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Originally Posted by medard
If something is important, you send it via snail mail. If your thoughts are worth it, you'll spend some Cents for a stamp.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by medard
E-Mails are just spam. Because of economics. Pressing "Send" doesn't cost anything, and nobody reads this stuff.
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It's pretty clear to me we must live in different worlds. It's extremely rare that I get personal correspondence via snail mail. I'd say probably twice a year, on my birthday I may get a birthday card or two, and on my wedding anniversary there's usually a card or two as well. All other correspondence, including letters to my retired parents, I do via e-mail.
As for bills, it's only the government that haven't yet caught on, as I do get papers via the mail regarding both income and property taxes. All other bills I get electronically. The same thing is true for my bank statements, all of them come via e-mail as well.
So yeah, I can safely say that while I do get a lot of spam via e-mail, the percentage of all received mail that is spam, is
vastly higher with my snail mail than with my e-mail. I mean, it's near 100% on snail mail.