I’ve become the Snopes b*tch.
I’m sorry, y’all. I just can’t stand when I receive e-mail after e-mail after e-mail filled with pure, unadulterated crap. And yes, I could leave it all alone, delete the message (my rule of thumb is the more “FW:’s” I have to go through, the quicker the thing gets deleted), and move on.
But I can’t stop at that. I take the fifteen seconds it takes to go to Snopes, or Truth or Fiction, or whatever, determine the veracity of the message, and shoot a link to the offending e-mailer.
I’m now THAT person. The one that shoots down grandiose rumors and dire warnings with a couple of keystrokes.
Somebody’s gotta be the bad guy.
August 16, 2007 at 9:27 am
Lemme guess, you just got a postcard warning? The one forwarded eighty-gazillion times that incudes the Snopes link? The one that says “Don’t open stuff from people you don’t know?” DUH.
August 16, 2007 at 9:42 am
I don’t get that many but those from “known” forwarder’s, including a sister, are deleted sight unseen. The other few have to have a note from the sender explaining themselves as the first entry. Such as, “I’m sending this crap to you because:”
Of course, I run the risk of not learning why the Earth will end in 20 days, or other important stuff.
August 16, 2007 at 9:50 am
Congatulations!
I know your parents must be so proud.
Ben O.
August 16, 2007 at 10:41 am
I’m so THAT person, too. My sis actually sends them straight to me and asks if they’re true now… apparently she can’t figure Snopes out for herself! ha
Somebody has to stop the forwarding madness, if there were more of us, such a cleaner inbox we would all have.
August 16, 2007 at 11:13 am
i do it too.
August 16, 2007 at 1:14 pm
Haha!! Love it! My dad has always done that too, and in the most patronizingly polite way possible–plus he always hits “reply to all” so EVERYONE sees how wrong the original email is
August 16, 2007 at 1:39 pm
Well Thank God is all I have to say, because in my family/circle of friends, I’M that person. And I’m just glad I’m not the only one.
I mean, why the hell can’t anyone else figure out friggin’ Snopes.com?
August 16, 2007 at 2:32 pm
Don’t fell bad. If you’re the snopes bitch, then I guess that I’m the snopes bastard. Is it wrong that I get more joy out of snarkily debunking a piece of particularly heart wrenching glurge than I do from warm sunshine and puppy dogs.
August 16, 2007 at 2:35 pm
I meant to say “dont FEEL bad.” Also, for extra a$$holishness, I reply to all, not just to the offender. To paraphrase Jeff Kay, “Yes I’m 34, what of it?”
August 16, 2007 at 2:49 pm
Hey, we Snopes B*tches need to do our part to keep the Urban Legend Vermin from spreading. I even have it in my Bloglines, so I can keep on top of the newest vermin.
August 16, 2007 at 3:35 pm
I am sooooooo with you sista! “Kill Joy” is my middle name. I can’t stand being told that Mars is going to appear bigger than the moon or everytime I put my shopping in the boot some larrikin is going to spray toxic perfume over me and pinch my handbag. Hate those thing . . .the problem with common sense is that it is very, very uncommon!
August 16, 2007 at 3:59 pm
You said it best!!!!!
Michele sent me your way
have a wonderful weekend (isn’t it nice when it starts early??)
August 16, 2007 at 4:17 pm
I am so that person as well, I HATE those stupid urban myths in fact I think I did a post about them once eons ago.
Here from micheles have a great early weekend lol.
August 16, 2007 at 4:35 pm
we all must do it so the stupid doesnt keep repeating itself over and over again
August 16, 2007 at 5:35 pm
Yeah right ‘nerd. You use most of them for blog fodder.
Oh.
Wait.
That’s me…
August 16, 2007 at 5:51 pm
It’s a dirty job but someone has to do it. I used Snopes the other day myself. I have a sister in law who enjoys alerting the internets when she finds stuff.
August 16, 2007 at 6:25 pm
I get all kinds of junk too, and I just stopped trying to prove it is junk – I just delete.
August 16, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Does this mean Bill Gates isn’t going to pay me the $28,000.00 he owes me for forwarding e mails?
August 17, 2007 at 7:59 am
I’m glad I’m not the only one! I got tired of the don’t sniff perfume in the parking lot and watch for infected needles stories. That’s when I first became a Snopes B*tch. good luck in your quest. If aenought of us band together we may stand a chance.
August 17, 2007 at 10:09 am
Oh hun – you and me BOTH. Usually after my MOM sends me something. I do not correct her, for she intends to leave me money someday. :>
August 17, 2007 at 5:37 pm
I soooo hear ya. Drives me around the bend when people send me crap and pass it off as true before doing some research (that could be done before wasting my time) themselves.
Glad I have someone else I know who does the same thing.
Michele sent me your way!
August 19, 2007 at 10:54 am
I don’t do it, but I appreciate all your efforts. Is it just me, or do the people who email that stuff never send actual personal emails?
Visiting randomly from Michele’s on her birthday.
August 20, 2007 at 8:43 am
I send out at least 3 ‘it’s a fake you dolt’ emails a month.
Sometimes I get the same one from the same sender a month later, because she (in my case, it’s invariably a she) forgot she mass forwarded it already.
August 20, 2007 at 10:40 am
Me too… My mom hates it that I do this, but she is the WORST fake rumor forwarder.