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Tag Archives: internet

Dear MySpace

1996 called.  They want their site design back.

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Dear hottie247

Dear person with “hottie”, “babe”, or “sexy” in your email, aim, or forum username,

I totally love your username. I wanted, however, just to let you in on a little-known word that might help you out in the long run:

humble [huhm-buhl]: adjective, not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.

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Email rules and regulations

In 1897 Sir Joseph John Thompson discovered the electron. A hundred years and four thousand nifty gizmos later, we found a way to use it to sell porn.

In the past few years, we have all but replaced the venerable Postal Service with electronic mail. And why not? It’s fast, it’s cheap, it’s practical, it offers anonymity, and it gives us the opportunity to attach to ourselves a stupid name like “spamlover456″ or “mostmuscular13.”

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Dear Angst-Ridden Teenager with Blog

Dear Angst-Ridden Teenager with Blog,

I want you to know that I truly understand you.

Nobody gets you, right? Nobody knows what it’s like to suffer what you suffer. Your parents don’t understand the pressures of being a young, Evanescence-obsessed gothic poseur, so they’re always snooping around your stuff. The kids in your school don’t understand that your eye makeup is an extention of who you are, so they look at you funny and judge you.

I understand.

Now please shut the fuck up.

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