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Man, I get SO MUCH singles-scene spam it isn't funny. "I want to get to know you," said the latest. Whoops, not a minute later I'm a liar: "Still Single?" is now the latest.
There's something tragic about this much marketing attention on one subject, especially an area where there can be no guarantees of quick -- or even eventual -- success. It makes me start to wonder just how bad a system of arranged marriages would be.
Ads for increasing one's penis size have that same ache, to me. Even if the method works, will the customer truly be satisfied? On the other hand, ads for home loan refinancing or for getting a good price on a car don't seem sad in the slightest. On the other other hand, ads for methods of making lots of money on the Internet are depressing, but in a very different way. :-)
So I look for new mail again. "Iraq: God's Plan?" says my inbox. The world snaps back into focus. There are things a lot worse than getting sad reading spam.
There's something tragic about this much marketing attention on one subject, especially an area where there can be no guarantees of quick -- or even eventual -- success. It makes me start to wonder just how bad a system of arranged marriages would be.
Ads for increasing one's penis size have that same ache, to me. Even if the method works, will the customer truly be satisfied? On the other hand, ads for home loan refinancing or for getting a good price on a car don't seem sad in the slightest. On the other other hand, ads for methods of making lots of money on the Internet are depressing, but in a very different way. :-)
So I look for new mail again. "Iraq: God's Plan?" says my inbox. The world snaps back into focus. There are things a lot worse than getting sad reading spam.
