Friday, September 26, 2003
Yup, people are really that stupid
I have a lot of sympathy for the point of view expressed in The Thrilling Detective Web Site Classifieds: Help Wanted, having at one time been the recipient of e-mail messages such as "SEND ME EVERYTHING YOU HAVE ON THE OKALHAOMA CITY BOMMBING, I NEED PICTURES, PAPER IS DUE ON FRIDAY HURRY!!!!!"
I can't believe the sheer stupidity of people who think they're e-mailing, say, Stephen J. Cannell when they hit a Rockford Files site. I personally would not publish their e-mail addresses on my web site (except for the guy who says he's changing ISPs soon so a "quick response is recommended"--not APPRECIATED, mind you, but RECOMMENDED--and for him, I'd feel more like looking him up online and publishing his e-mail address, his postal address, and his phone number. Just in case somebody with the answer to his question wanted to contact him, of course) but their letters are entertaining reading. At least for those of us who are irritable insomniacs.
I have a lot of sympathy for the point of view expressed in The Thrilling Detective Web Site Classifieds: Help Wanted, having at one time been the recipient of e-mail messages such as "SEND ME EVERYTHING YOU HAVE ON THE OKALHAOMA CITY BOMMBING, I NEED PICTURES, PAPER IS DUE ON FRIDAY HURRY!!!!!"
I can't believe the sheer stupidity of people who think they're e-mailing, say, Stephen J. Cannell when they hit a Rockford Files site. I personally would not publish their e-mail addresses on my web site (except for the guy who says he's changing ISPs soon so a "quick response is recommended"--not APPRECIATED, mind you, but RECOMMENDED--and for him, I'd feel more like looking him up online and publishing his e-mail address, his postal address, and his phone number. Just in case somebody with the answer to his question wanted to contact him, of course) but their letters are entertaining reading. At least for those of us who are irritable insomniacs.
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