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Who else has had enough? I know I can’t stand the damn things.

Sure, people want to be heard. But chain letters are the wrong way to make yourself heard. First, they’re annoying. Second, they often have heaps of images and clog up your email inbox, and third: I think this is the most important part of my message, why do you have to send a message to someone to tell them that you’re their friend? Wouldn’t they know already if they are? And the rating system at the bottom of these is just low:

if u send this to 10 ppl, you’re a terrible person
if u send this to 20 ppl, you’re not so bad
if u send this to 35 ppl, you’re OK
if u send this to 50 ppl, you’re a nice person
if u send this to 75 or more, you’re a true friend

ughh *shudder*

If you’re a nice person, you wouldn’t send forwards to anyone, because… PEOPLE DON’T WANT THEM!!!!!

What is the whole point? I estimate that the majority of internet traffic is generated by the Forward button in your favorite email client, and pornography.

The only reason chain letters exist is to waste people’s valuable time.

People who write chain email generally have no moral or ethical standards. Take for instance, chain email about religion.

I have received upon many occasions, chain email about forwarding messages about religious belief. The email(s) generally place guilt on the reader if they don’t send it on, that you must be ashamed of God, and that you’re a bad person.

“If, You aren’t ashamed to do this…

Please follow the directions.

Jesus said, “If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you before my Father.”

Not ashamed?

Pass this on ONLY IF YOU MEAN IT!!”

Putting people in positions like this is demoralizing and demeaning, making them think that because of their insecurity about sending this email to a non-Christian friend, they are a bad Christian themselves, which is utter nonsense. Christianity is a very touchy subject in our society, and people are shunned by others merely for their beliefs. If somebody is afraid to send this, then that is completely fair, as they have most likely not fully matured in their faith, which is a perfectly reasonable thing.

Another thing, who really wants to read a bunch of crap about how some poor girl died in a horrific car accident just because she didn’t forward a chain letter. How do they know it was because she didn’t forward a chain letter? Could it be there was alcohol involved? How do we know there even WAS a car accident? They really are the ultimate nuisance.

Yeah, maybe sending this to a friend gets rid of your guilt, but really, you’re only passing your guilt on to them. If you were a true friend you wouldn’t be sending crap like this to your friends, but instead you would delete the bloody thing straight away and ask the person who sent it not to send anymore but instead to delete them when they receive them and let everyone else they know do the same.

The only way to really stop chain letters is to stop sending them.

Sure some people might say that it’s sweet to send an “I love you because you’re my friend” chain letter to someone.

News flash: You could tell them that anytime you want without email by giving them a call or going and seeing them or perhaps writing them some snail-mail.

Phone calls are far more enjoyable, as the tone of somebody’s voice communicates true feeling. And rest assured that you will never get the dreaded postmaster message saying that your letter didn’t get through because the mail servers are clogged up with all of society’s damn email forwards.