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<blockquote data-quote="Chimera" data-source="post: 2590800" data-attributes="member: 2002">Variety of responses;Urban Legends:&nbsp; Used to have some co-workers who would regularly resend these things all around the office.&nbsp; My response was to &quot;reply all&quot; with a message that it was a hoax, usually pointing at Snopes or some other site that debunked it.&nbsp; No hostility, no snottiness, just the facts.&nbsp; The main offender got so plastered as a FOOL after a half dozen of these that she stopped posting such nonsense.&nbsp; (I think her boss may have finally put the kibosh on it.)Politics:&nbsp; Same method, but usually just to the sender.&nbsp; I find something that says the opposite, then send it to them in my response.&nbsp; I'm not a member of any political party.&nbsp; If they get flustered or angry about my alleged political views because of this, I point out that I don't like either side and am just showing them the alternative view.&nbsp; Usually they get so frustrated that they stop doing this to me.Other:&nbsp; About five years ago, a male friend of mine was working in an office that was mostly women.&nbsp; They kept sending around very anti-male jokes and commentary pieces that he would then forward to me.&nbsp; After telling him straight out on several occasions that I didn't like this kind of misandronist nonsense, I simply took one of his pieces and completely reversed the gender, making it about women.&nbsp; His response was a very angry and hostile diatribe about how I must hate women and how he didn't want me as a friend anymore.&nbsp; At this, I pointed out what I had done and asked him if he hated himself and other men.&nbsp; I asked (again) that he not send me any of this stuff and offered not to be his friend if he really felt that way about men in general.&nbsp; He got the message.Of course, my responses are not generally the &quot;go along to get along&quot; type.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chimera, post: 2590800, member: 2002"] Variety of responses; Urban Legends: Used to have some co-workers who would regularly resend these things all around the office. My response was to "reply all" with a message that it was a hoax, usually pointing at Snopes or some other site that debunked it. No hostility, no snottiness, just the facts. The main offender got so plastered as a FOOL after a half dozen of these that she stopped posting such nonsense. (I think her boss may have finally put the kibosh on it.) Politics: Same method, but usually just to the sender. I find something that says the opposite, then send it to them in my response. I'm not a member of any political party. If they get flustered or angry about my alleged political views because of this, I point out that I don't like either side and am just showing them the alternative view. Usually they get so frustrated that they stop doing this to me. Other: About five years ago, a male friend of mine was working in an office that was mostly women. They kept sending around very anti-male jokes and commentary pieces that he would then forward to me. After telling him straight out on several occasions that I didn't like this kind of misandronist nonsense, I simply took one of his pieces and completely reversed the gender, making it about women. His response was a very angry and hostile diatribe about how I must hate women and how he didn't want me as a friend anymore. At this, I pointed out what I had done and asked him if he hated himself and other men. I asked (again) that he not send me any of this stuff and offered not to be his friend if he really felt that way about men in general. He got the message. Of course, my responses are not generally the "go along to get along" type. [/QUOTE]

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