# How about 40 men in cheap suits and 20 sleazy pimps come into your living room and st **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 5, 2003, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-40-men-in-cheap-suits-and-20-sleazy-pimps-come-into-your-living-room-and-st/173135 "2003-05-05T04:41:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-40-men-in-cheap-suits-and-20-sleazy-pimps-come-into-your-living-room-and-st/173135/1 "2003-05-05T04:41:07Z")
and in front of your TV trying to sell you things. That is the equivalent of SPAM e-mail and popups. Sorry, lame post, but I liked the analogy. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-40-men-in-cheap-suits-and-20-sleazy-pimps-come-into-your-living-room-and-st/173135/2 "2003-05-05T04:43:00Z")
Oh and don’t forget 30 or so utter loonies who are talking gibberish. And if it’s _my_ house - about 30 koreans selling either porn or stupid pokemon type crap. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-40-men-in-cheap-suits-and-20-sleazy-pimps-come-into-your-living-room-and-st/173135/3 "2003-05-05T04:45:02Z")
LOL 😃 Thanks for the laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-40-men-in-cheap-suits-and-20-sleazy-pimps-come-into-your-living-room-and-st/173135/4 "2003-05-05T06:13:43Z")
What exactly is in the water in the Isle of Man? And where can I get some of it? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-40-men-in-cheap-suits-and-20-sleazy-pimps-come-into-your-living-room-and-st/173135/5 "2003-05-05T13:58:13Z")
I mean really! Has spam or popups ever made you even slightly interested in what they’re hawking? An annoying TV advert or radio jingle can get stuck in your head, maybe influencing your purchasing descisions. But popups? I fight them as soon as they… um… pop up. And I delete any spam that gets past my filters. Are we in the majority or minority? Do their tactics make them money? ---
**Author:** ![Wyld\_Stallyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Wyld\_Stallyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wyld_Stallyn)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-40-men-in-cheap-suits-and-20-sleazy-pimps-come-into-your-living-room-and-st/173135/6 "2003-05-05T15:32:56Z")
Orbitz pops up every time you go to ESPN’s website, and one time I clicked on it and bought airline tickets. But now, I live near NYC and fly JetBlue exclusively, so there’s no need for orbitz or any of that shiite. I want to know how many people have purchased one of those home spying cam’s whose pop-up is always greeting me when I get home from work. I think that if you’re really drunk, some of those things might seem cool and inexpensive when they pop-up, and that furthermore, in your inebriation, you might take their popping up as a sign that you should buy them. I once bought my mom 2 dozen roses (not anywhere near mother’s day, mind you) because I was drunk while I checked my email that included a spam to buy flowers. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-40-men-in-cheap-suits-and-20-sleazy-pimps-come-into-your-living-room-and-st/173135/7 "2003-05-05T15:41:45Z")
Who here owns a X-10? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-40-men-in-cheap-suits-and-20-sleazy-pimps-come-into-your-living-room-and-st/173135/8 "2003-05-05T17:51:45Z")
There _IS_ a difference. A BIG difference. I can shoot those dudes down with glee, while laughing crazily- but I can’t get those damn fucking Spamsters in my gunsights. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-40-men-in-cheap-suits-and-20-sleazy-pimps-come-into-your-living-room-and-st/173135/9 "2003-05-05T17:56:53Z")
Where does one get acquainted with a pop-up? And howcome I never get spam, I`d like to try it just once. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-40-men-in-cheap-suits-and-20-sleazy-pimps-come-into-your-living-room-and-st/173135/10 "2003-05-05T17:58:47Z")
To the OP, try a pop-up stopper. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-40-men-in-cheap-suits-and-20-sleazy-pimps-come-into-your-living-room-and-st/173135/11 "2003-05-05T21:20:09Z")
[insert ultra long extra geeky Monty Python bit about Spam here] ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-40-men-in-cheap-suits-and-20-sleazy-pimps-come-into-your-living-room-and-st/173135/12 "2003-05-05T23:26:17Z")
FWIW… sometimes the gay porn spam I get makes me fired up enough to… um… go look at free gay porn. Apparently it’s not working as it should be. ---
