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Virtual hug, Dan. I think texting has changed communication and may be the reason for the reduction of quality. It takes more guts to mail it, in my opinion. *clinks glass*

kim in portland on March 7, 2011 at 8:54 PM

Then there's Pagan's [sic] vs. Hells Angels [sic]. No idea what they mean but the really mean it.

The Wretched Harmony on March 7, 2011 at 8:57 PM

Oh, Kim—thanks. But I'm fine. I've been getting hate mail for nearly 20 years now, and it rolls right off. It just struck me as funny to see that "Sent from my iPad" line.

Dan Savage on March 7, 2011 at 9:10 PM Stranger Staff

I always wondered about the kind (and volume) of hate mail you get. Would be interesting to look at the email header of this one message.

biju on March 7, 2011 at 9:19 PM

Is this a mufffled cry to be burnt in ephigy?

Zander on March 7, 2011 at 9:22 PM

Yeah, flipping the bird by email just isn't the same as seeing that one-finger salute in person.

The other obvious downside to new technology is that no one is required to learn how to spell or add 2 + 2 anymore.

despicable me on March 7, 2011 at 9:26 PM

Dear inarticulate haters: Inarticulate rage solves nothing. Even a complete and utter asshole might be able to effect change if they were able to actually describe what's wrong and why. Gandhi would accomplish jack shit if his only method was to rage incoherently against who knows what.

Rillion on March 7, 2011 at 9:26 PM

Dan, you really should think about "Savage Love/Hate Mail" as your next book project!

despicable me on March 7, 2011 at 9:29 PM

I think the "leave-the-house" part is key...probably having to put something on over their underwear to go to the post office would weed out a lot of them. Hey! Maybe this is from Crazy Condo Guy!

Canuck on March 7, 2011 at 9:37 PM

Would you say the hate trolls off your back like water from a duck?

QuakeRugger on March 7, 2011 at 9:49 PM

This is why I'm a fan of an all-or-nothing rule to the scientific method. If you reject the existence of evolution and believe the Earth is 6000 years old, then you should be forbidden from using any technology that owes its existence to the same process used to discover the true age of the planet, and the process by which life has developed. Dan Savage would get far less hate mail if you had to deny electromagnetism and chemistry along with evolution.

Fish Wrench Asteroid on March 7, 2011 at 9:50 PM

Here's a post from my most recent bout of falling in love, on grammar. I usually use the internet race, so many of you have probably seen this before. Still, it's fucking hysterical and I do so love her blog:
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/20…

S-Lo on March 7, 2011 at 9:52 PM

I can't imagine getting that worked up over anything I read in any advice column to have to spew such poorly-constructed vitriol.

Dan, what's the most original or funniest hate mail you've ever gotten?

nocutename on March 7, 2011 at 9:52 PM

Isn't it odd to think that feeling of compulsion to buy the latest Apple product is shared by the wicked and the just alike.

And in the old days, a truly threatening letter would require some FBI sleuthing for some days at least. These days, can't they have a clerk ring Apple to learn not just who bought the iPad, but if it has 3G equipped, where it is at any given moment? LIke an update on the old horror movie: "it's coming from inside the house!"

gloomy gus on March 7, 2011 at 9:54 PM

gus, a guy here in Calgary had his car stolen, realized his iPhone was in it, went home, activated Mobile Me, called the police and told them exactly where his car was driving, they stopped the car and returned his car and phone to him. As with almost anything these days...there's an app for that...

Canuck on March 7, 2011 at 10:19 PM

I know your fine, Dan. I think you're made of tougher stuff than that. The drink was in reference to the "u", as I find it trying. That, and drinks are good, in my opinion. :)

kim in portland on March 7, 2011 at 10:22 PM

I think they meant to call you a gutsy, brilliant, exemplary human being...and that perhaps you deserve a cock so large that you could almost choke on it...

I know you don't need validation for the work that you do, Dan. Regardless, I just want to say that I am incredibly proud of your efforts and accomplishments in the field of human sexuality. You have always been a great inspiration to me (and to many others as well).
Thank you...with some punctuation.

jamiezane on March 7, 2011 at 10:30 PM

They say you know the measure of a person by the quality of their enemies.
By the measure of this missive, Mr. Savage, you are obviously not doing a very great job.
However, you DO make the Reich Wing go absolutely apoplectic with almost every comment, so we will give you a pass this time.
But please, can you try a little harder next time?
I mean, really, this is the best that you get in response?
I am underwhelmed....

