On Forwards
I get forwarded emails almost every day, despite my regular replies of "Please don't send me forwards." And to be honest, some of them I don't mind. I don't mind the here are a bunch of cute pictures of puppies emails. I don't mind the here are some clever jokes and/or funny things kids say emails. Really – I don't mind. It's honest and, if I have 10 minutes to kill and a desire to see cute puppies, then I might actually read it before deleting it.
The kind that I mind drive me into a bunny-face-punching rage are the if you forward this to 100 people Bill Gates will send you $5,000! emails and the This [my adjectives: inane, boring, dreck of a] poem was written by a little girl with [insert terminal illness] and for every person you forward it to the [insert charitable organization] will donate $0.00001 to researching the cure for her disease!
Honestly, I don't understand how some people can actually believe this drivel. The ACS will donate money to cancer research for every email you forward? That's odd… last time I went to the Relay for Life I must have missed the booth with all of the computers set up for you to forward emails to your friends and family and coworkers and your mechanic. And to think I did all of that walking for nothing. If only the ACS would donate money to cancer research without my forwards, we would probably have found the cure by now.
My bad, guys.
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