**Author:** ![Morrigoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@Morrigoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morrigoon)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-40-men-in-cheap-suits-and-20-sleazy-pimps-come-into-your-living-room-and-st/173135/13 "2003-05-05T23:41:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by whuckfistle \* > \*\*Where does one get acquainted with a pop-up? And howcome I never get spam, I`d like to try it just once. \*\* I assume you’re being facetious, but just in case you aren’t, going to [this website](http://primmpad.hyperboards.com/index.cgi) will get a popup to come up. As far as spam goes, sign up for a hotmail account, use that account to register for a few online services (e-greeting stuff, message boards, travelocity, etc) and eventually the spam will flow as freely as my monthly cycles - and be just as much of a pain in the ass. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-40-men-in-cheap-suits-and-20-sleazy-pimps-come-into-your-living-room-and-st/173135/14 "2003-05-06T00:04:07Z")
> [@](#): > > …the spam will flow as freely as my monthly cycles - and be just as much of a pain in the ass. Must resist… temptation to make… crass comment… 🙂 Seriously, if you use the internet then you have to deal with spam. You can’t avoid it. If you have a hotmail account, you _will_ eventually start getting spammed, seemingly regardless of whether or not you register your address on other sites. I don’t know how they get your address, but they somehow do. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-40-men-in-cheap-suits-and-20-sleazy-pimps-come-into-your-living-room-and-st/173135/15 "2003-05-06T06:32:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Morrigoon \* > \*\*and eventually the spam will flow as freely as my monthly cycles - and be just as much of a pain in the ass. \*\* We need spampons. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-40-men-in-cheap-suits-and-20-sleazy-pimps-come-into-your-living-room-and-st/173135/16 "2003-05-06T08:02:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Who here owns a X-10? I thought I was buying an X-10, but I got an A-10 instead. Damn are the license plates on that thing expensive. Buy the way does anybody know where I can find some more DU 30mm rounds? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-40-men-in-cheap-suits-and-20-sleazy-pimps-come-into-your-living-room-and-st/173135/17 "2003-05-06T08:03:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wyld Stallyn \* > **Orbitz pops up every time you go to ESPN’s website…** That’s right. I’m posting from my sister’s laptop at the moment, and her home page is set to ESPN. You know how many times I’ve had to close that stupid pop-up window? WAY too many to count, man… But yeah… I get a lot of spam, and pop-ups are evil for me on my SLOW computer. ☹ F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-40-men-in-cheap-suits-and-20-sleazy-pimps-come-into-your-living-room-and-st/173135/18 "2003-05-06T08:24:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Michael Ellis \* > \*\*What exactly is in the water in the Isle of Man? \*\* Nuclear fish. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-40-men-in-cheap-suits-and-20-sleazy-pimps-come-into-your-living-room-and-st/173135/19 "2003-05-06T09:25:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\*Nuclear fish. \*\* Cool. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-40-men-in-cheap-suits-and-20-sleazy-pimps-come-into-your-living-room-and-st/173135/20 "2003-05-06T09:39:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by samarm \* > \*\*Seriously, if you use the internet then you have to deal with spam. You can’t avoid it. If you have a hotmail account, you _will_ eventually start getting spammed, seemingly regardless of whether or not you register your address on other sites. I don’t know how they get your address, but they somehow do. \*\* True. I have a Hotmail address, and I’ve sent an e-mail with it exactly once. To my girlfriend, who incidently isn’t the CEO of a large E-mail Spam Empire. A few weeks after I opened the account, the spam started flowing, and it now collects about 3 or 4 porn e-mails a day. I realise this is small potatoes compared to some, but my case is interesting since it proves that even if you never leave your e-mail address on a website, and even if you apparently never send any e-mail with it, your address still gets through to The Evil Spam Bastardos. So, either Microsoft is providing the spammers with e-mail addresses, or they allow people to send messages to \*@hotmail.com, or something. I’m not sure it’s in their TOS, but does anybody know more about this? Do they deliberately provide spammers with addresses? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-40-men-in-cheap-suits-and-20-sleazy-pimps-come-into-your-living-room-and-st/173135.md?page=2)