Tried starting a Yahoo account lately? - Page 2

classicman · 05-07-2016, 09:20 AM

Last time I started a yahoo account was to create this cellar title.
I do find myself using it for some things that I don't want associated with my regular email address.
My Homeowners assn crap, Flickr, etc.

Gravdigr · 05-07-2016, 02:37 PM

And get this:

I only wanted a disposable email account so I could make a new StumbleUpon account, since you can't stumble anonymously anymore.

What do you folks use for a disposable/not-used-for-anythng-else email? Hopefully something that doesn't require a family history, or biography of my life.

Clodfobble · 05-07-2016, 02:56 PM

I have four yahoo accounts and two gmails, not counting the ones I manage for my kids and father. All are used for slightly different stuff.

Gravdigr · 05-07-2016, 03:00 PM

Well, another Yahoo account is definitely out the fucking window at this point.

Gravdigr · 05-07-2016, 03:01 PM

I expect Gmail will want my life story, too?

Undertoad · 05-07-2016, 03:23 PM

With a Gmail account, there's no need to have a bogus/disposable email box. I use my "regular" address for everything, and Gmail is very good at filtering promotional email into the "Promotions" tab, and filtering spam into the spam box.

lumberjim · 05-07-2016, 04:24 PM

2nded

footfootfoot · 05-07-2016, 04:28 PM

The only time I get emails from friends to the effect of, "If you get an email from me that has x in the subject line don't open it..." is when they have Yahoo accounts.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-07-2016, 05:02 PM

Gmail for everything on the web, Verizon account for personal shit. Thanks to the Gmail account, the Verizon account has received 3 spam emails in 4.5 years. I try hard to keep it that way.

Clodfobble · 05-07-2016, 05:13 PM

My first gmail account was one I sort of intended to switch over to permanently at the time, but I chose firstnamelastname, and as I've detailed here before, it is absolutely stunning how much crap I get for other people with my same name.* I know Yahoo will continue losing respect as time goes on, just like I audibly laugh at someone with an AOL email address now, so sometime in the next 5 years or so I'll probably start yet another new gmail account with a more distinct version of my name, and switch major personal stuff to that.

*Along these same lines, I was recently instructed to make a website dedicated to my writing separate from my recipe website, except myname.com was already taken, and by someone who also claims to be a writer, no less. This being a major problem from a branding perspective (I am informed,) I instead went with www.JenniferIsACommonName.com. I thought it was funny, my agent thought it was suitably memorable, my mother and brother think it's completely stupid to the point that my mother is considering reserving the URL of my full name for when I "come to my senses." I think she's always felt insulted that I don't especially like my name.

sexobon · 05-07-2016, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

... I don't especially like my name.

It does seem to describe you though.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-08-2016, 03:18 AM

Jennifer = Guinevere

Well damn, that explains a lot.

Jennifer = "white enchantress"

Clodfobble · 05-08-2016, 06:25 AM

If I lived in the Philippines I'd never get to leave jail.

footfootfoot · 05-08-2016, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

If I lived in the Philippines I'd never get to leave jail.

?

Clodfobble · 05-08-2016, 01:50 PM

There was a thing on here awhile back about how the police in the Philippines don't give a damn if they have the right guy; if John Smith committed the crime, and you are a John Smith, you are going to jail. This had led to a trend of parents giving their children more and more unique names, like Superman Smith, Meatballs Smith, Cockadoodledoo Smith, etc.

05-07-2016, 09:20 AM	#16
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Last time I started a yahoo account was to create this cellar title. I do find myself using it for some things that I don't want associated with my regular email address. My Homeowners assn crap, Flickr, etc. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

05-07-2016, 02:37 PM	#17
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	And get this: I only wanted a disposable email account so I could make a new StumbleUpon account, since you can't stumble anonymously anymore. What do you folks use for a disposable/not-used-for-anythng-else email? Hopefully something that doesn't require a family history, or biography of my life. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-07-2016, 02:56 PM	#18
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I have four yahoo accounts and two gmails, not counting the ones I manage for my kids and father. All are used for slightly different stuff. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

05-07-2016, 03:00 PM	#19
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Well, another Yahoo account is definitely out the fucking window at this point. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-07-2016, 03:01 PM	#20
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I expect Gmail will want my life story, too? __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-07-2016, 03:23 PM	#21
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	With a Gmail account, there's no need to have a bogus/disposable email box. I use my "regular" address for everything, and Gmail is very good at filtering promotional email into the "Promotions" tab, and filtering spam into the spam box.

05-07-2016, 04:24 PM	#22
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	2nded __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-07-2016, 04:28 PM	#23
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	The only time I get emails from friends to the effect of, "If you get an email from me that has x in the subject line don't open it..." is when they have Yahoo accounts. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

05-07-2016, 05:02 PM	#24
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Gmail for everything on the web, Verizon account for personal shit. Thanks to the Gmail account, the Verizon account has received 3 spam emails in 4.5 years. I try hard to keep it that way. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-07-2016, 05:13 PM	#25
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	My first gmail account was one I sort of intended to switch over to permanently at the time, but I chose firstnamelastname, and as I've detailed here before, it is absolutely stunning how much crap I get for other people with my same name.* I know Yahoo will continue losing respect as time goes on, just like I audibly laugh at someone with an AOL email address now, so sometime in the next 5 years or so I'll probably start yet another new gmail account with a more distinct version of my name, and switch major personal stuff to that. *Along these same lines, I was recently instructed to make a website dedicated to my writing separate from my recipe website, except myname.com was already taken, and by someone who also claims to be a writer, no less. This being a major problem from a branding perspective (I am informed,) I instead went with www.JenniferIsACommonName.com. I thought it was funny, my agent thought it was suitably memorable, my mother and brother think it's completely stupid to the point that my mother is considering reserving the URL of my full name for when I "come to my senses." I think she's always felt insulted that I don't especially like my name. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

05-08-2016, 03:18 AM	#27
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Jennifer = Guinevere Well damn, that explains a lot. Jennifer = "white enchantress" __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-08-2016, 06:25 AM	#28
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	If I lived in the Philippines I'd never get to leave jail. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

05-08-2016, 01:50 PM	#30
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	There was a thing on here awhile back about how the police in the Philippines don't give a damn if they have the right guy; if John Smith committed the crime, and you are a John Smith, you are going to jail. This had led to a trend of parents giving their children more and more unique names, like Superman Smith, Meatballs Smith, Cockadoodledoo Smith, etc. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

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