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I don't think it was rude, but I might if I got your e-mail and disagreed with you Sareitha Sedai Send a noteboard - 23/09/2010 05:17:36 PM
How do you feel about politically fictional emails? And the people who read them and forward them w/o bothering to check facts?

I just snopesed someone, and reply alled to the twenty people he had on the list with me. It always makes me feel extremely snobby, but seriously, we don't need ignorance traveling at light speed.

Do you simply delete?

Delete and block the sender?

Make some witty retort?

Snopes them?

Other options?



Which is to say that in cases like this rudeness is often in the eye(s) of the beholder, and they're more likely to see rudeness if you're pointing out that what they think is true is crap. I kind of feel like for the most part people know they can find out if something is real or not if they really want to, and if they don't want to it's because they've already decided what they want to believe.

But how I respond in this particular situation depends on the mood I'm in and who sent it. I have done that a few times on some egregiously false things (snopesed them and replied to all) but most of the time I just reply with the "that's not true, look here" to only the person who sent it, because damnit, some things are true and some things are not and it's important to recognize the difference. But when I'm feeling more hopeless about it all I just delete it and/or laugh about it with my hubby.

If you are from Betelgeuse, please have one of your Earth friends read what I've written before you respond. Or try concentrating harder.

"The trophy problem has become extreme."
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I'm trying to decide how rude I've just been. nossy - 23/09/2010 04:37:13 PM 1053 Views
That's not rude. Lici - 23/09/2010 04:40:52 PM 801 Views
Re: That's not rude. nossy - 23/09/2010 04:44:08 PM 746 Views
Snopes is best SilverWarder - 23/09/2010 04:42:30 PM 822 Views
<3 snopes nossy - 23/09/2010 04:48:41 PM 747 Views
That's true SilverWarder - 23/09/2010 05:17:02 PM 757 Views
xkcd is appropriate here moondog - 24/09/2010 01:21:59 AM 741 Views
I don't receive political emails. Macharius - 23/09/2010 04:44:50 PM 789 Views
Re: I don't receive political emails. nossy - 23/09/2010 04:47:19 PM 775 Views
Re: I don't receive political emails. Macharius - 23/09/2010 04:52:55 PM 674 Views
Re: I don't receive political emails. nossy - 23/09/2010 04:54:35 PM 733 Views
Re: I don't receive political emails. Macharius - 23/09/2010 05:05:31 PM 669 Views
It depends Camilla - 23/09/2010 04:53:18 PM 767 Views
I hadn't had coffee. nossy - 23/09/2010 04:55:36 PM 731 Views
Depends a bit on who it was snoopcester - 23/09/2010 05:11:38 PM 745 Views
It's a builder we work with occasionally. nossy - 23/09/2010 08:29:43 PM 787 Views
Or it was builder you worked with occasionally? snoopcester - 23/09/2010 08:40:36 PM 776 Views
Normally I ignore them random thoughts - 23/09/2010 05:16:11 PM 673 Views
Your take is wise. nossy - 23/09/2010 08:30:12 PM 819 Views
I am not old random thoughts - 24/09/2010 02:54:10 PM 984 Views
I don't think it was rude, but I might if I got your e-mail and disagreed with you Sareitha Sedai - 23/09/2010 05:17:36 PM 787 Views
How can you "disagree" if it is a factual error? Camilla - 23/09/2010 06:48:34 PM 845 Views
Really? Sareitha Sedai - 23/09/2010 06:49:41 PM 876 Views
lol *NM* random thoughts - 23/09/2010 06:52:32 PM 414 Views
Because not everyone thinks critically about everything. lord-of-shadow - 24/09/2010 02:53:33 AM 882 Views
This is exactly why I said I wasn't sure. nossy - 23/09/2010 08:33:02 PM 812 Views
God you're old! Who gets emails anymore? *NM* Brian - 23/09/2010 05:27:51 PM 407 Views
What are you crazy kids gettin' these days? *NM* ironclad - 23/09/2010 07:35:28 PM 419 Views
Eh, like, everybody? nossy - 23/09/2010 08:33:43 PM 855 Views
Well, you are a Yankee. So there's no telling what the limits of your rudeness could be. *NM* LiterateDog - 23/09/2010 05:29:34 PM 363 Views
Hmpf. Indiana rocks. nossy - 23/09/2010 08:34:15 PM 677 Views
You're so mean. Tigr - 23/09/2010 06:36:55 PM 812 Views
I know. nossy - 23/09/2010 08:34:45 PM 896 Views
Re: You're so mean. TaskmasterJack - 23/09/2010 10:49:16 PM 677 Views
It's not rude. It's helpful. Rebekah - 23/09/2010 07:04:51 PM 778 Views
+1 *NM* globug0822 - 23/09/2010 07:39:28 PM 314 Views
I did not send it to my mother. She would have received it well (been there, done that). nossy - 23/09/2010 08:35:35 PM 832 Views
Honestly, I don't get these kinds of e-mails very often BlackAdder - 23/09/2010 08:38:57 PM 948 Views
I usually just delete them Wulf`gar - 23/09/2010 09:06:42 PM 681 Views
I always ignore mass forwards of dubious believability. TaskmasterJack - 23/09/2010 10:50:33 PM 847 Views
I do that with EVERY email forward of that type. Mats Gambling Buddy - 23/09/2010 11:20:12 PM 802 Views
I <3 you. *NM* Tashmere - 23/09/2010 11:54:52 PM 395 Views
Ah shucks! *NM* Mats Gambling Buddy - 24/09/2010 11:11:01 PM 404 Views
That isn't rude. That is moral. You did the right thing. He was rude for spreading lies. Tashmere - 23/09/2010 11:43:31 PM 775 Views
I've gotten people to take down Facebook notes replicating such emails by posting Snopes links. Dreaded Anomaly - 24/09/2010 12:28:37 AM 815 Views
I don't think it was rude. Kel - 24/09/2010 03:43:38 AM 715 Views
The only political e-mails I get, are from my dad, I delete them. *NM* StarrBecca - 24/09/2010 12:31:50 PM 420 Views
My sister once sent me an email like that Birdeye - 25/09/2010 07:49:39 AM 760 Views
I've only done that once; I mostly find them amusing, but that one was too much. (beat.) - 26/09/2010 08:49:05 AM 754 Views
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