[thechat] metaspam?

[Lachlan Cannon]

Got this in my email today. Too damn funny. A spam
promoting spam. Does that make it a metaspam or just lame?

Personally, I think they would be able to market it better
with the line:

'Annoy other people as much as we're annoying you right
now.'

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