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Chain Mail

El Héroe Oscuro

El Héroe Oscuro

IG: elheroeoscuro
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    "☜(ﾟヮﾟ☜)
    you da man
    now pass this around to three others who are da man!"

    I believe we've all gotten them at one point or another, whether through Facebook, text message, email, etc. etc. What are your opinions on chain mail? When you receive them do you accept the challenge and pass it on to other people, or do you promptly just ignore it? Sometime's chain mail will come with an ultimatum: do you believe that if you don't pass it on, that ultimatum will come true?

    I really hope that latter question is a strong no, to be honest.​
     
    Oh goodness, no. I swear, every time I see YouTube comments that say something like "you will have the best day of your life but if you do not paste this on xx amount of videos you will die within x days" I want to snap the person making them.

    I do tend to see status updates on Facebook where people "test to see who reads and not just scrolls", though, but I hardly ever get around to them.
     
    I hate chain statuses more than chain mail. Ones that don't really give you a threat, but a lame attempt at emotional blackmail.

    STUPID CANCER. IF YOU HAVE CANCER OR LOVE SOMEONE WHO HAS CANCER POST THIS TO YOUR WALL FOR 1 HOUR. I KNOW 97% OF YOU WON'T BUT THOSE OF YOU WHO WILL HELP FIGHT CANCER.
     
    I only sent a chain mail to 9 people instead of 10, and I'm going to die tonight at 00:00AM.

    It was nice meeting you, people.
     
    It's annoying. I can't stand email forwards, either. I get so many from this older woman that had she not been my family friend for a decade, I'd have blocked her already.

    Some are pretty funny, though. Just sucks when I'm waiting for an email and it ends up being some chain ♥♥♥♥.
     
    I actually passed only the "you da man" one, because ☜(ﾟヮﾟ☜)

    That ♥♥♥♥ cracks me up. XD

    But I won't pass on the ones that are like, "a clown with a knife will visit you in your sleep if you don't pass this to five million people".

    I just enjoy spreading pleasantries.
     
    Katholic Nun said:
    I hate chain statuses more than chain mail. Ones that don't really give you a threat, but a lame attempt at emotional blackmail.

    STUPID CANCER. IF YOU HAVE CANCER OR LOVE SOMEONE WHO HAS CANCER POST THIS TO YOUR WALL FOR 1 HOUR. I KNOW 97% OF YOU WON'T BUT THOSE OF YOU WHO WILL HELP FIGHT CANCER.
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    I see these all the time on my fb. Also the ones that are like "If you have a heart you'll share this" they're all really emotionally manipulative.

    There's some that go around tumblr too, like "If you don't reblog this I'll hate you" or w/e.
     
    I hate chain mail of any kind and I refuse to send anything on beyond sarcastically posting it to my friends on their profiles. If any email or post begins with, "IF YOU STOP READING THIS YOU WILL DIE", I immediately stop reading it. I already know I will die, because all men must die.

    Valar morghulis.
     
    I used to get chain texts all of the time back in high school. "send this to ten other people or your best friend will die tonight" and things like that. I'd just ignore them and move on as they are usually silly. That said, the one Dave decided to do around the forum is really awesome and the type of chain mail that I like. It's positive and fun to resend instead of spammy and annoying.
     
    I consider "Post this X times or you die" or "Post this X times so tomorrow will be the best day of your life, and if you don't tomorrow will be the worst day ever" spam.

    I don't care for the small ones like the one that is the example.

    I don't really care for status mail either, as long as it is not all in caps.
     
    Once I wanted to make a chain letter. I was writing it out, detailing all the gruesome things that would happen if you didn't send it...and my mom showed up. "You can't write that! Write something less scary, like...you'll steal all of their left shoes."

    I don't think it ever took off.
     
    I really really really dislike chain mail/statuses. It's pointless, and that alone makes me wonder why they're even a thing.
     
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