Just gotta vent about people "discovering" the internet

Platapus · 08-20-08, 07:55 PM

In my case it is my Father.

I love the man. He is such a good decent man. I wish him nothing but good luck and a long healthy life. He is less my Father and more my best friend.

But I just gotta vent here.

Evidently within the last month, my Father has discovered the Internet. I think this is great. However because the Internet is new to him, everything he finds on the Internet he thinks is new to everyone.

So he is doing what everyone does when they first discover the Internet. He is bombarding everyone he knows with the dreaded "Internet joke". OMG

He is sending me 10 or 20 a day! How can I tell this man, that I love and respect so much, that the crap he is sending me has been circulating the Internet for 5+ years. He is sending me the lamest oldest internet jokes, fake chain letters, badly photoshopped pictures of animals... every lamo piece of crap that we were deleting from our mail 5 years ago.

I don't want to spoil his fun but he insists that I respond to every single E-mail "did you get xxx what did you think? Guess where I found it?"

I want to reply "I don't know Father dearest, did you find it on

http://www.lamocrapforoldfartsjustdi...firsttime.com?

I don't want to hurt his feelings but I also am getting tired of having to lie about how fricking funny some lamo stuff is (or is not as is most of the cases). He won't let me ignore the mail. If I don't respond to his questions, he resends it in case it got "lost in the mail."

I know that no one can solve this problem but has anyone else experienced this phenomena where a person "discovers" the internet and feels obligated to share the "new" stuff he or she found?

I hope he never discovers the internet personality quizzes or I am a dead man.

How do you tell the person you respect the most; the person who raised you and gave you the values of life; the person who you love with all your heart; the person you wish a long and healthy life in comfortable well earned retirement to STOP SENDING ME THIS CRAP!!!

phew, I feel a little better now.

08-20-08, 07:55 PM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Just gotta vent about people "discovering" the internet In my case it is my Father. I love the man. He is such a good decent man. I wish him nothing but good luck and a long healthy life. He is less my Father and more my best friend. But I just gotta vent here. Evidently within the last month, my Father has discovered the Internet. I think this is great. However because the Internet is new to him, everything he finds on the Internet he thinks is new to everyone. So he is doing what everyone does when they first discover the Internet. He is bombarding everyone he knows with the dreaded "Internet joke". OMG He is sending me 10 or 20 a day! How can I tell this man, that I love and respect so much, that the crap he is sending me has been circulating the Internet for 5+ years. He is sending me the lamest oldest internet jokes, fake chain letters, badly photoshopped pictures of animals... every lamo piece of crap that we were deleting from our mail 5 years ago. I don't want to spoil his fun but he insists that I respond to every single E-mail "did you get xxx what did you think? Guess where I found it?" I want to reply "I don't know Father dearest, did you find it on http://www.lamocrapforoldfartsjustdi...firsttime.com? I don't want to hurt his feelings but I also am getting tired of having to lie about how fricking funny some lamo stuff is (or is not as is most of the cases). He won't let me ignore the mail. If I don't respond to his questions, he resends it in case it got "lost in the mail." I know that no one can solve this problem but has anyone else experienced this phenomena where a person "discovers" the internet and feels obligated to share the "new" stuff he or she found? I hope he never discovers the internet personality quizzes or I am a dead man. How do you tell the person you respect the most; the person who raised you and gave you the values of life; the person who you love with all your heart; the person you wish a long and healthy life in comfortable well earned retirement to STOP SENDING ME THIS CRAP!!! phew, I feel a little better now. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.