this just in: internet forces people to forward chain letter emails without thinking… pass it on!

i continue to receive forwarded emails from well-intentioned and otherwise intelligent people that contain old news or recycled mis-information.

yes, i understand that the power that courses through you when you forward an email to (potentially) hundreds of people .

yes, i understand that joining a group of people who share a belief in something found on the internet makes you feel less alone, and socially validated… even if the group you’ve aligned yourself with is mis-informed.

yes, it’s perfectly reasonable to assume that i haven’t seen your latest online discovery… even though i am a webmaster who is online constantly, and sees things way before you ever would.

please do us both the courtesy of reality checking before forwarding. the best way to do this is to visit snopes.com, where you can find out quickly whether there is any truth whatsoever to the information you are about to blindly pass on to others.

and, even if what you want to send me turns out to be real… i’ve probably already seen it.

please forward this to everyone you know! it’s important!!!!!