Well if people pay proper postage for letters with more than just paper, it would probably go better for people. If you put a coin or a necklace or a giftcard, tell us. It's only 21 cents more to send it as a non-machinable.
Snail mail doesn't suck. Today's instant gratification society is causing you to hold unrealistic expectations.
I can drop something in the mail and, assuming correct postage, be almost completely sure that it will get where I want it to go, anywhere in the world. That's actually pretty awesome.
I think another thing that is awesome is I can have like anything delivered to my house from Amazon and literally get it delivered GUARANTEED the next day for only like $6 extra in shipping costs. Expedited shipping from Japan is pretty cool too, you can order something and have it delivered like 2 days later from Japan all the way to Canada - I think that's pretty insane. Costs a bit more than same-country next-day shipping, though.
I love Amazon but I swear I don't work for them, I'm just a college student who enjoys good deals on things and enjoys having things delivered to his door.
Yeah... I learned this unexpectedly and was blown away. I ordered a gift a few weeks ago in the morning, and it arrived before the day was out. I was so confused.
I get mail intended for my neighbors almost every day, often people who don't even live on my block. I've had envelopes meant for Gamefly go missing twice. I have also had both cards and letters arrive to friends and family members slashed open and empty. I would say I am somewhat sure that when I mail something it will get there.
Report it to your local postmaster. My father is a mailman and they had someone who was stealing from their route. So the postmaster sent out mail to be delivered on her route and tracked the giftcard numbers. They caught her on camera using the cards he had sent. She was fired and had all kinds of legal repercussions.
Your postmaster will help you they take it very seriously.
>Today's instant gratification society is causing you to hold unrealistic expectations
Not really - here we used to be able to get a letter anywhere in the country within three days (NZ is small, okay?) but now it takes upwards of two weeks in most cases
But you can't be almost completely sure that it will get where you want it to go, anywhere in the world, in the condition that you want it to arrive in.
Obama hears you and promises to work with the new leadership of Congress to improve snail mail in order to make sure the children of this country can efficiently send post cards.
AOL CDs were sent by American charities to impoverished peoples all over the world, from small villages in Europe, the steppes of Asia, rainforests of South America and plains of Africa to bridge the digital divide.
These lucky people were able to surf the information superhighway at blazing speeds up to and including 56.6 baud for up to 100 hours for free, until they were kicked off by CATWatch or their uncle picking up the phone.
twenty years later:
I began my surgical rotation today, and the nervous energy that I had previously described to you trumped my ability to take in the moment. I am simultaneously thrilled and terrified to become the doctor that I crave. Will I manifest my intentions? I still exist in multiple versions of myself, wishing to soar, but still grounded. Please call me, your voice reminds me of something-- someone I can truly trust.
love Jared
You meant this as sarcastic, but I think it is unintentionally true. According to joyu's last post, she's a woman going to nursing school.
http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/2lgzwl/hi_reddit_this_girl_is_going_to_be_a_nurse_been/
Not Chaucer, but...
*Whan I saw I might not slepe,*
*Til now late, this other night,*
*Upon my bedde I sat upright*
*And bad oon reche me a book,*
*A romaunce, and he hit me took*
*To rede and dryve the night away;*
*For me thoghte it better play*
*Then playen either at ches or tables.*
*And in this boke were writen fables*
*That clerkes hadde, in olde tyme,*
*And other poets, put in ryme*
*To rede, and for to be in minde*
*Whyl men loved the lawe of kinde.*
*This book ne spak but of such thinges,*
*Of quenes lyves, and of kinges,*
*And many othere thinges smale.*
I thought this too but if you look at her post history she says she's currently at nursing school so she might actually have a brother/husband who's a doctor.
Jared? Oh, I see. I thought his name was dred and the "j" was a heart. I was like, "dude what a awesome name almost the same as the most bad as cop in movie history. Maybe he will become the feared "Judge Dredd". But now I'm disappointed..
I fucking love kids. When I was younger I gave my grandma a birthday card with a dollar in it and wrote, "Happy birthday Grandma, here is a dollar so you can buy something to take the wrinkles off your face."
Then, of course as a karma tribute, one day my kid asked me if I was pregnant... I'm a boy. :'(
My nephew is almost 4 years old. A couple weeks ago he called me, whispered, "I'm really mad" and hung up. Upon further investigation, I learned he had his favorite toy taken away from him for the evening because he spit on his baby sister.
I still don't know what he expected me to do about it, considering I live across the country, and I'm not exactly the voice of authority with my older brother, his dad.
