# A Way to Combat Chain E-mails

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-way-to-combat-chain-e-mails/157874>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 27, 2003, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-way-to-combat-chain-e-mails/157874 "2003-02-27T14:10:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-way-to-combat-chain-e-mails/157874/1 "2003-02-27T14:10:21Z")

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For all of you who have friends and family that send you all those chain e-mails and such someone has heard your cries.

[http://media.smilepop.com/smilepop/flash/12\_2002/may02-smilepop-soapbox4.swf](http://media.smilepop.com/smilepop/flash/12_2002/may02-smilepop-soapbox4.swf)

Forward this to everyone that does that crap to you. It may open a few eyes.

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**Author:** ![Siemsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Siemsi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siemsi)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-way-to-combat-chain-e-mails/157874/2 "2003-02-27T14:46:10Z")

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THANK YOU!!!

Some people just don’t get it, do they?

I have friends who are constantly sending me this crap and I’ve been deleting it.

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**Author:** ![JRootabega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e7dd6/32.png) [@JRootabega](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRootabega)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-way-to-combat-chain-e-mails/157874/3 "2003-02-27T15:19:56Z")

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What a shitty attempt at an American accent.

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**Author:** ![JRootabega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e7dd6/32.png) [@JRootabega](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRootabega)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-way-to-combat-chain-e-mails/157874/4 "2003-02-27T15:23:51Z")

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They must have hired Gary Oldman.

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**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-way-to-combat-chain-e-mails/157874/5 "2003-02-27T15:31:08Z")

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I used to go with the generally threatening e-mail response… But this is amusing. I’ll use both.

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**Author:** ![Winnowill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4491bb/32.png) [@Winnowill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnowill)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-way-to-combat-chain-e-mails/157874/6 "2003-02-27T17:56:36Z")

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I like it! 🙂