Tip of the Month: Get people NOT to email you

Lots of people get too much email. Some people get only 15 useless emails a day (I remember back then…why did I subscribe to airport security e-alerts?). Sometimes, people email cute cat pictures to each other. What the heck? We KNOW cats are cute. Why can’t we just get the really important stuff and waste our time elsewhere, like on Facebook? Well, you can. With Gmail, there’s a feature where asdf@gmail.com is the same as asdf+jkla@gmail.com are the exact same account. We can take advantage of this:

Hi! My name is Bob Smurf! My twitter is @apple and my email is bobsmurfthehikingfan+doesntliketohavestupidemails-becausethatswhatfacebookisfor-andfeelfreetofriendme-becauseihavenolife-andineedfriends-maybesomerelationships-butanywayjustimmeontwitternexttime-becauseontwitteryourelimitedto140characters-soyoullcuttothechase-andnotsendmea3000paragraphquickupdatesoitsgreat-butanywayjustdontemailme-unlessyouhavetoalright-sotheniwillshutupifyoudothat@gmail.com

Just copy the long rambling hidden message and you’re good to go.

+doesntliketohavestupidemails-becausethatswhatfacebookisfor-andfeelfreetofriendme-becauseihavenolife-andineedfriends-maybesomerelationships-butanywayjustimmeontwitternexttime-becauseontwitteryourelimitedto140characters-soyoullcuttothechase-andnotsendmea3000paragraphquickupdatesoitsgreat-butanywayjustdontemailme-unlessyouhavetoalright-sotheniwillshutupifyoudothat@gmail.com

No more friggin’ LOLCATS!