Chain letters.

The Chain letter itself:

"1. To yourself, say the name of the only guy or girl you wanna be with 3 times! ************************************************************* 2. Think of something you wanna accomplish within the next week and say it to your self 6 times!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. If you had 1 wish what would it be? say it to yourself 9 times!!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Think of something that you want to happen between you and that 1special person and say it to your self 12 times!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Now, heres the hard part! Pick only 1 of these wishes and as you scroll down focus and concentrate on it and think on nothing else but that wish. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now make one last & final wish about that one wish that you picked. After reading this, you have 1 hour to send it out to 15 people, and what you wished for will come true within in one week! u only get one chance!!!!! Now scroll down and think of your crush!!! Keep going down Keep going Keep going down Keep going Keep going !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Did you think of your crush? I hope so, that was your last chance. Now pay very close attention this important message! Sorry but once read, must be sent. Yes, this is one of those kinda chain letters that everyone hates. This one has been going since 1864 and if you break this chain, you will pay!!!!!! Remember that after hearing these stories. First Example: Take Barbra Wallace .. She was a pretty lucky girl, up till she got this same chain letter. She had a crush on th e same kid since kindergarden. when she got this mail she didn't pay any attention to it. She just thought, no big deal. And deleted it. The next day her dad got fired and her mom dies in a car crash. If she would have sent the letter none of that would have happened and her mom would be alive. Second Example: Try Freddie D. Now Freddie D. was your average nerd. Had glasses, was short and chubby, was in gifted. All the signs of your total dork. He also received this letter and sent it to 51 people in the hour. Now, like Barbra , he had a crush on a girl since 3rd grade. The next day after sending the chain the girl confessed her love for him ever since 3rd grade. Freddie D. finally had the courage to ask her out, and of course, she had been waiting to yes to that for years. They grew up and married each other to live happily forever. Third Example: Now if you couldn't relate to the others, this'll get ya hooked. Listen to this. A kid named Jordan Johnson was just getting on AOL to check his mail. He was a quiet kid, not that popular but not a geek either. he was just normal. He saw he had mail from his friend. It was this exact letter. Now Jordan Johnsen was a smart kid and he knew what could happen if he didnt pass it on. He simply pulled a few friends from his buddy list and sent it along. The next day, about that same time, he got a phone call. It said he had won the lottery! then his dad came home and bought him a new bike! His mom bought him Nintendo64 and play station! His grandmother sent him a new computer, and his best friend gave him tickets to the concert he wanted to go to, Kid Rock and Limp Bizkit! Then he inherited a brand-new tv from his aunt! He was goin' wild! the next day his secret crush asked him out, and they have been going out ever since. Now, you heard the stories. I know which person i'd rather be, but thats up to you. I wouldn't wanna end up like Barbra but thats only me. We all want what we cant have but now's ur chance to go out withthat special somebody ur waiting for. Take it or leave it. If you send this to- 1 person- you will lose all luck in ur love life..... forever!!!!! 10 people- your crush will say they like you as a friend...... ONLY!!!!! 15 people- your crush will say they like you 20 people- your crush will ask you out! 25 people- your crush will kiss you!! 30 people - Your crush will fall in love with you 35 people or more- All of the above!! Don't blow it, it's ur chance to shine! Have everything u wanted, and more! Now, complaining cus u dont have any friends. Well theres an answer 4 everything. It's simple, just go in a chat room, pick some names and send away! but here's the catch..... you only have 1 hour"

Now, I don't care what you think of me after having to receive a second wall of text to read. I'm just going to apologize now if I've offended a few of you who believe this ACTUALLY works. Because the nature of the following wall of text bashes it.

I believe that chain letters, esp. this one, are all ridiculous, regardless. I don't care what you say, I'm the one talking right now, in this post. You all can feel sympathetic at the fact that I’m a nonbeliever in this sort of stuff, feel good that I’m making your day by laughing at what I say, or just feel upset later. These chain letters, I feel, are, what do you say, encouraging humans to make selfish wishes of not being alone forever. It's not very likely that everyone who reads and sends will get a date or soulmate or good luck or whatever. Hell, I'm 100% sure it's not going to work with me.

It's kinda like telemarketing. They say something like Sham-WOW works wonders (which, in fact, doesn't), and I'm supposed to feel ashamed that I've never heard of or even bought something this amazing. So they expect me, the viewer, to buy one of these. Then they give me extra. Not because they feel giving. Just because they expect you to buy more from them. Kinda like chain letters: "forward this for your desires, otherwise, shame on you." Whatever type of chain letter they may be, whether it be one about death, religion, love, historical events, or whatever else there may be out there, all of them are guaranteed to use this method.

Another thing I'd like to bring up is about this letter. There's not a single mention about what the letter originally said in 1864. Instead, we just skip straight to the "customer's stories" section, where we have several "people" and "their stories." If anything, I'd really like to see the original copy or at least the most recent copy before everything went online. Maybe even a video taping of these “people.” I'm pretty sure they didn't have computers or internet back in 1870, so no fooling with me there. And about the third example, which I find to be the least believable of all, what kid enters the lottery? I mean, seriously. I don't even think any of these people exist because of their very unbelievable stories. I mean, wow, I'd like to visit this kid someday. That is, if he exists. I felt there was nothing backing up the whole "lol, this came out of the 1860's" thing. Am I supposed to be an idiot and assume that there was Internet back in the day? I already said this, it didn't exist back then.

I'm not done yet. This is the one bit that irritates me the most. The sending it to people bit. Now, let's say you send this to some misfortunate soul who only has one or two friends on Facebook. That misfortunate soul has two choices he or she can make: 1) send it to that one person and live a very miserable life or 2) find friends on FB randomly and then send it to them. Either way, it can be looked at as “pathetic.” If this person chooses 1, he’ll be looked down upon by the “normal” people. If this person chooses 2 and doesn’t end up with what he wished for, I’m here, looking down upon him for making this decision. "Have everything you wanted and more." Pft. As if that’s ever going to happen. I'm not going to go send this to, let's say, 50 people just so I can fulfill my selfish dreams and wishes of not being lonely. I’m already content with my life. I’ve regained a social life, made better friends than at my old school and I’m slowly returning to that cheerful self I used to be when I was five. All without the help of a chain letter. So there's absolutely no reason for me to forward this. Again, this method is used in those other "categories" of chain letters.

Why am I rambling then? Why am I attacking chain letters? Why am I attacking what seems to be like the genies of the Internet? Allow me to remind you: it's because of the ridiculous nature of these letters. I don't even care if I blow my chance to shine. That chance might not even come for all I know. And if it does, guess what. I look down upon this, smiling wryly at this pathetic excuse of a way to happiness. I understand that people always look for an easy way out through any situation. So I assume if they turn to this, they get what they want. In the end, if they don’t, they’ll be just as pathetic when as when they sent it. I don't care if you decide to laugh or just frown about this. I'm not even looking for either. I'm choosing my own path; I'm not letting some pathetic letter make it for me. I’m going to kick your reason to the curb and make the “impossible” happen with my hands. If there's a wall in my way, I'll break it down. If there's no path, I'll carve it with these hands. I'm not telling any of you lot to snap out of it. I'm just saying it's pointless, useless and a waste of MY time. If I got paid for forwarding these, man, everyone will turn to these for cash regardless of whether they make enough or too little cash.

By the way, everything that should happen to anyone after anyone sends this is all coincidence. There's no way a little girl's father ends up jobless over a piece of text drifting online.