MirrorMan on March 7, 2011 at 10:35 PM

@19: "wow picked on the pagans and the hells angels in one post ? you are either brave or very, very stupid . i'll let you explain it to them in person , can you hear the harley's yet dumb ass ?"

whatever, you're a dumb nerd in his momma's basement too lame to do anything but troll Slog. you couldn't even rustle up a scooter gang.

on March 8, 2011 at 12:15 AM

It's like he could tell the two "you"s didn't belong right next to each other, he just couldn't figure out quite what was wrong, and made one of them a "u".

w7ngman on March 8, 2011 at 12:46 AM

Beggars can't be choosers.

Vince on March 8, 2011 at 2:42 AM

I hear you about the commas. On a forum once, a member who didn't like the joke I made about her screen name sent me a message telling me her real first name. She added, "You can call me that asshole." Well, I thought, at least she has a sense of humor, so I obliged her. Sheesh. She was a writer, so I assumed she knew how to use commas!

KCFrance on March 8, 2011 at 3:41 AM

Correctly place the comma and win a prize. (special Mudede edition)

Kenneth Pinyan helped his cousin jack off a horse.

jnonymous on March 8, 2011 at 4:22 AM

@6: math problem for you.

Compute the following sum, rounding your answer to one significant figure:
2.43 + 2.39 = x
4.82 = x
x = 5

Conclusion: 2+2=5 for sufficiently large values of 2.

Rach3l on March 8, 2011 at 4:31 AM

Hi Dan,

While we're having fun being pedants an' all..."used to know" not "use to know".

Otherwise, very droll, as per usual.

on March 8, 2011 at 4:55 AM

26 - um, no. Go back and read it again.

agony on March 8, 2011 at 5:28 AM

Don'tcha love when someone tells you they hate you and doesn't bother to say why? I guess this person used up all the intelligence they had in turning on their expensive toy and sending their vitriolic bile and had nothing left to spare.

samanthaf63 on March 8, 2011 at 5:53 AM

17 for the win!

gttim on March 8, 2011 at 6:06 AM

To be fair, a comma is not, strictly speaking, necessary between "ignorant" and "piece of shit".

Rex Manning Day on March 8, 2011 at 7:01 AM

Choke? Oh c'mon, that's mean. Gag a little maybe.

Chris in Vancouver WA on March 8, 2011 at 7:19 AM

@ 21: "It's like he could tell the two "you"s didn't belong right next to each other, he just couldn't figure out quite what was wrong, and made one of them a "u". "

It might have been the iPad doing an auto-correct.

The Beatles on March 8, 2011 at 7:41 AM

@30 The way they're using "piece of shit" it is; it should read "gutless, ignorant, piece-of-shit excuse for a human being" - of course, anyone who'd write something like this on an iPad is really just describing him/herself.

A coffee table book of this stuff would be the saddest thing anyone's ever read.

Spiegel on March 8, 2011 at 8:25 AM

Personally, I think the more hate mail you get, the more you are changing the world for the better.

May you always get hate mail, Dan.

Bugnroolet on March 8, 2011 at 8:30 AM

@31 Oy, I wasn't even thinking about rounding or fractions, some people can't actually do the math by adding 2 + 2 or multiplying 3 X 8 and I don't see it getting any better with technology.

@24, "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."

despicable me on March 8, 2011 at 8:38 AM

Let's eat Grandpa!

Let's eat, Grandpa!

Commas save lives.

Sketch on March 8, 2011 at 9:05 AM

'Grandma got run over by a reindeer'.

'Grand. Ma got run. Over by a rain, dear."

The second one could be a mother telling her tot, somewhat wearily, that she needs to go out for a bit but she'll be back before it starts pouring outside. Imagine the catastrophe if the young child misunderstood her meaning.

The Beatles on March 8, 2011 at 9:17 AM

Would you please help Uncle Jack off his horse?

Rhett Oracle on March 8, 2011 at 11:05 AM

I'm told the choking is loved and appreciated by a good number of men - and it seems he wishing you a large cock to suck. Thanks hate mailer! I wish him a satisfying bowel movement soon!

secretagent on March 8, 2011 at 11:47 AM

I love you Dan!

peace 2 you on March 8, 2011 at 11:47 AM

They may be getting iPads but clearly aren't using the "damnyouautocorrect" features...

BEG on March 8, 2011 at 1:56 PM

Or: Please help your uncle, Jack, off his horse.

I've had similar correspondence because I work in climate change and some people don't like that. I take it as a compliment.

And I'm grateful that Dan keeps up the good work.

Kristen on March 8, 2011 at 2:02 PM

See, in the old days it cost 42 cents or 34 cents or 6 cents (remember when we twice-daily delivery!) to send mail, you wanted to make sure what you sent was worth the stamp. Now that it's free, well . . . .

kk in seattle on March 8, 2011 at 5:50 PM

Sorry, my bad. The first part of the comment @35 was supposed to be for you Rach3l @25.

despicable me on March 8, 2011 at 8:02 PM

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