Thursday, October 8, 2015

Is My Spam Folder Telling Me That I'm Getting Old?

Like most people, I get spam emails.  Like most people, I have a vague idea how spam works. Someone, somewhere sold my email address to some spam service and they then passed it on to countless others who then send me permutations of the same emails.  Over the years, there have been some common themes in the spam receive.  These include:


  • Porn - I'm not sure why this happens.  Neither of us watches porn or visits porn sites.  Really.  I've seen it before, don't get me wrong, but I'm not a viewer.  I have some personal objections to it and also find it quite boring.  It's something like watching Gilligan's Island; it's essentially the same episode each time.  I can imagine Dante today working porn into one of his circles of hell. 
  • Gambling - Again, I'm not sure why this one happens either as neither of us gambles.  I've been to some big casinos and gambling cities, but the most I have done is risked $10 worth of quarters on the slot machines.  And that was after I turned 35 and had a real career.
  • Scams - These seem to have died down a bit, but I still get them occasionally.  Someone somewhere promises to share huge piles of money with me if I will just help them do something or other.  If I am just greedy enough, I can get suckered. 
  • Erectile dysfunction - This is a popular one.  I believe that one started just after Viagra hit the market.  Some of these have great subject lines.  'Hard wood' always makes me laugh.
  • Canadian pharmacies - Ironically I still get these even though I now live in Canada.  Apparently Canadian pharmacies have all kinds of drugs to sell super cheap.  
But recently I started getting a new type of spam, and it made me worry.  Now, I seem to be getting all these messages about 20/20 vision and ditching my glasses forever.  To be honest, I find it kind of offensive.  Is my spam folder telling me that I am somehow to old for all those vices I don't indulge in?  

Since, I'm not buying Viagra, does that mean I'm too old to get it up while not watching porn?  

Am I so worried about my fixed income retirement that I wouldn't blow it all on a crazy gambling site?

Do I not want to buy prescription grade pharmaceuticals to abuse because I just want to go to bed early?

Do they think I'm so old and blind that I can't read the offers of easy riches from Nigeria?

What is this world coming to?  

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