You know? For the most party I hate “Forwards”. Those pesky little( or huge) emails that someone you know “forward” to you because they liked it And just assumes you will like the email too. Dirty jokes, patriotic ditties, cartoon of the day what ever. Usually I get these from people who are low in my social network so I can just delete them and not worry about them. A lot of these “Forwarders” were folks I happened to finds in high school searches—looking for old friends. Well, I found some of these people and the one who are listed seem to be nothing but lost souls searching for boring pieces of trivia festering on the INTERNET and who cannot Wait to send the item to all 2000 people on their “buddy-list”.
These folks fake me out. The respond to one of my enquiries “ so cool to find you again…lets communicate…let get to know each other again. You may get two “real” emails then suddenly you get a raft of “ Support our Boys” forwards or “Let’s get Bush whacked” forwards or “Jesus is looking for you in my “outlook File”. When you click you find the email sent to fifty other folks. You are lost in the masses just like high school—when just like you rally wanted this persons attention. The majority of these folks you can just delete but when it’s your big sister or older best friend who will ask you—“what did you think of the poem I sent you…or how did you like those jokes. You have to respond like 1. you know what they are talking about, 2. you actually like what ever they sent you and 3. you cannot wait till their next post. And the next day the whole thing starts again with 25 forwards from your sis.
Junk mail or spam is bad enough but Spam from friends and close relatives is the worse. It’s not like you pull Tricia side and say, “I love you sis but don’t send me anymore spasm or emails about supporting our services guys. They sound adult and make you think you just had a real adult confrontations and issues were discussed then resolved. You think everything is fine—till you get a phone call from your mom in some other part of the country berating you for crushing your older sister’s heart, and how your older sister feels you never want to communicate with her again and it will sure be a cold day in hell before she reestablishes contact with you. All this just because you are practicing your assertiveness skills. You know if your ancient dear old mother understood the INTERNET at all she would be the first to “Flame” your sibling for forwarding her impersonal silly little references to this and that, and Mom would flame her in style, much better then I could ever dream of or dare for that matter. But you cannot win Mom just does not understand the magic of the INTERNET and she never will and you just end up being the Family bad guy.
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TOUCHE'!!! I think that we have the same sister! I told her that if she wants to talk to me, great-then email and talk to ME...but don't send me every lame thing that you read about or push your political and religious agendas down my throat. When I get the ones that are "forwards", I don't even open them, and I told her so. We've only spoken a couple of times since, and that was three years ago!!
Heh, I know all to well what you mean. I have found that if I start right off , from the first received fwd letting people know that i don't appreciate, generally they take it pretty well. it's once you've waited that it gets ya yelled at. I actually have a form letter i copy and paste and edit to fit the circumstances. *shrugs* my time has a value and i will not waste it on pointless junk. My friends now will put a note in the subject that is a fwd but was either funny or interesting, but they know i may or may not read it. I say good for you. I also cringe in commiseration, cause i know how grandma can be. Hugs
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