What is the MEANEST email you ever sent....

jofjltncb6

I'm just here to watch the fireworks...

ETA: Well that, and hoping someone misuses a homonym so I can get all kinds of smugly superior on their grammar skills.

ChrisRS87

A little melodromatic I think? If someone sent you an email completely out of character it's only common sense to question it, and discover the prank. I think the possibility that damage was done is relatively nil.

"Intent" and "inability to effectuate" are specifically referenced in the law as immaterial. In lay terms that means, "I was just kidding" and "It was just a joke" are specifically excluded as affirmative defenses.

A more "melodramatic" analogy would be sexually assaulting someone, then claiming that the act was "a prank" at your defense trial.

Good luck with that.

I think you missed my point. Yes, you are an excellent writer, and you know the law much better than I. But when did I say what a viable defense would be? I only said that there was probably very little damage done, if any.

avir8

My girlfriends and I were staying in a hotel with a computer in the lobby, a guy forgot to log out of his work email. We responded to a work related email, coming out of the closet and confessing our love to their (i think) boss. hehe

I'm sorry, but how is ruining a total stranger's career funny?

Or maybe I helped them find love in each other? One will never know!

I would be careful about posting such things on a public forum, because what you did is a violation of federal wiretap law and a felony.

Yes, but Section 12, B, ii, of the internet freedom act states that anyone who leaves their email open on a public computer has authorized any person to send emails on their behalf

Maybe it does, maybe it doesnt. But the government doesn't mess around with with wiretap law. There's been a lot of people who have done jail time in divorce cases for simply reading their spouses email, even if it was left open. But if you wanna play those odds go right ahead. Just saying, keeping your mouth shut could save you some major headaches.

That's right, GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT!!!!

Drawing_a_Blank

Not an email, but a letter. My ex husband sent me a letter, sort of a 12-step thing, saying that he realized what an *kitten* he had been, he was sorry, and that he still wanted to be friends. I wrote him back to tell him that he was giving himself too much credit and that I wouldn't pee on him if he were dying of thirst. There was more, but I can't remember it now. I closed it by telling him to have a nice life, but I didn't want to hear about it.

missytrishy

I'm just here to watch the fireworks...

ETA: Well that, and hoping someone misuses a homonym so I can get all kinds of smugly superior on their grammar skills.

I can't tell you how hard I laughed at this one!!:laugh:

RachelSRoach1

Lol these are horrible.

Once my ex-step mother who was really awful to my whole family (i.e. abusive and having some emotional problems) tried to be my friend on fb and I had to write her a long message about how it was awkward and unnecessary for her to talk to me or my brother or sister. I politely asked her to quit talking to any of us.

Dub_D

That's right, GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT!!!!

Rawr! BURN HER AT THE STAKE!!!

senami632

Inasmuch as I do not condone what that girl/woman did, I wish we wouldn't have a law class here. I already have tons of those at uni every day!

Jennloella

I've sent several. One to a jealous wife that emailed me first to say she wanted me to delete her husband off my facebook, I deleted him because I don't like drama but not before I emailed her back to tell her she was crazy and if I wanted her husband, I'd of had him already. I emailed my sister to tell her to quit calling me and emailing me begging for money after she threatened me because I stopped sending her money every month, she was constantly "in a bind". I emailed her because I changed my number and didn't want her to have it, she was an unreasonable nut job so email was the best bet to avoid a screaming match.

GorillaEsq

I think you missed my point. Yes, you are an excellent writer, and you know the law much better than I. But when did I say what a viable defense would be? I only said that there was probably very little damage done, if any.

No, I understand what you're saying. My point was that it doesn't matter if any damage was done, technically. Perhaps in that scenario the victim would laugh it off as no big deal.

It's also possible that the person could be gay, is devastated by the act, and files a complaint on the basis of a hate-crime which must be prosecuted pursuant compulsory statute, leading the investigators and DA to subpena the security camera footage from the hotel, identify the assailant by cross-referencing the footage with the guest registry, and thereafter completely ruining the day of the "funny jokester" with a federal indictment.

At which point the "funny jokester" would say, "But it's just a joke. Funny ha ha. Are you guys serious?"

But... what do I know. I'm just a random Internet dude.

sassylarita

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Platypusimus

Really?? A Sociopath?? Are you ill?? :huh:

She asked for mean emails and I gave her one.

