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When you mail a letter, do you lick the envelope?

• ummyea 16y ago
  brilliant!
• jacquesm 16y ago
  I take it that was a rhetorical question? In case it wasn't, the answer is 'yes', but I'd be somewhat surprised to learn that the recipient went through the trouble of retrieving my DNA from it, stores it in a database and sells the contents of that database, along with any personal information that I have voluntarily shared with them.
  • lzell 16y ago
    Sounds like a business idea, send out 'surveys' and analyze the envelope when it's returned. Sell the data to insurance co. Who wants in?
    • jacquesm 16y ago
      That's really evil but pretty clever. Why don't you mail me your proposal ;) ?
      • dejb 16y ago
        Of course the next step would be to create clones or use their genes in breeding programs. Hard to see exactly where the monetisation would come from. Probably evil as guess.
    • zackattack 16y ago
      Clever - But wouldn't this be illegal? Or not yet?
      • joubert 16y ago
        What law would make it illegal?
        • zackattack 16y ago
          The Red Queen strikes again.
• mkramlich 16y ago
  Another advantage to email: they can't be licked.