27 I Got Some Really Nasty, Crude, Rude, Or Threatening E-Mail. WhatDo I Do?
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This article is from the Internet Personals: Advice for Straights FAQ, by Dean Esmay esmay@syndicomm.com with numerous contributions by others.
27 I Got Some Really Nasty, Crude, Rude, Or Threatening E-Mail. WhatDo I Do?
DNFTEC! DNFTEC! DNFTEC!
Some pathetic Energy Creatures don't even have the balls to start
fights in public, so they just do it in e-mail. They may say rude,
hurtful, or disgusting things to you just to get your goat. Typical
comments might be sexual ("hey baby spread your legs I wanna fuck
you!"), bigoted ("hey faggot why don't you go fuck yourself!") or
simply rude and hateful ("hey you loser what kind of pathetic loser
needs to post a personal ad, what kind of sick pathetic weirdo are
you?"). Ignore all of this. It's a load of ignorant crap, and all
it's designed to do is get you upset and make you waste time and
energy responding.
Mind you, if you receive legitimate-sounding threats from someone who
you think may actually be able to carry them out, contact your system
administrator. Another good thing to do would be to send a copy of
the threat to "postmaster" at the domain name of the person who sent
you the email (so if you get a letter from "jerkface@someplace.com",
you send email to "postmaster@someplace.com"). Another good contact
would be THE POLICE; threatening people is illegal in many places, and
the police might be able to help. Contact any or all of the above
and just say, "I've received some threatening email, which I can provide you
with a copy of. Please help me figure out what to do." Do this
IMMEDIATELY.
Otherwise, simply ignore any rude, crude, or harassing mail you get.
Responding merely feeds the Energy Creature and makes it grow
stronger.
Remember this: Both men and women get mail from Energy
Creatures. Really. No piece of e-mail from someone you've never met
and who has no chance of ever meeting you is worth expending even one
second of your on. Throw it in the trash and move on.
Remember, your goal here is to meet new people, not feed energy
creatures.
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