Rant starting now…
WHY do people continue to perpetuate these false horror stories via email? :arg: I have replied to the worst offenders (my fatherâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s new wife, and my sister) with links to Snopes that refute the stories. But yet, I still get them. And while some of them do have good morals even if false (i.e. women need to be careful in a dark parking lot, even if there wasnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t a rapist hiding in the back of some womanâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s car), most are just stupid. Barb (Dadâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s wife) sent one today about aspartame poisoning, and how it mimics MS, systemic lupus, tinnitus, fibromyalgia, ADD, ADHD, Gulf War Syndrome, caused birth defects, grand mal seizures and other neurologic disturbances. Seriously, one thing causes all of that, they know about it and itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s still legal?
Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]m no doctor, but that doesnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t even make sense. Worst thing is that my sister, who is apparently much more gullible than I ever thought, told me about this earlier and told me to stop drinking diet soda because itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s poison if itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s over 86 degrees. Seriously people – SNOPES! USE IT!
And the stupid chain letters. My parents were smart enough to not allow us kids (who were gullible enough to believe them) from forwarding the old fashioned, snail mail chain letters. So why is it that I still get so many from my father and sister on a weekly basis??? OK, so the ones saying that I mean a lot of them are nice, even if Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]ve seen it 1000 times. But Bill Gates ainâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t gonna send you $50,000; a little boy with cancer wonâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t be cured if itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s forwarded to a million people, the Neiman Marcus cookie recipe (no matter how good the cookies are) didnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t cost anyone $10,000, a miracle wonâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t happen to you at 2:00 if you forward an email to 15 people, nor will you have bad luck for 20 years if you donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t.
I swear, the email programs should all come with an Email for Dummies message.
WHY do people continue to perpetuate these false horror stories via email? :arg: I have replied to the worst offenders (my fatherâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s new wife, and my sister) with links to Snopes that refute the stories. But yet, I still get them. And while some of them do have good morals even if false (i.e. women need to be careful in a dark parking lot, even if there wasnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t a rapist hiding in the back of some womanâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s car), most are just stupid. Barb (Dadâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s wife) sent one today about aspartame poisoning, and how it mimics MS, systemic lupus, tinnitus, fibromyalgia, ADD, ADHD, Gulf War Syndrome, caused birth defects, grand mal seizures and other neurologic disturbances. Seriously, one thing causes all of that, they know about it and itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s still legal?
And the stupid chain letters. My parents were smart enough to not allow us kids (who were gullible enough to believe them) from forwarding the old fashioned, snail mail chain letters. So why is it that I still get so many from my father and sister on a weekly basis??? OK, so the ones saying that I mean a lot of them are nice, even if Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]ve seen it 1000 times. But Bill Gates ainâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t gonna send you $50,000; a little boy with cancer wonâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t be cured if itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s forwarded to a million people, the Neiman Marcus cookie recipe (no matter how good the cookies are) didnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t cost anyone $10,000, a miracle wonâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t happen to you at 2:00 if you forward an email to 15 people, nor will you have bad luck for 20 years if you donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t.
I swear, the email programs should all come with an Email for Dummies message.