WHY do people forward emails without checking for validity??

I just got through cleaning out my in box of this stuff! My mil send them ALL on, she admits that a few sound ify but she'll send them on just in case because you just never know if it might be true.

The best one today was the 'Don't Mock God' email. Big ol' list of all the people that have mocked God and then died!! Of course at the bottom it said that all good christians will pass it on and so she had to send it out.
 
I'm sorry, I just had to post this: I thought it was funny! I very rarely forward emails, but I sent this to my closest friends & they ALL replied to say what a kick they got out of it!!

What email has done to me....

I must send my thanks to whoever sent me the one about rat poop in the glue on envelopes because I now have to use a wet towel with every envelope that needs sealing.

Also, now I have to scrub the top of every can I open for the same >reason.

I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl (Penny Brown) who is about to die in the hospital for the 1,387,258th time.

I no longer have any money at all, but that will change once I receive the $15,000 that Bill Gates/Microsoft and AOL are sending me for
participating in their special e-mail program.

I no longer worry about my soul because I have 363,214 angels looking out for me, and St. Theresa's novena has granted my every wish.

I no longer eat KFC because their chickens are actually horrible mutant freaks with no eyes or feathers.

I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants even though I smell like a water buffalo on a hot day.

Thanks to you, I have learned that my prayers only get answered if I forward an email to seven of my friends and make a wish within five minutes.

Because of your concern I no longer drink Coca-Cola because it can remove toilet stains.

I no longer buy gasoline without taking a man along to watch the car so a serial killer won't crawl in my back seat when I'm pumping gas.

I no longer drink Pepsi or Dr. Pepper since the people who make these products are atheists who refuse to put "Under God" on their cans.

I no longer use Saran wrap in the microwave because it causes cancer.

And thanks for letting me know I can't boil a cup of water in the microwave anymore because it will blow up in my face...disfiguring me for life.

I no longer check the coin return on pay phones because I could be pricked with a needle infected with AIDS.

I no longer go to shopping malls because someone will drug me with a perfume sample and rob me.

I no longer shop at Target since they are French and don't support our American troops or the Salvation Army.

I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to dial a number for which I will get a phone bill with calls to Jamaica, Uganda, Singapore and Uzbekistan.

I no longer have any sneakers-but that will change once I receive my free replacement pair from Nike.

I no longer buy expensive cookies from Neiman Marcus since I now have their recipe.

Thanks to you, I can't use anyone's toilet but mine because a big brown African spider is lurking under the seat to cause me instant death when it bites my butt.

Thank you too for all the endless advice Andy Rooney has given us. I can live a better life now because he's told us how to fix everything.

And thanks to your great advice, I can't ever pick up $5.00 I dropped in the parking lot because it probably was placed there by a sex molester waiting underneath my car to grab my leg. Oh, and don't forget this one either!

I can no longer drive my car because I can't buy gas from certain gas companies!

If you don't send this email to at least 144,000 people in the next 70 minutes, a large dove with the ****s will land on your head at 5:00 pm this afternoon and the fleas from 12 camels will infest your back, causing you to grow a hairy hump. I know this will occur because it actually happened to a friend of my next-door neighbour's ex-mother-in-law's second husband's cousin's beautician...

Have a wonderful day...

P.S. A South American scientist from Argentina, after a lengthy study,has discovered that people with insufficient brain and ***ual activity read their e-mail with their hand on the mouse.

Don't bother taking it off now, it's too late.
 
CindyCan said:
I'm sorry, I just had to post this: I thought it was funny! I very rarely forward emails, but I sent this to my closest friends & they ALL replied to say what a kick they got out of it!!

That is hilarious! :rotfl:

Mind if I copy it? I'd like to send it everyone in my address book. :rolleyes: ;)
 
KelNottAt said:
That is hilarious! :rotfl:

Mind if I copy it? I'd like to send it everyone in my address book. :rolleyes: ;)

Help yourself! It came to me author-less just yesterday. I'm glad you enjoyed it!!
 

You could always add a siggy to your e-mail...

"Before forwarding an e-mail... www.snopes.com"

or

"Don't be one of the dopes, first check snopes: www.snopes.com"


;)
 
I check all incoming e-mails on snopes before forwarding them to anyone then send the link to the person who forwarded the offending e-mail to me. I hope that then it will reduce the amount that I will get, unfortunately I haven't been able to get my Mum to check anything out before sending it to me though. She says that she just sends it to me first before she sends it to anyone else and she knows that if she doesn't get an e-mail back saying it was a hoax with a snopes link then it is okay to send to all her friends!! Okay then, sure make me do all the work, but at least she doesn't forward it to anyone else first!!
 
The ER director that I worked for used to post hardcopies of email forwards on the bulletin board in the med room. Yes, an RN put in charge of an ER didn't have the good sense to check authenticity of email forwards and took them for fact. :crazy:

It gets even better. My dh works in the natural gas industry. The company he used to work for instituted "safety" policies and guidelines based on email forwards. :crazy:

I've posted links to snopes.com articles on threads here on the Dis, and I've had people argue with it. :crazy:

What do I do with email forwards? Delete!
 


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