Top 10 reasons why e-cards suck
August 12th 2009 03:08 pm
As a tribute to David Letterman, I’m going to reveal the reasons I hate e-cards in reverse numerical order.
10. The e-card goes to your spam folder, and you never see it so you think someone forgot your birthday.
9. The e-card’s hyperlink doesn’t work, or it expires too soon so you cannot share the e-card with others.
8. The e-card arrives via cell phone, but the sender doesn’t realize that your phone cannot read multimedia messages.
7. The extraordinary flash animation of the e-card crashes your computer.
6. The e-card delivers a virus to your computer.
5. The virus that hitched a ride with your e-card crashes your computer.
4. Sending an e-card doesn’t show how hip and cool you are; it just reflects your laziness.
3. An e-card indicates that the recipient is not that important to you because shopping for the perfect greeting card, writing a personal message, putting on a stamp, and mailing the card take a little more time.
2. An electronic “signature” is impersonal; a handwritten signature is irreplaceable.
And the #1 reason e-cards suck … (for me especially)
When I am 70 years old and sifting through my memory box, I won’t be able to touch your e-card, open it up, and laugh all over again at your charming wit. I won’t be able to trace your signature and tear up because you are no longer living. I will still have memories of you, but it is the tangible object—the greeting card—that unlocks them for me.
AWW — XoXo
P.S. Don’t misunderstand me. I always appreciate birthday greetings (e.g., phone calls, emails)—just no e-cards, please.
Right on the money. Today’s hipster crowd will pay top dollar to create things that look like nostalgia (ie hipstimatic); things that may not actually be around when they would be old enough to actually be nostalgic. My new years resolution is to subsidize the postal service with birthday, Christmas, and Thank-you cards, as well as hand written letters (Maybe even written with a fountain pen). Ok, that sounds pretty hipster.
Chris E on 25 Dec 2011 at 4:54 pm #
I’ve always wanted a fountain pen! You’re my kind of people, Chris!
Andrea on 26 Dec 2011 at 11:12 am #