tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post112140020182433635..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: The Urge to Glurge and Other Online Misdeamenoursbibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1121880510066912122005-07-21T01:28:00.000+08:002005-07-21T01:28:00.000+08:00The worst ones are those lists of 'petitions' for ...The worst ones are those lists of 'petitions' for world poverty/ pollution/ insert-currently-fashionable-cause, and when the 347th person is supposed to send the list to the address stated, no such account exists. <BR/><BR/>Worse are the ones with pictures of happy kids, who apparently are cancer patients, who will receive a dollar from every e-mail fowarded. Does anyone actually stop to think about how such a donation would be possible?!<BR/><BR/>Everyone should just stick to the official Amnesty websitepriyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03827010033110336936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1121854551771562782005-07-20T18:15:00.000+08:002005-07-20T18:15:00.000+08:00Jordan - I never heard about the giant snake in Mu...Jordan - I never heard about the giant snake in Muar ... wow! <BR/><BR/>Saras - the scopes.com website makes fascinating reading because you can trace where the stories originate ... in many there's a grain of truth. But it's the passing-on phonomena that is really fascinating ... why do we fall for them ... do these stories tap into our deepest fears?<BR/><BR/>Kak Tah - I remember when we used to get chain lettes through the post and they were quite scarey becasue they said that you'd get bad luck if you didn't pass them on ...<BR/><BR/>dz, asha - now we know! Must confess I pass on funnies and there have been some brilliant power points and film clips doing the doing the rounds ... Did you see the one with the tow truck falling into the river. Hilarious! But these are not really the same thing as Urban Legends ...<BR/><BR/>Chet - you are very pragmatic ... and calm about it ... I am afraid I just growl at the sender ...bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1121847657220943902005-07-20T16:20:00.000+08:002005-07-20T16:20:00.000+08:00I'm like dz. Guilty! A possible rationale?Perhaphs...I'm like dz. <BR/>Guilty! <BR/><BR/>A possible rationale?<BR/>Perhaphs something along the lines of thought, word and deed - for example:<BR/>The thought is "I want somone to love me."<BR/>Here come all these emails with words that say, "If you send this along to five people, you'll get love."<BR/>So, one does the deed, hoping for love.<BR/><BR/>Sadly, am still single! <BR/><BR/>Yes, should get a proper hobby!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1121844296036661362005-07-20T15:24:00.000+08:002005-07-20T15:24:00.000+08:00The thing is, a lot of people who forward such cha...The thing is, a lot of people who forward such chain mails believe they are doing their friends a favour. <BR/><BR/>If it's about a dying girl, etc., I google for more info, and usually find it's a fake. I then send the link to the person who sent me the chain mail and tell them to be more careful in future.<BR/><BR/>If it's other type of chain mail asking me to forward to 5 people within a time limit in order to be blessed, etc., I reply to the person who sent it to me, telling them I love them but I will not do what the chain mail asks me to do.Chethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743260318771644192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1121833677955093962005-07-20T12:27:00.000+08:002005-07-20T12:27:00.000+08:00i am guilty of forwarding tibetan chain emails. i ...i am guilty of forwarding tibetan chain emails. i am guilty of forwarding promising love will come chain emails and jokes and powerpoint presentations. i am an insipid, silly, forwarder of such mails. <BR/><BR/>i need to develop a hobby.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1121828921516101392005-07-20T11:08:00.000+08:002005-07-20T11:08:00.000+08:00Didnt we do this when we were in Primay Six - all ...Didnt we do this when we were in Primay Six - all those chain letters that we religiously copied - handwritten , of course, in the absence of copy and paste? or forwards? Yes, they clogged my email box too.Kak Tehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00856864485917633260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1121827800935887442005-07-20T10:50:00.000+08:002005-07-20T10:50:00.000+08:00I hate these stories too (Yeah, I too got the one ...I hate these stories too (Yeah, I too got the one about Bill Gates and passed it on to the microsoft people) and they come with alarming regularity into my mailbox. you are right - it's emotional manipulation of the worst sort and yes, it's always friends who send them to you. The worst part of these stories is the tag at the bottom which says forward this to 5 people and you will see a change in your life. Forward it to 10, 15, 20 etc and the promise gets more and more alluring. I really, really hate these stuff. But the urban legends are the pits - because they seek to create fear.<BR/>I wonder who thinks up these stories? What kind of people are they?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com