Forwards: The Root of All Evil (A Teenage Rant)
We all get consistent forwards in our emails (or texts), or have those kind of friends who are constantly sending us forwards that say things like “friends forever” with a bunch of pictures of teddy bears or babies or puppy dogs. Or we have the friends who send us those bogus rumor and downright lie forwards… which tend to also be the friends who send us the “pass this forward on or God will sentence you to hell” forwards. Hmmm. Anyways, forwards are the root of all evil, and contribute only to make our lives more purposeless, wasted, and downright annoying. Away with forwards! Stop the madness! Refuse to send them!
You know those “Send this text/email along and 10 cents will be donated to poor Anna’s expensive medical treatment” forwards? They don’t work. No one can actually track the texts or emails! (Actually that would be kind of scary if they could.) Forget those – phonies phonies phonies! Don’t send them along to waste someone’s time.
How about those “Tom’s ghost will eat you” “You will die painfully” “You will always have unrequited love” “God will hate you” if you don’t email the forward? Uh… maybe they are funny for a second, but then there are more of them, and more, and then you realize people are too superstitious or don’t want to take chances so they send them… stupid! I don’t send them. Believe it or not, I haven’t been eaten by a ghost. I know, astonishing.
Here’s a reason to tell your friends to stop sending you forwards: you know that looong list of people the forward has already been sent to before you got it? The emails you have to scroll down through to get to the forward? SPAMMERS sometimes use these! And we all know the only thing more annoying than getting a million forwards is getting a million spam emails!
I once got an email telling me to boycott the new presidential one dollar coins. Why? Because on the face of the coin, it doesn’t say “In God We Trust.” Actually, (and I checked this with my own coins) the “In God We Trust” was inscribed on the edge of the coin so there would be more room for the president’s face. Makes sense to me, and I actually thought it looked pretty cool on the edge. But think about how uninformed this forward was! All it did was waste my time and make me begin to doubt the intelligence of the friend who sent it to me.
This same friend sends me most of my religious forwards. Some of these are inspirational at some points while others feel overzealous. Do you think I give a beep what Billy Graham thinks? Do you honestly think anyone can bully me into sending on a forward because if I don’t, I supposedly don’t believe in God and/or Jesus? Why would I send these emails on? I don’t want my friends to think that I consider them as unreligious if they don’t agree with the forward and therefore don’t send it on.
Also – more as a rant against my friend who will never read this rant – don’t send me forwards – especially religious forwards – with a note at the top from you reading, “I don’t agree with it, but it’s a nice thought.” What the heck do you mean by that?! Why are you wasting my time by sending it to me then?! Argh! (deep breaths, deep breaths…)
Stop the spread of irratationg forwards! In fact, since some people can’t seem to tell the difference, just don’t send ANY forwards! Your friends and other people you email prefer to hear your thoughts in emails anyway, not a stupid forwards they may have already been sent. Be original! End the horror! Go forward-free! J
---Sarah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! smile
"Don't confuse me with facts, my minds already made up."
 -Scary NinJa Monster- · Fri Jul 11, 2008 @ 07:16am · 1 Comments |
