Spam. It's what's for dinner.

[kalleah]

I need to rant, as I just deleted 49 pieces of spam.  Granted, I use Gmail, and the spam filtering is superb, but freaking A!  Enough.

Who are the morons who respond to this stuff, anyway???

DO NOT WANT:
(Not an all-inclusive list)

• ... to make my penis bigger.  Don't have one, personally.
• Viagra/Cialis/whatever.
• Hot Japanese schoolgirls.  (Or, for that matter, Japanese schoolgirls with really lovely personalities.)
  
• Financial deals from Nigerian dictators.
• Microcap stock deals.

Although, I do have to point to the occasional (inadvertent) educational experience that spam provides.  For example, I did not know that there were some guys that were self-conscious about how much semen they produce.  Okay.  I get the whole penis-size insecurity, but seriously?  Guys, if you want to impress us, leave the seat down.

Comments

[sundayschild.livejournal.com]

LOL. I'm sorry to hear that (the fact that you had all that spam, what was in said spam...and the semen thing) :P And I agree about the seat-down thing--honestly. It would solve a lot of problems.

[kalleah.livejournal.com]

Eh. It's an annoyance, and like I said, Gmail does a very good job of filtering. I don't remember the last time a piece of spam made it to my inbox.

[sundayschild.livejournal.com]

Well than, that makes this particular event all the more suprising, doesn't it? LOL. And look on the bright side: it's not a regular occurence, so hopefully it'll only happen once. :)

[kalleah.livejournal.com]

The first thing that crossed my mind (after the obligatory "WTF?") was that this sounds like a case for Mythbusters. Oh, my.

[earlgreytea68.livejournal.com]

I must confess that my father just imported a virus into his computer by clicking on spam because it told him he had won a free trip. My sisters and I stared at him in astonishment...

[kalleah.livejournal.com]

HEE! Okay, that is funny. I can understand the allure of "you've won!" but it's the thought process like this that scares me.

Person opens inbox and sees email for either breast or penis enlargement (pick your poison).
"Hmm, you know, I have wanted to make my [insert body part here] bigger. I think I'll give this a try."

It's the equivalent of having a pregnancy test in the impulse buy section. "Oh, well, since I'm here ..."

[eponymous-rose.livejournal.com]

Ooh, and don't forget the watches they keep trying to sell you. GENUINE ROLEX!!1eleventyone!!

The funny thing is when the spambots get confused, and the subject's about all sorts of "male enhancement" whatsits while the e-mail itself is from a Nigerian princess. Or, um, whatever.

Thank goodness for Gmail. I get upwards of twenty spam messages a day. And since my university e-mail username is all of three letters... argh.

I read an article on spam a while back. Forget the exact numbers, but it works out that if one in every several million people clicks the link and does whatever, it makes the whole thing profitable. Spamming's good business. And, like most good business, it's annoying as heck.

[kalleah.livejournal.com]

Forgot about the Rolexes. Riiiiiight. Always a good investment.

[jesidres.livejournal.com]

Supposedly, according to three different sources I read, we collectively spend 159 years deleting spam.

Then to distract you from the spam.... http://s134.photobucket.com/albums/q106/whooligans/?action=view¤t=kalleah.jpg

[kalleah.livejournal.com]

This deserves its own post. :)

[vinceliav.livejournal.com]

I get the whole penis-size insecurity, but seriously? Guys, if you want to impress us, leave the seat down.

Amen! That all we need to be awed by you guys! lol I never knew that some guys were self concioius about that. *note to self* ask male friends next time we hang out...that should make an interesting conversation. (dammit I just got back from hanging out with the guy that would've given the best answer!)

[kalleah.livejournal.com]

I don't think I'm going to ask my guy friends. Honestly ... I don't want to know.

[bluevolvic.livejournal.com]

i get Spam,and the sender is my own email address.I generally get the same type of spam you mention above every day.

[kalleah.livejournal.com]

Yay, self-spamming. It's what's for breakfast.

[crimedoc1.livejournal.com]

*snort* Yeah, I get that too. I particularly enjoy the emails inviting me to enhance the size or staying power of body parts I do not actually possess. And all the ones inviting me to help get millions of dollars out of some country or other in exchange for a share of the booty.

Despite my university's spam blocker, at LEAST a dozen useless emails a day get through, not to mention the hundred or so that actually are blocked and go into the 'junk mail' folder. Unfortunately, the spam blocker has the bad habit of sometimes blocking useful emails too - like from students or colleagues. So I really should check the subject lines of those 100+ blocked emails every day, just in case.

*sigh* I hate junk mail - total utter waste of time that I could be spending reading your latest AMAZINGLY INCREDIBLE WONDERFUL story!

[kalleah.livejournal.com]

I have managed to go through and steadily remove myself from most of the snail mail junk lists -- which is a blessing. I guess the e-stuff doesn't bug me as much as piles of physical junk mail did, but there you go.

You're very kind to say nice things about the story ... enjoy.