So my aunts used to send out chain letters. Fucking assholes. Actually, I love my aunts. They’re good women: charitable, hardworking, tenderhearted, caring mothers. But obviously superstitious as fuck. All three of my mother’s sisters married abusive alcoholics (as did my mother actually; as far as I know, my mom’s dad wasn’t an alcoholic, but he could be at least verbally abusive), one way or another left them and then they lovingly raised their many children whilst also working their asses off at regular jobs that people get paid for, but not what they deserve. Doing that heroic single mother thing. They are my heroes.
But this chain mail shit. I hate it. Maybe it’s because I share with my mother’s family a deeply religious upbringing that facilitates this kind of mindfucking superstition.
Seriously, I hate this shit with a passion. I hate all of the internet incarnations of it too. At the very best, it’s a fucking waste of time. More motherfucking noise. Like we need more noise.
That being said, this particular manifestation amuses me. What with its self-conscious mockery (I assume). Sigh. I probably will share it. Fuckers. Cursed if I do. Cursed if I don’t. At least that’s how I take it. Motherfucking fuckers.
Maybe it’s because I share with my mother’s family a deeply religious upbringing that facilitates this kind of mindfucking superstition.
Huh. I also had a deeply religious upbringing, and part of mine was that chain letters, curses, and superstitions about luck are all garbage and I should stay away from them.
@Limewater Mine was profoundly ambivalent and self-contradictory about all things spiritual. It didn’t help that my mother had odd and eerily accurate premonitions and a certain fascination with the occult. Which I don’t think is at all uncommon in the Pentecostal world (Mom and her eldest brother went Pentecostal; Grandma and the rest of the siblings were/are Nazarene–there’s some overlap and some serious conflict there, it used to be worse).
To be clear, I think chain letters are nonsense and have ever since I was a kid. To be honest, I think that most of Christianity is just as nonsensical. I’ll own that it took me a few decades longer to reach that conclusion; no one can say I didn’t try (well, of course they can, but I’d happily tell 'em to fuck off; if I were in the mood, I’d show 'em some scars).
@joelmw@Limewater It’s a sad but unfortunately accurate indictment of much of christendom (purposely lower-case “c”). I’ve known many folks with scars and they’re not insignificant. It is not universal, though.
@tinamarie1974 You should know, and it’s incumbent upon me to tell you, that JUST BY LOOKING AT IT you are now cursed too.
Welcome to the club, fucker.
/image monkey’s paw
@therealjrn@tinamarie1974 hold on! Now just hold on one minute. Meh clearly sent out that innovative piece of marketing. Imagine, social networking on paper!
But! Meh thought it up, printed it, packaged it, and delivered it. I don’t see goat prints in there ANYWHERE!
@Kidsandliz They came in the plain brown envelope (as curses are wont to do) with the Trackrs. You probably don’t need any more bad breaks so whatever you do, DON’T READ THE LETTER.
@therealjrn Ahhh with the trackers so they can track you to be sure you you follow those orders directions and curse you if you failed in your assigned mission (thanks - guess I won’t be getting one then).
@therealjrn I was tricked by @joelmw and read what he posted before I read the rest of the thread. He needed to have posted a warning first. For that I blame the goat. You hear that @JnKL? - and I’ll pass on to you my curse from reading as well…
@carl669 add another one to the count
You too???
@therealjrn I mean, it’s not like I don’t tell everyone about meh already anyway. The fuck do they want from me?
Neither of us deserves this, he says, with overwrought melodrama.
/giphy drama
@carl669 add another one to the count
@joelmw @therealjrn I see you have a fainting couch like @UncleVinny
So my aunts used to send out chain letters. Fucking assholes. Actually, I love my aunts. They’re good women: charitable, hardworking, tenderhearted, caring mothers. But obviously superstitious as fuck. All three of my mother’s sisters married abusive alcoholics (as did my mother actually; as far as I know, my mom’s dad wasn’t an alcoholic, but he could be at least verbally abusive), one way or another left them and then they lovingly raised their many children whilst also working their asses off at regular jobs that people get paid for, but not what they deserve. Doing that heroic single mother thing. They are my heroes.
But this chain mail shit. I hate it. Maybe it’s because I share with my mother’s family a deeply religious upbringing that facilitates this kind of mindfucking superstition.
Seriously, I hate this shit with a passion. I hate all of the internet incarnations of it too. At the very best, it’s a fucking waste of time. More motherfucking noise. Like we need more noise.
That being said, this particular manifestation amuses me. What with its self-conscious mockery (I assume). Sigh. I probably will share it. Fuckers. Cursed if I do. Cursed if I don’t. At least that’s how I take it. Motherfucking fuckers.
@joelmw /me nods
@joelmw Or you could just throw it out. Just sayin…
@joelmw Or everyone send theirs to the scapegoat. Hey maybe he could win a “special” IRK, and it could be filled with them.
@JnkL picks the captcha photos
@joelmw @ybmuG
ARE YOU INSANE??? ONE DOES NOT SIMPLY THROW OUT A CURSE CHAIN LETTER!!1!
@joelmw
Huh. I also had a deeply religious upbringing, and part of mine was that chain letters, curses, and superstitions about luck are all garbage and I should stay away from them.
@joelmw @therealjrn No, my mother had me tested
@joelmw @Limewater very true, though there are religious traditions where there is not so much a separation
@joelmw @therealjrn @ybmuG
ONE DOES NOT SIMPLY THROW OUT A CURSE CHAIN LETTER!!
oops…I guess I’m doomed?
