Coined A New Term: Me! Me! Me!-mail
It describes off-topic, time-wasting email from people promoting stuff.
As a PR jerk selling stuff for babies wrote me, "I realize this isn't the kind of stuff you normally cover..." (but I thought nothing of wasting your time in hopes of making a buck).
Offtopic: The power of cosmetics.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at October 17, 2012 11:34 PM
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
So you didn't want to hawk his product. Just delete his email and block him. Not sure why you need to get your panties in a twist about it.
NicoleK at October 18, 2012 2:02 AM
Amy, you've disappointed Nic on a personal level for two blog posts in a row.
Seriously, that is strange. There's a sort of menstrual disregard for how her complaints might be perceived by others, y'know?
HEY NIC... THESE THOUGHTS OF YOURS AREN'T SILENT— YOU'VE TYPED THEM INTO YOUR COMPUTER AND NOW THEY'RE SHOWING UP IN PEOPLE'S HOMES, OK? People are reading them now.
Just sayin'; It's a blog, right? Make fun of anyone you want, be as condescending as you like… But the rest of us were not put on the planet to bring the bitchminded 5th-grader of your subconscious into some cheery condition of somnambular fulfillment.
If you want to read a blog where people don't complain about spam, go find one. Hell, go write one.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at October 18, 2012 4:42 AM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2012/10/18/coined_a_new_te.html#comment-3387001">comment from NicoleKAs somebody else put it on Twitter, NicoleK:
I prefer to spend my time answering letters -- advice requests that will never make my column. Every inappropriate PR request I get means I have a little less time to do that.
The notion that this guy and others have that other people are just means to an end -- the notion you can just take time from people, and tough for them, is ugly and rude.
Amy Alkon at October 18, 2012 6:00 AM
Sorry for not expressing the sufficient level of outrage that some guy spammed Amy.
NicoleK at October 18, 2012 6:00 AM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2012/10/18/coined_a_new_te.html#comment-3387013">comment from NicoleKSome guy is spamming all of us and calling all of us at home, and because no one calls him on it.
PS "Not sure why you need to get your panties in a twist" should be retired along with women in binders.
Amy Alkon at October 18, 2012 6:07 AM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2012/10/18/coined_a_new_te.html#comment-3387017">comment from Amy AlkonI get a lot of this scammy bullshit, as does Popehat:
http://www.popehat.com/2012/07/09/if-i-let-you-guest-post-do-i-get-my-four-years-back/
http://www.popehat.com/2012/09/26/ponies-101-introduction-to-ponies/
http://www.popehat.com/2012/10/08/a-dialogue-with-a-guest-post-spammer/
Amy Alkon at October 18, 2012 6:10 AM
Maybe it was a cry for help. If he asked me, I'd advise tying a cinder block to each ankle and swimming the Niagara river.
It might not solve his problem but It would solve mine.
Just a few more weeks until the election and the pollsters and politicians who ignore the "do not call" registry in the vain hope that I will cooperate or think better of them go away.
I should get a 900 number and charge for the calls. Most of mine are verbal spam these days.
MarkD at October 18, 2012 6:28 AM
> Sorry for not expressing the sufficient level
> of outrage
No. Listen, you came to her blog and –in two messages in a row– curtly and sincerely suggested that she should doubt her instincts. You wake up, walk into someone's parlour, faceslap them pop-pop, forehand/backhand, and walk right out again. Now, I've told Amy she's wrong about stuff for years, OK? But I do it in full gasbag style... Dozens and hundreds of words in attempting persuasion or clarity (if only my own).
It's your tone that's odd. It's like an unresolved family drama thing, like you grew up with a weird, war-widow grandma who walked around the house making brief, dismissive comments about everyone else's interests, but never stayed in the room long enough to take an interest or show a better way. When Amy writes about things I don't care about, I sometimes move on to the next thing. And when it's boring here, well, you wouldn't believe how big the internet is. To criticize at that level of granularity is remarkable. Otherwise, I mean, the emotional attunement of your life, or the lives of the people around you, must be sensationally good.
See also Amy's PS... Throwing "twisters" at someone, in such a short, unsubstantiated comment, before they've even had breakfast, is, like, fraught... Your problem isn't with Amy's spam.
Crid [Cridcomment at Gmail] at October 18, 2012 6:29 AM
Well somehow my blog site e-mail address was put on the list of the wine director's sales for the Albertson's stores in northwest Washington State.
I'm never going near there. i just delete them and move on.
Jim P. at October 18, 2012 6:29 AM
Mark D- I think politicians are exempt from DNC lists.
But you're absolutely right... Residential landlines are all but useless. Government doesn't seem interested in preventing advertising calls anymore.
Crid [Cridcomment at Gmail] at October 18, 2012 6:31 AM
Heheheh. For a minute there, Cridmeister, I was going to call you out on harshing on NicoleK, until your most recent post. And...yeah, gotta agree with you. And I agree with Amy as well, these idiots with their Me!Me!Me!-mail. Annoying as hell.
And yeah, MarkD, I cannot wait for these damned elections to be OVER. Cannot wait.
But then, you know, something else will come along and be equally annoying. The upcoming Hallowthanksmas holidays, for example. Sheesh. The stores have Halloween candy on one side of the aisle, Xmas stuff on the other, and 20-lb turkeys in the freezers allfreakinready.
