Life on Yavin IV: My First PSA

Life on Yavin IV

Hello there. I'm Jedi Knight G. Since the creation of the New Jedi Order by Master Skywalker, the Jedi have been free to take part in previously forbidden activities. One of those being Marriage. The following are the tales of my experiences being married with children. May the force be with you...G.

11.12.2005

My First PSA

Ok. This is my first Public Service Announcement. However, I know there will be more to come.
Today's PSA is on Email abuse. What is Email abuse you ask? Well, let me try to give you some examples:

First! If it has more than 1 FW: in the subject line. Don't forward it to me. Don't forward it to anyone.
- If it say's "READ THIS! IT WAS ON THE NEWS!" delete it imediately. C'mon. Who are you really trying to convince. If it was on TV then you wouldn't have to send an email about it would you. Nope.
- If it say's "DO NOT DELETE, PLEASE READ" Delete it. Look. If there is something important enough for you to know then you'll know about it with needing to read an email. Do you see a pattern here.
- If it says "ANYTHING" about "ANYONE" trying to take religous programming or something similar off the air...don't forward it. Please, don't be as gullible as most christians out there that have knee jerk reactions and think with their emotions instead of plain ole common sense logic. It's not going to happen. And if it does...YOU WON"T FIND OUT IN AN EMAIL.
- We've had the World Wide Web for how many years now. Bill Gates is literally the richest man on the planet. Not to mention he has the worlds leading engineers and programmers on his payroll. So why on earth would he pay anyone any amont of money for forwarding emails as part of an Email beta test. He doesn't. So don't forward that one either or any variations of it.
- If at some point in the email it reads something like this "....I am a lawyer so I know the law..." or "...my friend is a lawyer and he knows the law..." What are we going to do?....hmm...that's right. Delete it.

I know what your thinking...why am I so harse. You ain't seen nothing. When my alter-ego 'WebSpy G' shows up. Then you'll run for cover. I have friends and relatives that pretty much stop sending me email period, because I (webspy g) rode them so hard about the junk they sent.

You see. Most people know if I forward you something...then it's something worth reading. Because typically I don't forward anything. I maybe forward 3 or 4 emails a year. That's it. If I email you it's because I'm talking to you or sending some pics or something. There are people that send out 4 or 5 Fws a day. C'mon. What's the point of that.

Anyway. I hope I have helped someone today. So remember before you forward anything...at least check it's authenticity first. Here's a good place for email hoaxs and urban email legends. Here's another one.

Laters.

posted by G. @ 3:45 PM

1 Comments:

At 2:32 PM, Cara said…

That's so true!!
And by the way... I won't send you any emails... All I get is forwards!!! Some I read, most I don't!! How funny!! I can think of a few people you must be talking about!! hehe!;)