If someone keeps their Facebook logged on in the Apple store and some kid updates their status to "I'm gay" or sends a few random messages, are they sociopaths? (maybe their boss is on their FL)

Honestly, I'm surprised by all the reactions to this as I thought it was hilarious, and if I sound like a sociopath to you, I also find you hilarious.

I guess I win the meanest email game! Annd.. I'm done talking about this.

I question the viability of your original post, et al. My guess is, you made it up.

However, I think the bigger issue here is all of the things that could have gone wrong with such a prank, and the idea that you consider the notion thereof, "funny." I'm all for a good joke on a friend, in which absolutely no damage occurs. However, the fable you outlined above simply establishes an act of random cruelty on a complete stranger. And, regardless of whether or not you actually did it... it makes you "giggle" for some reason.

Your notion falls into the same category of putting nails under a stranger's tire. It's simply not that funny, yet carries tremendous risk of something going severely wrong and putting an innocent person in serious peril.

As for your legal justification, you clearly made that up. You might want to go with the whole "I made it up to be funny on a forum" schtick as well, because it was technically a crime. Actually, multiple crimes on both a federal and state level.

But hey, it's not like any prosecutors that specialize in Internet crime frequent this site... right?

Happy Wednesday.

^^ he speaks the truth

hear hear!

sassylarita

My girlfriends and I were staying in a hotel with a computer in the lobby, a guy forgot to log out of his work email. We responded to a work related email, coming out of the closet and confessing our love to their (i think) boss. hehe

You are a low class jerk!

jenluvsushi

A little melodromatic I think? If someone sent you an email completely out of character it's only common sense to question it, and discover the prank. I think the possibility that damage was done is relatively nil.

"Intent" and "inability to effectuate" are specifically referenced in the law as immaterial. In lay terms that means, "I was just kidding" and "It was just a joke" are specifically excluded as affirmative defenses.

A more "melodramatic" analogy would be sexually assaulting someone, then claiming that the act was "a prank" at your defense trial.

Good luck with that.

Say for example, she looked up child porn using his information, then I think your analogy would have more merit. Though in that case a more extreme analogy may be required lol.

Well, you're right in the notion that your aforementioned example is "worse." The "prank" she described carries up to five (5) years in federal prison. The "prank" you described carries a minimum of twenty (20) years in federal prison, as that would additionally entail "distribution" of child pornography.

All hilarious by the way.



Typos.

All I know is that smart people are soooo hot :flowerforyou:

avir8

stinkpurty

I sent an e-mail once to a guy whom I had just broken up with because he cheated on me. I was trying to be mature about it. He e-mailed me asking for the keys to his house back so he wouldn't have to change his locks (not that I was planning to go over). I replied back saying that was fine and asked for the stuff I had left at his house (I had a couple pairs of shoes including my tennis shoes, a few clothing items, etc.). He then replied that he had gotten drunk a couple nights before and burned all my stuff. That really set me off. I wasn't the one who cheated. Why be so cruel?

Anyway, a couple of days later, after cooling off, I replied back telling him that I felt sorry for any woman who would ever be involved with him because she would never be able to compete with the love of his life and that love was himself. I also informed him that if he wanted his keys he was welcome to go dumpster diving as I had thrown the keys in one of the many dumpsters scattered behind businesses around town.

mgobluetx12

My girlfriends and I were staying in a hotel with a computer in the lobby, a guy forgot to log out of his work email. We responded to a work related email, coming out of the closet and confessing our love to their (i think) boss. hehe

-Finds humor in potentially ruining someone's livelihood, yet you posted in another thread that bullying is a serious problem that needs resolved.

Amen!

EvgeniZyntx

But... what do I know. I'm just a random Internet dude.

Making some nice assumptions about jurisdiction.
Not defending the stupidity of "joker" but we have hotels and interwebs outside the US, too.

GorillaEsq

But... what do I know. I'm just a random Internet dude.

Making some nice assumptions about jurisdiction.
Not defending the stupidity of "joker" but we have hotels and interwebs outside the US, too.

True. Assuming it happened in the US. Though, I have been involved with cases recently in which "naughty things" occurred outside our borders, however the use of domestic-based servers and infrastructure was enough to establish jurisdiction and even venue.

jofjltncb6

But... what do I know. I'm just a random Internet dude.

Making some nice assumptions about jurisdiction.
Not defending the stupidity of "joker" but we have hotels and interwebs outside the US, too.

Lies. Everywhere outside the US is nothing but stick huts and deserts.

Duh.