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I highly recommend this. This afternoon I got a spam email from my friend. To politely make him aware his email had been compromised, I simply responded with the message “FUCK YOU SPAM BOT”. Apparently, I had hit reply-all to the message. Meaning, that message went to everyone who was just spammed. A mutual friend responded in gest. But someone I don’t know from the list, took it upon himself to tell me how dumb it was to resend the message to all those people. Obviously, this is some IT mouth breather that lives in his mother’s basement. (No offense Andrew). But, this is what ensued.

-After receipt of spam message.

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Christopher Payne   wrote:

FUCK YOU SPAM BOT.


Christopher Payne

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Eric Mouthbreather  wrote:

You, sir, are a idiot. 

You are yelling at a spam bot, but “replied all” to a whole host of real email addresses, no doubt harvested from your or a friend of yours’ computer by an infection of some sort.  In doing so you are passing on of this list of valid email addresses to hundreds of others, perpetuating the cycle of harvesting and resending.

Thanks for screaming at everyone and forwarding on the spam!  Cheers!

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Christopher Payne  wrote:

Eric,
I appreciate your concern and your snappy use of the English rhetoric.
But please, remove your panties from your ass crack.

Cheers.

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Eric Mouthbreather  wrote:

Done.  Now get a clue about “the interwebs.”  Me and the other 400 people you replied to would appreciate it.

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Christopher Payne  wrote:

Okay, I’ll work on that.
Maybe I’ll see you at the next star trek convention.

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Eric Mouthbreather wrote:

I’m sorry you feel intelligence to be a detriment to society, however with the benefit of said intelligence I don’t do silly things like:
go to star trek conventions…
send rude replies to hundreds of people I’ve never met, thinking they were all a bot out to get me…
snidely reply to someone who pointed out my mistake with an undue sense of self worth…
…

I’m guessing that perhaps your ego just won’t let you eat your humble pie.  Admit you screwed the pooch and stop yelling at people who noticed.  It makes the world a happier place.

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Christopher Payne  wrote:

You shouldn’t be sorry.
In no form or fashion has this conversation been about intelligence or ego.
Simply put, yes I hit the wrong button, but you were the only person out of the “hundreds” that felt the need to be complete and utter dick about it.
If you were trying to illicit an apology, then next time don’t start with the salutation of “You, sir, are a idiot.”
This seems rude and unduly castigating.
I realize you may know things about how the “interwebs” work, but obviously your computer is working just fine after the “incident.”

Maybe you should snag a piece of your own i-care-too-much-about-stupid-shit pie and tell me how it tastes.