"Cooking" up Trouble

5 years ago

Warning! this is soooo off-topic, but I really would value your answers.

Lately I have been getting emails - from people I know - that are rather deer-in-the-headlights-breath-stopping-jaw-dropping cartoons or videos.... usually something political. Yah... yum... nowhere do go with this sort of thing.

I have been deleting them as fast as my numbed mind can move my finger. I actually would like to send a pithy comment, but have refrained from doing so. What do you all do?

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plllog

5 years ago

A lot of it depends on who is doing it and how offensive the material is. Some people you can talk to in a grown up manner and say, "I appreciate you wanting to include me but I really dislike receiving cartoons and videos. Would you mind taking me off your list?" Or if it's someone affable but who needs a 2x4 whack to get the message, "I love you but I don't have time for all this stuff, and I'm deleting all your messages unopened until you stop sending this nonsense."

OR, you could set your email account to text only, so the images and videos aren't shown inline. Let your people know or not, depending on if they expect you to know what they've sent. Usually, you should get an option link in your e-mail to view the HTML if you choose. I don't know if all services/apps have these settings, though, so you might need to locate a mail app that does.

But if it's only one or two per day, you might just want to kind of close your eyes and make sure there isn't also an invitation to Uncle Albert's 90th birthday or something else important, and continue deleting the rest.

Or...If you're in a particularly puckish mood, you can reply to every last one with pictures of bunnies. Don't do cats or dogs because people really like those and might think you're serious. Bunnies are pretty neutral and boring as furry little animals go. Or, maybe carrots. Just plain carrots. Bunches of nice straight boring carrots like you get at the grocery store. There's a huge variety of carrots. It might be fun. Send two carrot messages for every icky cartoon or video. If they don't desist, up your carrot game. :D

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fawnridge (Ricky)
5 years ago

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chloebud
5 years ago
Love the bunny/carrot thing, plllog!

Kate, i can relate since we also know a couple pathological emailers. I've just deleted the emails without responding. Amazing they assume people enjoy all that garbage on a frequent basis. IDK, maybe a pithy response would set them straight, depending on your relationship with the sender and/or level of annoyance. Ours come from cousins we never see. For now, just hitting delete works for me.
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Sooz
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
I usually send an email asking them to please NOT forward anything to me, since I've already probably received it a number of times. I also add how much I enjoy our personal emails & I hope they understand. I also ask that my name be removed from their group, mass emails since that just leads to junk mail from other sources ( the REPLY TO ALL problem).

If the problem continues, I usually send them 1 more email saying that I'm getting too many forwards from a lot of people and I've set up my email so that these are all automatically going into my spam or junk folder...then I delete them without opening & block the sender. Chloebud, LOL--pathological emailers! Plllog-- carrots! Great idea!
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party_music50
5 years ago
I went through that years ago and the emails were coming from former work colleagues and seldom-seen cousins. Nothing personal in them, they were just to copy/paste/propagate content about their political bent — always opposite from and disparaging to mine. I just stopped looking at anything they sent me.
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amylou321
5 years ago
I just delete them. I am not someone who enjoys discussing politics, religion and the like. The people I know who enjoy a good debate over such things would send those things out to people either wanting praise and agreement, or wanting to start a back and forth argument about it. I will not give anyone the satisfaction of a reaction from me. Ignoring them gets them more riled up than engaging with them. So just keep deleting them and live life....
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CA Kate z9
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5 years ago
Thanks to all for your very good suggestions.

Ricky, loved your cartoon. Could happen in my kitchen anytime. 😄

Chloebud, I totally understand "Pathological emailers". I think there are pathological Facebookers too.

I guess I will just keep taking a deep breath and then deleting them. But if I just can't stand to not say something, I think a bunnie and a carrot or two might do.... or maybe a rattle snake.
Islay Corbel
5 years ago
Carrots. Inspired!
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lindac92
5 years ago
It's easy....just delete with a flick of the finger.....no need to hurt feelings or cause controversy (a lthough lord knows i am all in for a good discussion)....just flick your finger to the delete button...Poof! Gone! Repeat as needed. I have an old friend who sends me a link to something twice a day, every day for easily 10 years. I never even open them any more....but I know he's alive....and occasionally answerw ith an "lol".
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chloebud
5 years ago
"Chloebud, I totally understand "Pathological emailers". I think there are pathological Facebookers too."

LOL, Kate, I think there are "pathologicals" just about everywhere!
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CA Kate z9
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4 years ago
I found these, what do you think? Anywhere near what you were thinking, pilllog?

As in "What did you just send me?!

As in "REALLY?!"

or,

Or for the really bad ones:
plllog
4 years ago
LOL! Those are great! I was thinking something banal, but if you prefer a little attitude, go for it!

banal bunnies: https://www.google.com/search?q=bunny+photos&tbm=isch&hl=en-US&chips=q:bunny+photos,g_1:cute:d4h147Gv1sw%3D,g_1:real:ag9IuvI6Npg%3D,online_chips:real+life:sBRekhXvsio%3D&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjhn5bLttTyAhUtFzQIHWpiBX4Q4lYoBnoECAEQIQ&biw=1194&bih=717

straight carrots: https://www.google.com/search?q=carrot+photos&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjty7_UttTyAhXJATQIHfJwC0sQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=carrot+photos&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBggAEAcQHjIGCAAQBxAeMgYIABAHEB4yBggAEAcQHjIGCAAQBxAeMgYIABAHEB46BwgAELEDEEM6BAgAEEM6CAgAEIAEELEDUNTVB1jI_wdguocIaABwAHgAgAFeiAG1CJIBAjEzmAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=M4sqYa3mM8mD0PEP8uGt2AQ&bih=717&biw=1194&hl=en-US
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CA Kate z9
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4 years ago
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I guess that pile of carrots might do as a statement of too much.

How about this one:
lizbeth-gardener
4 years ago
CA Kate z9, I love the four you posted above; I think they convey your sentiments well!
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