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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 23:34:02 CST
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- From: samant@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU
- Subject: On the shortage of lives on words-l
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- Just before I left this list to lead a healthy life for a week, I was
- witness to a phenomenon so incredibly distasteful that its aftertaste
- still lingers. Believe it or not, but I got an email from some losers
- styling themselves "emergency listserv". I will not mention names ...
- but ... You Geeks! You write boring letters to the list for the major
- parts of your lives, and then for a hobby you write about the same
- darned topics to the same darned people in private mail! Just what is
- it that motivates you to start emergency listservs on top of all this?
-
- Next time there is a hiatus in the listserv for a microsecond take the
- opportunity to experience the rest of the world in its numerous and
- diverse aspects. There is a whole universe out there. You could watch
- TV. Or maybe even play a video game or something! Get out of this list-
- serv frenzy for a while and you'll get to know what life is.
-
- For your own good,
- tushar
-