You know the ones. There's the classic "forward this to all your friends or you'll lose an eye". And a similar breed of "major catastrophic virus discovered, you must immediately turn off your computer and call the police" and such. The worst thing is, a lot of people actually fall for this stuff. As an IT admin I have no problem spotting these fakes but I do feel pity for the poor folks who do not know how things work and take this stuff seriously. Like, OMG!!!!!!! >:) r u ok? =P
Personally I don't respect the current "internet generation" at all - they think they're the center of it all like they know anything about anything. And a quick gripe if I may, whoever came up with the word "blog" is a tool. Yes, a blog in of itself is a great tool for communication, but the evolution of some of the current phrases to describe "Internet lingo" just makes me long for IRC again. At least we're done away with the "information superhighway". Oh yeah, and people that write emails that can't stay on topic suck too