Spam again….some thoughts…
I get spam. I get lots of spam. Spam, spam, not beautiful spam. And it’s too bad because the real spam, the kind that comes in a can, isn’t bad. When I was a poor struggling student, I ate spam a lot (and not the script for the play either). I had spam sandwiches, spam and eggs, spam disguised as ham with cloves in it, fried spam, and scrambled spam. It was cheap, filled you up, and with enough spice and imagination tasted pretty good considering the alternative was mac & cheese again. So, email spam gives spam a bad connotation. I get lots of spam and after awhile, when you’re scanning through the Junk folder before deleting — you occasionally notice trends.
- Does anyone actually buy into the belief that their email address won them money in a lottery they never entered? Really, if it sounds to good to be true it probably is.
- Come on really, if you want me to click on you to find out how much trouble I’m in for sending a Western Union money order for several thousands of dollars to an organization that Homeland Security has flagged as a “bad group” and now I need to turn myself in or click on this link, shouldn’t you also know that I don’t have thousands of dollars to send to anyone? If it was a buck fifty maybe but more than that — give me a break. I might give to a valid charity but to some nameless organization — no way. No click. And, a good chuckle. Nice try in this day and age of heightened paranoia. Wonder how many will click before they remember they’ve never used Western Union to send money.
- Does any really believe the IRS would send you email — for anything? I mean this is the organization that charges you to file electronically, in order to save them money. Yeah, it saves them money because you pay extra to file that way — bonus time.
- Like I would trust anyone who sends me unsolicited email asking them to help me get out of debt. If I had a problem with debt, I’d start by talking to my bank, credit union, or a financial adviser and NOT some organization who sends spam.
- I’ve noticed that I’m still getting hundreds of spam a day letting me know that they can help me be more of a man and get my many-euphemism-to-get-past-spam-filters-tool bigger, harder, and better. Too bad, I’m a woman and your targeted email is to a totally inappropriate demographic.
- Along the same lines of getting bigger, harder, etc., etc., and so forth. What’s with all the references to violence? Do men really thing women are impressed by men who treat them as sex toys and that all women want to be abused? Hint: That’s a big NO. Excepting a very, very, very, small minority who may be into BDSM, no one wants to be hurt — ever, no way. If you’re a man that believes these ads, please get help. If you learn to respect women you might actually find it works better than these spam ads.
- I have to wonder about congress — they keep turning down legislation to create a Can Spam that works like the Do Not Call list. Are they really clueless enough to believe that anyone wants this garbage delivered to their inbox. We should have to Opt In, not Opt Out guys. Get a clue, please.
- And enough with the watches and designer thingies. If I wanted this stuff, I’d buy it from those carts on the side of the streets in the cities. I won’t buy it from spam. Sorry but if you send me spam, you’re obviously not a company, person, or service that I want to deal with.
Maybe some day, I’ll open my email and find only letters from people, companies, and services, that I’ve opted to receive email from. Won’t that be nice?