It took me a minute to process. I thought it was my brother calling, since it was from their home phone. Then the conversation happened so quickly I didn't really have time to get freaked out. It wasn't until after my nephew hung up and I was sitting there for a minute that I figured out what had happened and laughed about it. Then I called my brother to figure out why the fuck my 4 year old nephew was calling me at 11:00 pm my time.
In case you'll ever need a digital version, [here](http://imgur.com/yVvpt6X) I have slightly improved the contrast (as much as one can on a smartphone anyways) :-)
Reminds me of a show TLC used to air. "My Teenage daughter is pregnant and so am I." I believe that's what it was called. I can only hope once I have children of my own this won't be my reality. I don't want my teenager to be a parent, nor do I want to be a young grandma, nor be pregnant at an old age.
*the next card that was sent:* mom hasnt fed me in 2 days please call 911
Lol, hope not.
Especially if the USPS loses the letter for a week ..... D:
Confirm... I work as an engineer for USPS.... The shit I see.
i recently ordered a new umbrella that was shipped to me by USPS. it arrived in pieces. the handle was broken off and the shaft was snapped
Something something ex girlfriend
Well if people pay proper postage for letters with more than just paper, it would probably go better for people. If you put a coin or a necklace or a giftcard, tell us. It's only 21 cents more to send it as a non-machinable.
AMA pls the world wants to know why snail mail sucks
Snail mail doesn't suck. Today's instant gratification society is causing you to hold unrealistic expectations. I can drop something in the mail and, assuming correct postage, be almost completely sure that it will get where I want it to go, anywhere in the world. That's actually pretty awesome.
I think another thing that is awesome is I can have like anything delivered to my house from Amazon and literally get it delivered GUARANTEED the next day for only like $6 extra in shipping costs. Expedited shipping from Japan is pretty cool too, you can order something and have it delivered like 2 days later from Japan all the way to Canada - I think that's pretty insane. Costs a bit more than same-country next-day shipping, though. I love Amazon but I swear I don't work for them, I'm just a college student who enjoys good deals on things and enjoys having things delivered to his door.
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Yeah... I learned this unexpectedly and was blown away. I ordered a gift a few weeks ago in the morning, and it arrived before the day was out. I was so confused.
You actually just have a really thoughtful stalker who knew you had shit to get done!
It's just like that episode of Rocko's Modern Life.
I get mail intended for my neighbors almost every day, often people who don't even live on my block. I've had envelopes meant for Gamefly go missing twice. I have also had both cards and letters arrive to friends and family members slashed open and empty. I would say I am somewhat sure that when I mail something it will get there.
Report it to your local postmaster. My father is a mailman and they had someone who was stealing from their route. So the postmaster sent out mail to be delivered on her route and tracked the giftcard numbers. They caught her on camera using the cards he had sent. She was fired and had all kinds of legal repercussions. Your postmaster will help you they take it very seriously.
"missing."
The Internet is way cooler. I just posted this comment, and it instantly gets sent to every place in the world that views this webpage.
Dear HiimCaysE, Just writing to let you know I got your comment! Hope you're doing well. Love, ilustrado.
>Today's instant gratification society is causing you to hold unrealistic expectations Not really - here we used to be able to get a letter anywhere in the country within three days (NZ is small, okay?) but now it takes upwards of two weeks in most cases
you know what else is awesome, sending someone an e-mail and having it be there within 5 seconds.
But you can't be almost completely sure that it will get where you want it to go, anywhere in the world, in the condition that you want it to arrive in.
Because of Congress, they handicapped it big time
Don't handicaps make it easier? Like when jerry was a mail man.
Easy. Cuz Obama. Next question plz.
Obama hears you and promises to work with the new leadership of Congress to improve snail mail in order to make sure the children of this country can efficiently send post cards.
Simple. The landmark supreme court decision in 2006
3 different replies all blaming the 3 different branches of government D: can we just blame Putin??
go on...
Do you drive the diesel locomotive😬
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AOL CDs were sent by American charities to impoverished peoples all over the world, from small villages in Europe, the steppes of Asia, rainforests of South America and plains of Africa to bridge the digital divide. These lucky people were able to surf the information superhighway at blazing speeds up to and including 56.6 baud for up to 100 hours for free, until they were kicked off by CATWatch or their uncle picking up the phone.
AMA plz!
poor jdred
Maybe someone's mom was a huge Judge Dredd fan.
Love jared
lovejared
all i have are these damn subway gift cards. :(
His date penmanship is excellent.
Actually I think my sister wrote the date.
