"Hermann" (hermann)
04/24/2015 at 13:28 • Filed to: None
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"Hermann" (hermann)
04/24/2015 at 13:28 • Filed to: None | 0
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A few years ago I was able to secure myself an email address that I thought would become my “professional” email address. It’s hermann@[redacted].com. Simple and easy, completely clean and looks badass, as it’s just my first name.
However my plan backfired immensely. Apparently Hermanns of the whole world think this email rightfully belongs to them, and every now and then I get password recovery messages from people trying to access my account and emails to things people subscribe to using my address, like Facebook, Twitter and Furry forums. None of these buttomholes is kind enough to buy Amazon Prime or send Paypal money to this email. Just crappy stuff, like poems of friendship and family vacation pictures in Mallorca. Most of them are in German, for obvious reasons. Today, though I got this:
I can take Sonic porn fan fiction and polish transgender forums, but an Accord? Other Hermanns disgust me!
/rant
OPPOsaurus WRX
> Hermann
04/24/2015 at 13:34 |
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I’ve dealt with that stuff. My email is my first initial last name @ gmail.com. I dont have a common last name. Someone else has first initial . last name @ gmail.com. I kept getting verify emails from instagram.
Devilishprune
> OPPOsaurus WRX
04/24/2015 at 13:37 |
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I thought that with gmail you could use that as an alias? So if your email was johndoe@gmail.com, you could use john.doe@gmail.com to sign up for stuff and still get emails in the same inbox.
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Hermann
> OPPOsaurus WRX
04/24/2015 at 13:40 |
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Instagram is one I haven’t got.
Other email addresses I have get these things every once in a while, but nowhere near as much as this one. Every day at least 2 new emails that belong to someone else.
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Hermann
> Devilishprune
04/24/2015 at 13:42 |
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john.doe@gmail.com, john.d.o.e.@gmail.com and johndoe+anythingyouwant@gmail.com. Useful to catch people selling your address to spammers.
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OPPOsaurus WRX
> Devilishprune
04/24/2015 at 14:08 |
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maybe theres more than one typo going on but we have the same last name and her first name is Nicole and mine is Nicholas. I’ve never heard the alias thing but that doesn;t make it not true
wkiernan
> OPPOsaurus WRX
04/24/2015 at 16:16 |
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Me too. Early adopters!
AdverseMartyr
> Hermann
04/24/2015 at 17:12 |
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I have this happen all the time with my personal email (which I also use for some work purposes). The best was the guy from England who put my email down for his online sex toy purchases, one night stands via a cheating app, etc... I was finally able to email him to stop using my email address for that shit when his doctor messed up his legitimate email address (same as mine but with ‘2’ on the end of it) and sent me the results of his latest STD exam.
It was a fun discussion with my office co-workers (which included my wife) when I opened an email titled, “Here are those photos you needed” and there was a set of nudes from some woman.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Hermann
04/24/2015 at 21:56 |
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use it to abuse Honda!
tell them the Accord is crappy!
Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
> Hermann
06/01/2015 at 16:26 |
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My last name is Gesundheit, do you have any idea how many random german people and allergists that I dont know follow me on twitter? Answer: alot. Once a german prostitute followed me right before Twitter banned her account, that was interesting
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Hermann
> Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
06/01/2015 at 16:36 |
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Hahah. Has no one asked you why your twitter makes no sense for them?
I’m getting lots of emails from german people like “Hey, it’s me, Jörg from somewhere” because apparently someone’s giving out this address as theirs for people to contact him.
And a few months ago I even got an email with lots of .jpgs of some family’s vacation. These things don’t bother because they are very occasional. What bothers me are these things from Honda, games or Forums where people make accounts. It’s very annoying.