Glurge…
The word even sounds like the feeling I get when someone sends me one of those long-ass emails that are supposedly true stories with a so-called “moral” at the end.
IMHO, Glurge is the scourge of email. Here’s a quote describing such an email: “There is usually no malicious intent by the sender of glurge, but the messages may not be as inspirational as the sender had hoped. Many examples of glurge tend to collapse under their own weight, as the writer adds one impossible circumstance upon another to drive home the moral of the story. One such example of overwrought glurge concerns a novice mountain climber who loses a contact lens. After asking God for a miraculous recovery of the lens, the mountain climber later discovers an ant carrying the contact lens on its back. The utter implausibility of the story often negates the inspirational impact of glurge.”
What are some other examples of glurge? You’ve probably been emailed the story of the dad who bakes some dog shit into a brownie recipe to demonstrate to his children how a little “smut” can affect the good things in life. And the one about not judging people, about the mothers of Hitler, Roosevelt, and Churchill? There’s a lot more of it here.
Very occasionally, the stories are mostly true, but whatever interest they may contain is completely negated for me by the fact that it is essentially spam and that the emails all too often ask you to forward it to “spread the message“, chain letter style.
Stop sending me this shit.
Please.
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How do you say the word? Sounds a bit like Glug when I say it. Wehehehe.
*okay, killing myself laughing here*
.-= Gilz´s last blog ..Temperatures Soar =-.
Oh I agree! I actually just delete. And those cute freeking puppy photos!
.-= cat@juggling act´s last blog ..Friday -13 August a day late =-.
The other thing surrounding these emails is that they tend to built in a tracking program which tracks which email addresses are used to forward the mail. Spam. Also don’t like them
.-= blackhuff´s last blog ..A great weekend =-.
gah! i can’t stand these emails! even worse are the powerpoint ones with the sappy “inspirational” messages my ex-boss used to send me! and there always seems to be one or two people who get the message late, so just when you think you’re free of the bloody mail about panda cubs or wtf ever, BAM! you get it again.
Love the word glurge though.
.-= MeganTS´s last blog ..Who Is Emrie! =-.
But Angel, didn’t you hear about that guy who survived for 12 years on the ledge of a mountain. It was so inspirational.
JK – I hate those e-mails as well. I really hate it when it ends with “You will only choose not to forward this if you are the type of person who regularly kicks puppies and kittens” kind of message. Sometimes even when I think something is cute or sweet I refuse to forward it just because the sender tried to guilt me into doing it!!
.-= Kerryn´s last blog ..When you just want to scream Fk =-.
I don’t open any fwd’s, they waste my time.
.-= Fairy Girl´s last blog ..My poor little boy =-.
I delete !!
Uh you do know that something good will happen to you within 10 minutes of forwarding the e-mail to 7465829 recipients? And if you don’t you will develop skin like that of a mangy camel after a Saharan sandstorm?
Seriously though? Report spammer and delete.
.-= Alida´s last blog ..More Random Realisations =-.
i can seriously guarantee that you will *never* receive one of these from me!
.-= cybersass´s last blog ..friggatriskaidekaphobia =-.
I seriously hate these. Those chain letters and sign-the-attached-petition emails drive me batty!
Yes, I agree.
.-= Bobbi Janay´s last blog ..Snail Mail Notes =-.
I stop mailing people who send me that crap.
.-= JaneF´s last blog ..Im glad I spent it with you =-.
Hey Angel, I am so glad you can comment on my blog again. Do you know what… I started this blog because I felt that no one understand me and that a very small number of people REALLY understand ADD.
You are one of those who really understand. You cannot know how much your support means to me.
.-= hardspear´s last blog ..Ascribe Mental Disability to ADD- Make it Official- Bawl Your Eyes Out and Pick Yourself Up Again =-.
How does one politely tell a friend that sending this sort of crap is not ayoba?
.-= Tamara´s last blog ..I got punkd =-.
My friend and I send this crap to each other on purpose to see who can make who vomit and scratch their own eyes out
One of the bests ever was kittens & puppies made out of FLOWERS – all that cute in one place. My mate especially responds well to Jebus mails – the right ones can make her cry. It just stuns me that some people send them on because they think that the message is in fact inspirational – and that scares me.