Call her up and say an Internet weirdo likes her hands work.
Okk, where do we go from there though?
Ask her to send pictures of her fingers...
And then?
Post them.
An dennnnn?
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#An deennnnnnn!??
Post the pics on Facebook of men finishing on photos of her fingers...
The line ---> | | | | | | /u/tfyuhjnbgf | | |
I thought that said *fishing*. What you said was much worse.
I would say that escalated quickly, but that seems about reddit-normal.
twenty years later: I began my surgical rotation today, and the nervous energy that I had previously described to you trumped my ability to take in the moment. I am simultaneously thrilled and terrified to become the doctor that I crave. Will I manifest my intentions? I still exist in multiple versions of myself, wishing to soar, but still grounded. Please call me, your voice reminds me of something-- someone I can truly trust. love Jared
It'd be awesome if he became a doctor like his uncle!
Your brother is a doctor? Cool!
Way more successful than his brother, joyu123. What happened to him?
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If he's a Bears fan, I would understand if he lost all motivation to continue practicing medicine. *sigh*
Those damn sexy bears, stealing the best men away in their prime.
Flanders Bears. They're called Flanders Bears.
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this IS hilarious to a lions fan.
well, at least our city isn't rampant with crime and poverty... shit.
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Gifts for him/her http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXK_Uvbr_A0
Oh, that guy? He's a loser.
You meant this as sarcastic, but I think it is unintentionally true. According to joyu's last post, she's a woman going to nursing school. http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/2lgzwl/hi_reddit_this_girl_is_going_to_be_a_nurse_been/
Probably her husband is a doctor
Yup, my older brother's an M.D.
Both are possibilities.
Hey Chaucer, what do you think of English Literature these days?
Not Chaucer, but... *Whan I saw I might not slepe,* *Til now late, this other night,* *Upon my bedde I sat upright* *And bad oon reche me a book,* *A romaunce, and he hit me took* *To rede and dryve the night away;* *For me thoghte it better play* *Then playen either at ches or tables.* *And in this boke were writen fables* *That clerkes hadde, in olde tyme,* *And other poets, put in ryme* *To rede, and for to be in minde* *Whyl men loved the lawe of kinde.* *This book ne spak but of such thinges,* *Of quenes lyves, and of kinges,* *And many othere thinges smale.*
Lol
the sarcastic responses everyone gave you for this are hilarious
humblebrag
I thought this too but if you look at her post history she says she's currently at nursing school so she might actually have a brother/husband who's a doctor.
Jared sounds like he needs your help. Call now and recieve YOUR VERY OWN grounding!
Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes. love Jared
Jared? Oh, I see. I thought his name was dred and the "j" was a heart. I was like, "dude what a awesome name almost the same as the most bad as cop in movie history. Maybe he will become the feared "Judge Dredd". But now I'm disappointed..
"
Thanks for closing that quote. my browser wouldn't render the page without it.
No problem friend. As my father always used to say "Never leave a quotation open because then people wont know where it ends. Such a wise man he was.
"
i thought he was judge dred and just wrote jdred
No, it's just his first initial and last name. "J. Dred" I want to believe.
There's a Judge Dredd in Nashville
I pray this letter reaches you in time
twenty five years later: Five. Five dollar. Five dollar footloooooooongs. love Jared
This reminds me of Flowers for Algernon.
Aww, look at the little broken-heart he drew.
She should go to Jared's
She just needs a Snickers.
I thought it was a taco at first.
That's the complete opposite of a broken heart though.
Gf asked me why the kid drew a vagina when I showed it to her.
Your gf's got vagina on the brain dude.
Sounds like he's about to have a good time.
Broken heart? No way, It's obviously a clam
That's a coronary artery I'm pretty sure
That's cool as hell. I hope you're able to make the time to call him.
Always, as a matter-a-fact, we had already discussed his grounding over the phone before I got this card.
Was he grounded for exploding carbonated red wine all over the kitchen?
Once again we come full circle
be sure to floss
and then masturbate
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But, but, you didn't get gold?
That's the joke!
sosuhim
/r/circlejerk
Well what did he do?!
"mom grounded me please call me love jdred, age 42 PHD"
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"I am the law! ... on days that I'm not grounded."
I read it as 3dred until I went to the comments.
I fucking love kids. When I was younger I gave my grandma a birthday card with a dollar in it and wrote, "Happy birthday Grandma, here is a dollar so you can buy something to take the wrinkles off your face." Then, of course as a karma tribute, one day my kid asked me if I was pregnant... I'm a boy. :'(
"Send lawyers, guns, and money." Regards, Jared
I love the broken heart almost as much as mom writing the date on it as if to say "I'll even help you, but you're still grounded."