I need a glass of wine (or 3). And it's not even 10 a.m. here yet.
Ack.
Flynne at October 18, 2012 6:38 AM
NicoleK, you witch! Quit bullying Amy!
Old RPM Daddy at October 18, 2012 7:10 AM
Hey, Old RPM Daddy! I resemble that remark!
o.O
Flynne at October 18, 2012 7:12 AM
D'oh! Should have thought of that, Flynne! No offense intended, you understand.
I was going to use another word, but wasn't 100% sure my meaning would be clear.
Old RPM Daddy at October 18, 2012 7:14 AM
No harm, no foul, dearest. (Not to worry, I won't turn you into a toad!)
Flynne at October 18, 2012 7:37 AM
Whew, that's a relief! I thought I was getting warts, but I guess it's just razor bumps!
Old RPM Daddy at October 18, 2012 7:42 AM
"But you're absolutely right... Residential landlines are all but useless."
Crid, please do write something on this, or do some of your linky things sometime. I realize I'm just wasting money, but that black phone was part of my early training - just can't seem to get the courage to cut the cord.
Dave B at October 18, 2012 8:29 AM
Just read what I wrote above. I'd like to use first cup or old age, but fact is that was rude to Amy. Sorry, Goddess - I'm going to go to the chicken coop now and roll up my pantlegs and let the ladys peck the hell out of me.
Dave B at October 18, 2012 8:41 AM
PS "Not sure why you need to get your panties in a twist" should be retired along with women in binders.
How do you feel about "knickers in a knot"?
Steve Daniels at October 18, 2012 8:49 AM
But you're absolutely right... Residential landlines are all but useless.
I still maintain one for one reason. OK, two.
1. If there is an emergency, I can dial* 911, drop the phone, and run. I don't even have to speak with the dispatcher. The system will display my address, and they will send someone to investigate.
2. If there is a natural disaster, the landlines will be way more robust than the cell system. I'll be able to make calls well before the cellular service is restored.
*Yes, dial. I have a dial phone. It uses a pulse signaling system that does not require power. Damm thing is pretty much bulletproof.
Steve Daniels at October 18, 2012 8:59 AM
We still keep a land line around as well. Handy when I need to send a fax, as well as for the reasons Steve Daniels outlined above.
Old RPM Daddy at October 18, 2012 9:08 AM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2012/10/18/coined_a_new_te.html#comment-3387307">comment from Steve DanielsI have two dial phones -- one from the 40s that's been adapted with a modern plug that has THE most marvelous sound, and another one from Radio Shack that's vintage 90s.
Amy Alkon at October 18, 2012 9:50 AM
> I was going to call you out on harshing
I don't mind people being mean. Listen, if you're in the mood to be rude to people, please come sit beside me. It's the weirdness that's intimidating.
> just can't seem to get the courage to cut the cord.
I only did it m'self last year, and finances were a factor... A single person only needs so many ways to communicate electronically. My nephews did it ten years ago. The holdouts in the family all report that spam callers are now rampaging unchecked... It seems the regulatory agencies have other things on their minds, and the phone companies are presumably making money from the sales callers.
The cellphone doesn't sound as good and I also (strongly) agree with Steve about the less-reliable connection. Especially here in earthquake country, there's nothing as sturdy as a buried analog pulse-dial trunk to the central office.
Crid [Cridcomment at Gmail] at October 18, 2012 10:00 AM
Most of the reason that I still have a land line is because of my mother.
I don't want her to have my cell number, so I have a land line and an answering machine.
Jim P. at October 18, 2012 6:47 PM
No. Listen, you came to her blog and –in two messages in a row– curtly and sincerely suggested that she should doubt her instincts. You wake up, walk into someone's parlour, faceslap them pop-pop, forehand/backhand, and walk right out again. Now, I've told Amy she's wrong about stuff for years, OK? But I do it in full gasbag style... Dozens and hundreds of words in attempting persuasion or clarity (if only my own).
What? You're excusing yourself, even as you're the preminent threadjacker?
NicoleK's only fault is not being you.
Radwaste at October 18, 2012 7:10 PM
I never remember to charge my cell phone. If I got a landline, people would be able to reach me. That would be awful.
MonicaP at October 18, 2012 8:37 PM
> NicoleK's only fault is not being you.
A punishing burden for her, certainly... Nonetheless, Raddy, we expect her to carry herself with as much dignity and clarity as she can muster.
But seriously, folks...
Those two first messages on the first two posts, coming at us like that — Slapslap and Good Morning and I'm already gone but please remember how disappointed in you I was when I flew through your life first thing today — well, they just felt weird. Bizarre. Eccentric. Outlandish. Freaky. Strange. Unusual. Ghostly. Uncanny. Eldritch. (Eldritch? Yes, eldritch.) Eccentric, uncanny, quirky. Eerie.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at October 18, 2012 8:40 PM
That's right, uncanny twice. I said it.
PS- Hi Raddy!
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at October 18, 2012 9:54 PM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2012/10/18/coined_a_new_te.html#comment-3389035">comment from MonicaPI never remember to charge my cell phone. If I got a landline, people would be able to reach me. That would be awful.
My friends know not to call me, and especially not on my deadline days. If I really like you, we'll get together and look at each other and say meaningful things. If I don't really like you, I certainly don't want to talk to you on the phone.
Amy Alkon at October 18, 2012 11:18 PM
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