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Original post: hachyderm.io (Mastodon)


(I lowered the white levels of the original attached image to try to save people who put their screen brightness too high and/or room lighting too low from themselves - this is your hostile reminder to stop giving yourself eyestrain ๐Ÿ™)

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[โ€“] unknown1234_5@kbin.earth 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"hope this email finds you dead"

[โ€“] eth0slash0@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 year ago

I hope this email finds you before I do.

[โ€“] dave@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

Hope this email finds you in a well.

[โ€“] rockerface@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Hope you are doing poorly."

"As per my previous threat, ..."

"Have a horrible rest of your life."

"Worst regards."

[โ€“] halloween_spookster@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Worm regards" just to be chaotic

[โ€“] rockerface@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I feel that only works if your signature is Paul-Muad'Dib

Hostile reminder: pay your bill, you twat!

"Hey fuckface" is a fine way to start.

[โ€“] Zachariah@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

flirty reminder

"To whom it will concern"

[โ€“] SatyrSack@feddit.org 4 points 1 year ago

@molly0xfff

Clever

[โ€“] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Any message containing "a friendly" is not and never will be friendly. Just how "a polite" does not make it polite.

[โ€“] toynbee@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I disagree with this absolute. I've sent people messages like "friendly reminder: you have soup on the stove." My intent is friendly: remind them that they have impending soup and remind them not to burn down the house. Specifying "friendly" was my attempt to soften the blow, as many of the people I have reminded are aware they're forgetful and become defensive, even if the reminder is needed.

I no longer use that approach because it's been so consistently received so poorly, but the reminders were friendly in terms of intent. I don't think I've yet discovered a way to convey this kind of friendly reminder without annoying the recipient, but I still try.

I agree that a "friendly reminder" from a corporation is very unlikely to be as it describes itself.

[โ€“] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or how adding "no offense" doesn't remove the deep offense you just bestowed onto the receiving party haha

[โ€“] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Any phrase that begins with "With all due respect" is about to be delivered with an absolute lack of all respect

[โ€“] lenuup@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

Au contraire. Anything that begins with "With all due respect" is delivered with all the respect the recipient is actually due.

[โ€“] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

I feel like putting that on the password reset emails that we send out at work. They never resent their passwords, ever.

"Friendly reminder - stop sending me these fucking emails."

[โ€“] gmtom@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That's just Duolingo