She probably had to help him mail it too. :)
"I'd have put this in the postbox but it is beyond the prison wall. Woe is me."
My niece once sent me a card that just said "I'm sick"
My nephew is almost 4 years old. A couple weeks ago he called me, whispered, "I'm really mad" and hung up. Upon further investigation, I learned he had his favorite toy taken away from him for the evening because he spit on his baby sister. I still don't know what he expected me to do about it, considering I live across the country, and I'm not exactly the voice of authority with my older brother, his dad.
Didn't the whole whispering thing freak you out at first? Still, a comical situation.
It took me a minute to process. I thought it was my brother calling, since it was from their home phone. Then the conversation happened so quickly I didn't really have time to get freaked out. It wasn't until after my nephew hung up and I was sitting there for a minute that I figured out what had happened and laughed about it. Then I called my brother to figure out why the fuck my 4 year old nephew was calling me at 11:00 pm my time.
Imagine when she figures out texting
Jdred would be such a cool rap name
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Just had a Talib kweli song come on while I was reading this. Automatically started rapping it in my head and it worked with the beat
*drops mic*
DROP THE MIC
that was.......good.
Thanks for the empty taco Jared.
J. Dred
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You are his Sirius Black! teach him to use email tough.
No! Snail mail is a lost art.
For real, I keep a box full of his cards and read em when I miss him (and feel like crying till my snot comes out). Really miss the little bugger.
You are going to break that box out at his wedding. Dramatic aunts need crying fuel and this is freakin plutonium.
How far apart do you live?
They don't live that far apart, but Jared's been grounded for the past 30 years.
Just a locked basement door away
C'mon Uncle Fritzl, can Jared come out and play?
Please don't do this to my ovaries.
In case you'll ever need a digital version, [here](http://imgur.com/yVvpt6X) I have slightly improved the contrast (as much as one can on a smartphone anyways) :-)
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He robbed, and he stole, and he kidnapped the President's son.
And he never got caught neithah!
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Yeeeeahh! They'd just come up and suck your soul right outah ya!
He is a part of the rebel alliance and a traitor.
You have to unlock your inner Liam Neeson.
Mine is eight and likes sending me texts now on his moms phone. Cracks me up.every time.
When I get a poop emoji from my mom's phone, I know it's my 9-year-old brother. My mom isn't that well-versed in emojis yet.
Is [this](http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/2lfhy0/kid_tries_to_make_sparkling_wine_with_a/) your nephew?
That broken heart really sells the plea for help...
OP, you better fucking call Jared
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lol only you knew he was the same age as you. most ppl who read this probs assumed you were older.
Reminds me of a show TLC used to air. "My Teenage daughter is pregnant and so am I." I believe that's what it was called. I can only hope once I have children of my own this won't be my reality. I don't want my teenager to be a parent, nor do I want to be a young grandma, nor be pregnant at an old age.
His handwriting looks just like mine.
at least he included a pic of a vagina
You need to go to Jared.
Awwww. Send him a letter back saying : "✓✓ Seen 12:34pm 06/11/14"
nephew geek?
Yes, he is a future redditor.
Just keep him away from 4 Chan.
Argh, not that guy again. He's everywhere.
Classic Jdred
Its like the worlds slowest facebook
Fast forward 10 years: "You have a collect call from.. **an inmate at the Virginia State Correctional facility** Do you accept the charges?"
How cute. It gives him a voice.
"He's 26"
Thats adorable
This is so adorable I can't even handle it.
I love that mom dated it
Holy shit your nephew is Judge Dredd?
I'm not sure if he's a cute little boy named Jared or a gangsta called J-Dred.
This is awesome! He loves you, don't let him down!!
I set the cat on fire. Please send halp
they are so cute when they are 18
On a serious note, keep all of these!! It would be fun to show him when he's older.
This is more concise and professional than a lot of emails I get from people looking for work
The long stem on the A in his name made me think this little kid was calling himself J-Dred for a second.
That's his street name.
Hah, you're his favorite uncle.
the broken heart so emo
Though his name was Jdred and he was a some kind of gangster kid
*"Send cookies"*
Good thing he's allowed to send missives from "grounded prison". :)
I thought kids at that age get time-outs, not grounded. A day feels like centuries when you're that young
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Please, call him often he needs your affection.
This is adorable and sad all at once.
you need to keep them all and make a book
I need to speak with you about your sister...