curmudgeon alert

Why do people still forward stupid email messages/attachments? They were almost tolerable maybe 7 or 8 years ago when the internet was still somewhat of a novelty. Now, they are nothing more than a nuisance. I haven't forwarded or replied to one in years, and I tell people I know to stop sending them to me. Yet still the odd one gets through. Today, it was message with a list of 20 things we all should do (such as only say 'I love you' when you truly mean it, etc.). But the catch was, if the message was not forwarded within the next 6 minutes, something bad would happen. And they seemed quite serious too-and they were right! The message was a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Anyways, the only forward that I remember being any good was a link to a short video called "The Meatrix". Given that I'm a veggie, that one hit a soft spot.