{"id":1658,"date":"2009-02-25T13:31:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-25T13:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1658"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:30:44","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:30:44","slug":"things-i-probably-shouldnt-laugh-abou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1658","title":{"rendered":"Things I Probably Shouldn’t Laugh About"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maybe this doesn’t happen to you, but it does to me — people forward me things and ask, “Is this true?” <\/p>\n

<\/a>
Q:<\/b> Is Microsoft\/Disneyland\/Pepsi giving away money if you fill out a form?
A:<\/b> No. Never. Corporations do not give out money. Erase that from your mind.
Q:<\/b>Are waiters swapping your credit card for someone else’s expired card?
A<\/b>: Maybe. You should pay attention to that sort of thing, don’t you think?
Q:<\/b>How many hours of daylight do they have in the Shetland Islands?
A:<\/b> Uh, right. Let me Google that for you.<\/p>\n

Now, here is where our story diverges, because I will ***NOT*** be sending on this reply<\/a> to the myriad and beloved above-age-sixty relatives of mine who tend to be the ones who ask me these sort of things, and who are obviously uncomfortable with the internet, computers, and information they can find themselves in general. But you can. Go to “Let Me Google That For You”<\/a>, type in the question that they’ve asked, and… well, see what happens.<\/p>\n

I shouldn’t laugh. But I am laughing. Heartily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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