to send him an email and say, give me a $100 or you're denying God. He did, the guy didn't give him the $100.

I never understood how Christians can be so superstitious about things. Maybe it's people that mostly come from a Catholic background.

Feb 11, 2009 19:21

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Taylor ~

That would result in the same thing, but it would really be handy and time-saving if the email application had a button that when clicked would automatically return the selected email to the sender, with a message similar to the one you wrote prepended to the original email. Then the email would be automatically deleted from the inbox.

Feb 11, 2009 04:49

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WaterBoy ~

There you go, that's your solution: create your own.

Click the Reply button, then enter the following:

RETURN TO SENDER

This email is being returned to sender as undeliverable spam. Please refrain from sending spam messages of this sort in the future, as they will automatically be rejected. Thank you.

Feb 10, 2009 18:52

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Difster ~

Oh.. and please clarify what constitutes not hearing from you again. Your posting rate is worse than mine these days!

Feb 11, 2009 19:22

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Taylor ~

Hey, Difster!

I know, I know. At least you have a good reason for not updating your blog as often as before. I'm just kind of brain dead and totally uninspired.

This world is turning into one big ball of crap. There are only so many ways one can write about crap without it becoming tiresome.

Feb 12, 2009 02:43

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Morris ~

"This world is turning into one big ball of crap. There are only so many ways one can write about crap without it becoming tiresome."

You said a mouthful there, Taylor. That's basically why there's been no updates on mine. I just started to feel like I was regurgitating the same tired old crap. That, and the vile comments I received in my comments from the Obamazombies was pretty discouraging.

Apr 14, 2009 04:22

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Taylor ~

Hello, Morris!

Vile comments from the oh-so-tolerant set. They are a despicable lot who I would no more engage in discussion than I would a hissing snake. If it was my blog, their comments would be deleted and I would flame them without allowing them one word in edgewise. My blog is not a democracy - I won't put up with the slightest stench of liberalism.

Apr 15, 2009 01:46

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SarahtheCanucki ~

I delete all such emailings, and don't think any further about it. If I start reading an email and it is an obvious "joke" email..I delete it without reading through. If I get an email with the subject beginning with Fwd: - I pay closer attention to the subject line, usually I can tell by that that it's spam and delete it.

I've had awkward conversations because of it.

"Did you get my email with the joke such-and-such? What did you think of it?"

"errrrrr"

at that point, I try to tell them as painlessly as possible that I don't read those emails. Usually, they don't send anymore after that.

May 31, 2009 06:38

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Taylor ~

Hey, Canucki girl. Thanks for stopping by my humble blog.

I need to make another post, but my brain is totally limp these days.

Jun 04, 2009 05:28

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The Aardvark ~

"'Dja get that thing I sent ya?"

It amazes me how otherwise decent Christian or religious people will send what amounts to a curse to others of similar good will.

"Herbert Greeb did NOT forward the picture, and a 747 filled with gorillas and anvils fell on his head. You'd better send this to 10 people.

God bless you."

The amount of superstition in the churches today is appalling. Here's my take:

http://aardvarksplumbline.blogspot.com/2008/01/this-is-long-but-is-important-and-so.html

Jun 09, 2009 20:59

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SarahtheCanucki ~

Taylor, just go with the flow. It's a lot better that way.

Jun 12, 2009 20:13

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Taylor ~

The amount of superstition in the churches today is appalling.

Yes. Just look at Sarah's last post. It's much better to go along to get along.

Making waves and speaking up against "the flow" is harmful to one's health or something. I guess keeping your mouth shut as the tide of sewage rises would appear to be the smart thing to do.

Not gonna happen.

Jun 12, 2009 22:50

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SarahtheCanucki ~

I was talking about your post 11:33, silly Taylor!

But because it strikes me as humourous:

"I guess keeping your mouth shut as the tide of sewage rises would appear to be the smart thing to do."

Well, once it gets around neck deep, it's a pretty good idea unless you want some of it shoved down your throat.

Jun 16, 2009 06:37

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Taylor ~

Oh, sorry, Sarah. You know what I thought you were saying. And it didn't go over very well. I have an itchy trigger finger when it comes to people telling me I should accept that which I cannot accept.

Yeah, that's quite a dilemma - that shit rising.

Jun 16, 2009 14:43

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SarahtheCanucki ~

I know already about that trigger finger, Taylor.

Jun 17, 2009 06:55

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