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The Tyranny of Email

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-i-thought-this-was-salvation dept.

Circuit Breaker writes "Are you or your co-workers using email instead of phone, face to face conversations, or instant messaging? Read this article, and hand out copies to your mates."

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  1. Do I have to by gowen · · Score: 5, Funny
    Read this article, and hand out copies to your mates.
    Can I not just email it to them?
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  2. Re:Two points - not quite, IMO by supergiovane · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't have time to continuously check my e-mail at work. I have important things to do, such as compulsively click on 'refresh' button on ./ main page for first posts.

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  3. Re:Well... by AKnightCowboy · · Score: 5, Funny
    Well, I think I'll just forward them the link, because if I talk to them in real life then they'd realize I wasn't 6'2" with a boy builder's body.

    Geppeto? Is that you? It's me, Pinocchio!! I'm trapped in a whale and all I have is a laptop with 802.11b access. I think I'm near a Starbucks or McDonalds somewhere close to shore. Please send help!

  4. Re:Done by Strike · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes and anyone who thinks otherwise is wrong and is a Bad Programmer (tm). There is also One True Editor, One True Brace Style (for those languages which use them), One True Indentation Style, and One True Language (which potentially makes the One True Brace Style irrelevant). All naysayers will be shot. Thank you. -- The Management

  5. Something I've... noticed by CoolGuySteve · · Score: 5, Funny

    The article mentions proper spelling and grammar in e-mails. I have another problem, the use of ellipses...people...seem to think...that... randomly placing ellipses...all over...their message...will somehow... absolve them...of punctuation... when all it really does...is annoy. Did they... pick it up...from Japanese...RPG games?

    What does that symbol even mean anymore? Like if one period means pause three periods must be really dramatic!

    Really, it's like "Man I don't know if a comma goes here, this elipse will fool everyone! I'm brilliant!" I'm not a grammar nazi or anything, I just hate reading IM/e-mails from people that do this. Even the damn article has some ellipses in it.

    So if you're one of those people who does this, please stop. For...the love... of god.

  6. Pavlov gone bad... by Gefiltefish11 · · Score: 5, Funny



    I've gotten into the bad habit of emailing with co-workers to arrange lunch gatherings...

    Now, unfortunately, every time time that little new email chime rings on my computer, I begin to drool uncontrollably!