Am I really a dick?

[badgersprite]

My first thoughts on reading what that person sent you was, "This is obviously a scam." If it really is a friend of yours who sent you that, then they're an idiot for falling for it.

 

[Sam Doctorman]

probably a scam, it would be definitely if the baby was a Nigerian prince.
no you are not a dick

 

[Citrus]

What you did doesn't make you a dick at all, but I get the impression that you were well aware of that and asked anyway for attention.

 

[cheese_wizington]

You're asking yourself if you are a dick.

Therefore, you are not a dick.

 

[F'Angus]

No, chain letters won't help cancer... and anyways you've told more people here about cancer than you would through texting, so No harm done.

 

[Anarchy In Detroit]

No. In fact whoever sends you chain messages is a dick.

 

[Artina89]

No you are not a dick. There are families out there that have a loved one battling cancer and people who send these types of chain mail prey on people's generous nature. You actually showed that you have at least a modicum of intelligence by not believing what a complete stranger on the internet has sent you.

 

[Superior Jet]

It's a chain text and everyone knows they're always fake.
So, no you're not a dick.

 

[ExaltedK9]

I don't think that you acted in a dick-ish way. You have to right to care or not care about anything you want, just because somebody else cares about it, doesn't mean you have to too.

It's not that I don't care, I think its tragic when a baby is diagnosed with cancer. Hell, I almost didn't survive my own birth.

But I have my reasons listed in my OP.

 

[ExaltedK9]

Yup, you're a dick. Not for saying no, but for replying to a chain letter like that.
If you don't like them, delete them. Some people forward those things for fun, no reason to try to tear them down. (Although, a "Please stop sending me these" would probably go a long way.)

You're right, dying babies are just a barrel of laughs, and I was ruining their fun by refusing to be a conduit for their humor.

 

[ExaltedK9]

What you did doesn't make you a dick at all, but I get the impression that you were well aware of that and asked anyway for attention.

You're right, I don't think I'm a dick for my response... but someone does. And thats why I made tis thread: for perspective.

I have to say that I'm pleased with the general consensus though. But you know what?

Ur a dick

(now you can make your own attention-grabbing thread )

 

[Choppaduel]

...not for these reasons, but probably for other reasons unknown to the public.

 

[Airhead]

Not responding to a chain-letter is not a sign of being a dick, but of having a clue about how the internet works. Just like skepticism towards requests from Nigerian royalty.

Well of course the Nigerian royalty ones are fake. I just got a request to help Armenian royalty, though, and I'm pretty sure it's legit.

Oh no, the Armenian ones are totally for real. Gotta help the Armenian princes when they're in need.

 

[maddawg IAJI]

Its a stupid chain letter. Saying no to responding it doesn't make you a dick, it makes you smart enough to not annoy people with that stupid stuff.

 

[Sinspiration]

People who send stupid chain letters like that are idiots, you're only being a dick to an idiot, its times like these we can look the other way or otherwise condone it quite happily. G'job mate *thumbs up*

 

[scorch 13]

Babies with cancer please give money is the new nigerian prince.