Comments on: The Killing Batteries guide to coping with hate mail

By: LTRFTC

LTRFTC — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:35:39 +0000

It’s said that H.L. Mencken would respond to the “hate mail” of his day with

“Dear Sir (or Madam),

You may be right.

Sincerely yours…”

By: anne marie

anne marie — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:30:22 +0000

Daemonic.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:29:21 +0000

awe… don’t fret. I like you and that’s all that matters.

By: Janine

Janine — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:26:56 +0000

*gasp!* No one can seriously hate you.

But hey, love you or hate you, either way you are on their mind.

By: leif

leif — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:00:26 +0000

Kaeti – If only I could be so brief and yet so biting. My bite is pretty wicked, but it takes 1,000 words to get it all out.

Frank – Sadly, Chile was the one and only time I’ve ever held a fly-fishing reel. I’m waiting for someone to invite me on another cruise ship for more of the same. No takers yet.

Christine – Funny you should mention that caliber of people, I’m heading out tomorrow to my 20 year high school reunion. Judging from what I know, I’ll be one of the six people (out of roughly 200) that is single, childless and doesn’t have lake property. I expect some people will find travel writing fascinating and the rest will just pity the sad, loveless, asset-free turn my life has taken.

Mark – Yes, I am a sadistic genius. Also, cranky and occasionally vengeful. I have the complete package to go into politics.

Matt – I’m gonna steal that.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:22:19 +0000

If you are recieving hate mail, it means you have reached super fame status. Take it as a compliment.

“Dear Sir,

Thank you for mail. If you took the time out to e-mail me, it must me I am pretty famous. Thanks for stroking my ego.

Leif”

By: Mark Tisdale

Mark Tisdale — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:58:44 +0000

You sir, are a genius.

Okay, maybe just sadistic.

But that was damn funny.

By: Christine Gilbert

Christine Gilbert — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:36:54 +0000

I can totally relate to this…

I had one commenter tell me I was “stupid for suggesting people can travel” because you can go to flickr and see pictures of anywhere in the world. So what’s the point? I felt it was probably best that I didn’t mention that many of those pictures are taken by people who are in fact, traveling.

My all time favorite are the ones that write responses that are longer than the original post, and take dramatic leaps of logic– you say travel is good– they interpret you saying “No one should have kids, and people who do are idiots”. Then they proceed to cyber stalk you until you have to admit, that “yes, kids are wonderful, in fact I’m going to go make some right now. That’s how convincing you have been. Thank you. Now get off my front porch.”

PS I heart your blog. It’s refreshingly cranky.

By: A. Wannabe Travelwriter

A. Wannabe Travelwriter — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:02:28 +0000

Before these people piss you off too far, do they know you are a recently well-trained large-caliber handgun practitioner? (Next time try the Sig .40)

Clicking your blog post links to your other blog post links got me to an old question of yours regarding fly fishing expertise.

For an interesting slant on the subject check out http://singlebarbed.com (Warning – sometimes warped.)

By: Kaeti

Kaeti — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:09:15 +0000

Generally my rule is to not engage the crazies, but I did send off a response once to an enraged pro-lifer that just said, “Thank you for your email. What a coincidence! I am praying for your soul, too.”