Ok, now that's enough.
Posted by s2 | Labels: email, embarrassment, Low Self Esteem | Posted On Friday, June 6, 2008 at 1:34 PM
I've mentioned before how I get occasionally helpful tips from the spam box. Well, apparently I haven't taken enough of these tips to heart, because the spam is starting to turn mean. Damn mean.
Click for my humiliation
Click for my humiliationI "circled" the ones that got me particularly riled up. There is absolutely no reason why the email has to take this tone with me. Just recommend the enchancement drugs and loan consolidations and leave me be. Is that so difficult? When did this become personal? I don't remember doing anything to spam.
The first and probably most upsetting one from "ddinizo@verizon.net" says "what a stupid face you have here swilliams". How insulting. I'm a bit confused by the "here" part, but I get the gist. I can't see what purpose this would have other than to insult me. What product could they possibly offer to help me with my stupid face? Didn't Mama Spam teach the whole "if you can't email something nice..." thing? The "what a" part really conveys that even they cannot believe how stupid my face is. Well, it makes me feel pretty bad, thats for sure. I guess that was their goal from the beginning.
"Stop being the joke around town" Well, in addition to having a stupid face, I'm also the joke around town. Is my face the joke or is it something that I will learn later? What's particularly upsetting is that two separate "people" sent me this email. It's getting to the point that I'm such a joke, that people cannot keep it in. Maybe the intent is to inform me of my ridicule status in hope that I could fix it and retain some shred of dignity, but I get the feeling that however well intended they enjoy telling me that I'm a laughing stock. This really sucks. How much worse could this get?
I have to lump that last two together. They may be unrelated, but I think I'm starting to discern a pattern. "More inches and more force" Ok...so this may be the joke. Frankly I'd like to know who is starting these rumors "around town". I think I can safely file a libel suit against "johnsonr.johnson@eajb.com.sa (oh very clever). Hmmm, I believe ".sa" indicates a Saudi Arabian origin. This conspiracy just went global. Am I in over my head? "Boost your acting in bed" is a different yet no less slanderous statement. "Acting". I'm just acting? When I'm doing what? Sleeping? I need to be a more convincing sleeper? Or is it referring to other bedroom activities. Apparently either way, I'm not fooling anyone. VERY disheartening.
These emails combined to be quite the stomach punch. I feel very exposed after this. I have my reputation and dignity to repair after all of this, and I'm not sure how to do it. I suppose I could respond to each one and plead my case, or just try to ignore them. Not a good day when you get your ass kicked by email. The worst part is what I would have to do to prove these emails wrong. You know what, forget this. As far as I'm concerned spam can go eff itself. THEN we'll see who the joke is.
The first and probably most upsetting one from "ddinizo@verizon.net" says "what a stupid face you have here swilliams". How insulting. I'm a bit confused by the "here" part, but I get the gist. I can't see what purpose this would have other than to insult me. What product could they possibly offer to help me with my stupid face? Didn't Mama Spam teach the whole "if you can't email something nice..." thing? The "what a" part really conveys that even they cannot believe how stupid my face is. Well, it makes me feel pretty bad, thats for sure. I guess that was their goal from the beginning.
"Stop being the joke around town" Well, in addition to having a stupid face, I'm also the joke around town. Is my face the joke or is it something that I will learn later? What's particularly upsetting is that two separate "people" sent me this email. It's getting to the point that I'm such a joke, that people cannot keep it in. Maybe the intent is to inform me of my ridicule status in hope that I could fix it and retain some shred of dignity, but I get the feeling that however well intended they enjoy telling me that I'm a laughing stock. This really sucks. How much worse could this get?
I have to lump that last two together. They may be unrelated, but I think I'm starting to discern a pattern. "More inches and more force" Ok...so this may be the joke. Frankly I'd like to know who is starting these rumors "around town". I think I can safely file a libel suit against "johnsonr.johnson@eajb.com.sa (oh very clever). Hmmm, I believe ".sa" indicates a Saudi Arabian origin. This conspiracy just went global. Am I in over my head? "Boost your acting in bed" is a different yet no less slanderous statement. "Acting". I'm just acting? When I'm doing what? Sleeping? I need to be a more convincing sleeper? Or is it referring to other bedroom activities. Apparently either way, I'm not fooling anyone. VERY disheartening.
These emails combined to be quite the stomach punch. I feel very exposed after this. I have my reputation and dignity to repair after all of this, and I'm not sure how to do it. I suppose I could respond to each one and plead my case, or just try to ignore them. Not a good day when you get your ass kicked by email. The worst part is what I would have to do to prove these emails wrong. You know what, forget this. As far as I'm concerned spam can go eff itself. THEN we'll see who the joke is.
I once got an email titled "you are such a disappointment", but that was from my FIL instead of spam.
Well, they say that disappointment is a two way street. They do say that don't they?
Perhaps it's like a stockholm syndrome type thing. The more abuse they throw at you the more you will grow to love them?
Or perhaps it's a psychologist plot to make people feel insecure enough to go to them.
Maybe...luckily i was a psych major (whatever THATS worth) so their attempts are thinly veiled. But I think I do like the abuse. Masochistic?