to my friend the emailer:
i know that i’m not your only friend. i also know you have lots of friends. i also know that sometimes you feel you must share some thought with ALL your friends. you don’t have to prove any of this by cc-ing everyone you know openly. why not bcc? or better yet, create a group and turn off “show all emails” or some such feature. don’t know what this all means? hit the help button on your email program. why would you bother? read on…
to the friend of my friend the emailer:
i don’t even know who you are, but i guess we share a friend. i understand that you think that your initial reaction to my friend’s mass email is the most profound thing EVER. you think that everyone ought to read your response. you hit “reply-to-all” and type away. how kind of you. except… you’re not profound, none of us are, really. what you are is annoying. please stop. respond to the sender and give the rest of us, well, some rest…