Dear Friendster
Please stop emailing me. Seriously, it’s just getting pathetic at this point. Listen little buddy, you had your shot back in 2003; I played with your dashboard a bit, you re-introduced me to my old buddies….what I’m saying is: we had some laughs. But that was six years ago. I’ve moved on, and so should you. Please stop emailing me.
I understand that you’ve had a total makeover in the last year or so, and are hoping to make yourself somewhat more presentable and, dare I say, sexy. There’s only one problem: I’m currently intimate with, not one, but two other networking sites: Twitter and Facebook. Yes, yes – they’re not perfect either. The former frequently plumps up like a whale when it eats too much, and the latter attempts to force Farmville and some Mafia game on me every day. With that said, it’s their turn. It’s their turn right now. You might remember a scene in Goonies where little Sean Astin says:
Up there, it’s their time. Down here, it’s our time. It’s our time down here.
If you do remember that scene, you’ll understand where I’m coming from. Please stop emailing me.
You might have heard a saying that goes something along the lines of, “If you love her, set her free, and if she comes back, she’s yours forever.” The problem is that you just won’t let go, little buddy. I feel suffocated, and that’s not good for either of us. But yeah, to clarify, even if you stopped emailing me and played “hard to get,” I’d still ignore you. Facebook and Twitter are cuter.
What’s most depressing is that you continue to email me at an address which I’ve long since abandoned, except for the once-a-month “just in case” checks. Is there anything more sad than a person/app who passes by your door every night hoping to catch your eye, all while remaining oblivious to the fact that you don’t even live there anymore? It’s sad, Friendster. Really sad. We had some laughs. We had our time. I haven’t signed in in six years. Please stop emailing me.
Comments
admin said...
And yes – I’m aware that I can unsubscribe. But that’s not the point.
posted on October 21, 2009
admin said...
And yes…this entire post was created in an attempt to fall asleep.
posted on October 21, 2009
Sean "Bluefox" Blake said...
Exactly. It’s the principal of Friendster just tugging on your coat at the cocktail party trying so hard to get you to pay attention. I feel sorry!
posted on October 21, 2009
Honshi said...
HAHA! This is hilarious
posted on October 21, 2009
Cameron McMillian said...
quite impressive. i can relate
posted on October 21, 2009
Rahul said...
Nicely written….
posted on October 21, 2009
Muhammad Adnan said...
Your this line “If you love her, set her free, and if she comes back, she’s yours forever.” made me feel back in my school days
posted on October 21, 2009
Alexis Brille said...
I see where you’re coming with this. I too, use an email account holding all welcoming emails.
But why be bothered with these things? It’s your responsibility of wanting to make these “just-in case” checks.
I think not only Friendster does these spams. I remember before signing up for Facebook, they used to bombard me with invitations due to how my other friends have links to my MSN Messenger account.
Though, I do see this was only a rant and that you were just very much annoyed so I’ll let you get away with it,
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posted on October 22, 2009
Muhammad Adnan said...
I Set her Free and she never came back
posted on October 22, 2009
admin said...
@Alexis – I am 100% being silly with this post.
posted on October 22, 2009
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posted on October 22, 2009
Simon said...
Hi JW, i cant find your email so i just type here, i hope its okay.
i see lots of tutorials on tutsplus.com on PHP its OOP.
and i cant OOP
so if you are good to PHP and OOP it would be nice if you will make some video tutorials about it 
.
and then i see a little smiley in the bottom of your homepage
thats funny hehe
posted on October 22, 2009
Meshach said...
Heh, this post made me laugh.
posted on October 22, 2009
Martin Førre said...
Slurping coffee and smiling while reading this post
posted on October 23, 2009
arnold said...
haha Nice! I love it . Especially
“Up there, it’s their time. Down here, it’s our time. It’s our time down here. “
posted on November 9, 2009
comeon said...
Come on dude aren’t you see that all sites do the same think .
most sites are native spammers and even worse …
posted on November 23, 2009
admin said...
Hey dude…I think you completely missed the point. I was 100% joking.
posted on November 24, 2009
archondigital said...
This has really given me a good laugh… too bad for Friendster…
posted on December 12, 2009