@amehzinggrace @joelmw @ybmuG
DOOOOOOOOOMED
@Limewater Mine was profoundly ambivalent and self-contradictory about all things spiritual. It didn’t help that my mother had odd and eerily accurate premonitions and a certain fascination with the occult. Which I don’t think is at all uncommon in the Pentecostal world (Mom and her eldest brother went Pentecostal; Grandma and the rest of the siblings were/are Nazarene–there’s some overlap and some serious conflict there, it used to be worse).
To be clear, I think chain letters are nonsense and have ever since I was a kid. To be honest, I think that most of Christianity is just as nonsensical. I’ll own that it took me a few decades longer to reach that conclusion; no one can say I didn’t try (well, of course they can, but I’d happily tell 'em to fuck off; if I were in the mood, I’d show 'em some scars).
Did you know that @carl669 is the keeper of the count?
@joelmw @Limewater It’s a sad but unfortunately accurate indictment of much of christendom (purposely lower-case “c”). I’ve known many folks with scars and they’re not insignificant. It is not universal, though.
@therealjrn
/youtube We’re doomed! Doomed! DOOMED I TELL YA!
@joelmw @ybmuG “send them all to the scapegoat”? What did I ever do to youse?
1 2 3 4 get your scapegoat @JnkL on the floor
@JnKL @joelmw just trying to make sure you get the “full experience”. Wouldn’t want you to feel cheated, or anything.
Whew, glad I didn’t get one of those! That is all I need
@tinamarie1974 You should know, and it’s incumbent upon me to tell you, that JUST BY LOOKING AT IT you are now cursed too.
Welcome to the club, fucker.
/image monkey’s paw
Hey @lichme can you tell caaaaaarrrrllllll @carl669 about this?
@therealjrn
/giphy fuck no
On a scale of
whattothe fuck- how many email notifications is @carl669 getting for these?@tinamarie1974 Ok, but don’t say I didn’t warn you!
@therealjrn ah, but since no one knows how to find me, I am safe! She says hiding under her big, soft, weighted blanket!!
@therealjrn @tinamarie1974 which i assume was shipped to your residence from Meh …
@stolicat @therealjrn
I clearly had nothing to do with this!
@JnKL I got some news for you goat…
@therealjrn remind me, whose fault is EVERYTHING this month?!?!??! Who is our scapegoat @JnKL?
/giphy giggle
@JnkL is to blame for this!
@therealjrn @tinamarie1974 hold on! Now just hold on one minute. Meh clearly sent out that innovative piece of marketing. Imagine, social networking on paper!
But! Meh thought it up, printed it, packaged it, and delivered it. I don’t see goat prints in there ANYWHERE!
@JnKL @therealjrn BUT who gave them the idea!
@JnKL @tinamarie1974 Look. Point of origin has absolutely NOTHING to do with placement of blame. Did you just fall off of the turnip truck scapegoat?
1 2 3 4 get your scapegoat @JnkL on the floor
@therealjrn @tinamarie1974 I kinda fell off the goat wagon…
Someone’s having fun with the bot
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@Cerridwyn The bot is awesome.
EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!
@mediocrebot But purple is the most awesome, fucker.
Did you know that @carl669 is the keeper of the count?
@Cerridwyn @heartny
The bot is human.
POPSOCKETS! ROAD ROCKETS! SONNY CROCKETT! AWESOME!
@blaineg @Cerridwyn Half human.
Hey. I wanna be cursed.
Can I also get cursed?
Don’t leave me out!
/giphy cursed
@f00l You do understand that your post is like the people wanting to be goat don’t you? Just DON’T READ THE LETTER!!!
@f00l @therealjrn I’ll send you my curse…although I did throw it away…read the one above and follow that?
@amehzinggrace @f00l @therealjrn there is nothing wrong with wanting to be the goat.
@amehzinggrace @JnKL @therealjrn
And after, you get to be permanently cursed by the “Legacy Goat Curse”!
So …
/giphy all good
Were these emailed or put in something you bought from morningsave or something?
@Kidsandliz They came in the plain brown envelope (as curses are wont to do) with the Trackrs. You probably don’t need any more bad breaks so whatever you do, DON’T READ THE LETTER.
@therealjrn Ahhh with the trackers so they can track you to be sure you you follow those
(thanks - guess I won’t be getting one then).
ordersdirections and curse you if you failed in your assigned mission@Kidsandliz How do YOU know about the directions??? DID YOU READ THE LETTER???
@therealjrn I was tricked by @joelmw and read what he posted before I read the rest of the thread. He needed to have posted a warning first. For that I blame the goat. You hear that @JnKL? - and I’ll pass on to you my curse from reading as well…
@joelmw @Kidsandliz @therealjrn Blame who?
ME?
@JnKL
/image Yes. You’re the goat.
I got one but no trackers. Just the note.
@wmbarryd It’s because you didn’t forward the note…oh wait you just got the note…BLAME the scapegoat!
@JnkL is the reason they won’t bring back your favorite TV show
@wmbarryd Seriously, meh.com/support @Thumperchick is all over it!
@wmbarryd Hmm so far I am lucky. I didn’t get one
This is all well and good, but when do I start getting my commission on all the suckers I’ve already infected, err, introduced to Meh?
Came here because I thought we were hexing people… I am all disappointment.
@PolkSaladAnnie You can still hex people if you want.