Do you pass chain text if you receive one?
By r3jcorp
@r3jcorp (1382)
Philippines
October 8, 2011 7:32am CST
I regularly receive chain text, something that says like our good Lord knows that I am suffering and He will give me good fortune or a blessing if I send this to 8 people. Or sometimes it tells of a money bags and stuff. When I was younger this is in the form of Chain Letter. Since there is still no computer, I have to type it over and over to have the required number of copies, then send it through mailing to the postoffice. Yes, I do that when I am younger because of fear that something bad may happen to me or to my family. It has a curse that if you break the chain, then something bad will happen. Now that I am older and understand this clearly, I just smile on it when I receive one. I know that this is one of the tactics of those who are earning from our texting. Do you patronize this chain text?
7 responses
@huilichan8 (1378)
• Singapore
8 Oct 11
I don't believe in such things and so I don't normally pass such texts to other pp.
@naim_foroodi01 (95)
• India
8 Oct 11
totally agree with you both.
but I do pass certain chain messages for someone in need of a certain group to blood which needs to be donated to save someones life.
@huilichan8 (1378)
• Singapore
18 Oct 11
If it's saving a life, then I might pass such a chain sms cos it's better to err on e side of compassion than to err on e side of logic.
@mivvvy (174)
• Netherlands
14 Oct 11
I had almost forgotten that chain texts exist. I haven't received one for ages. The last one I recieved was in as amial, and I did not dend it on because I don't believe in these. I consider them spam. It is now easy to distribute them via e-mail.
When I was a child, they were very popular. You had to send a picture postcard to the first address, copy the letter (which meant copying by hand), leave out the first address and put your own at the bottom. I remember cheating and putting my name top because I wanted to get a postcard. The system hardly ever worked out.
I never had the feeling that if I would break the chain something dreadful would happen.
@anklesmash (1412)
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8 Oct 11
No i never bother sending them on because i think it is a load of rubbish.However i never seem to be sent any of them but could mean that i am really unpopular.The ones that really annoy me are the ones that are posted as comments on you tube videos.The ones that say someone read this and didnt repost it and was killed soon after and that if you don't post it on five more videos the same will happen to you.What sought of moron would fall for it.
@marguicha (216480)
• Chile
9 Oct 11
I generally don´t pass on chain texts, except if they are very beautiful. But I never pass the ones that have requirements such as the ones you mentioned. I don´t think it is nice to send a mail such as those to people who might be worried if they don´t meet the requirements the text asks of them.
@hexebella (1136)
• Philippines
14 Oct 11
I don't believe any of them, chain text, chain emails, chain letters, whatever. It is a waste of time and money. It is your faith and relationship with God that would give you His blessings and divine guidance.
@inniewong (42)
• China
8 Oct 11
I won't say that I don't believe it at all. But I will never pass it if I receive one. No matter it is about good luck or bad one. I do hate those stuff, especially when it has a curse at the end of the text. I won't send it to anyone because I think it's kind of mean to "protect" yourself by bothering other people like that.
