Weird Question Thursday

I should probably make this a weekly blog, as I am full of weird questions every day of the week. But I will spare you my weirdness for a while — although I ~do~ have a weird question today.

I have many times written about the “interesting” comments I’ve received over the years in my SPAM folder. Enjoying My Back Yard?  is one that comes to mind. But I’ve had a more recent visitor.

What’s Going On Back There?  was written back in 2021, a little ditty about all the weird SPAM hanging around in my back yard. (It’s an amusing blog… go visit if you’re so inclined…)

Now and then friends read past blogs, and I love that. Now and then they leave a comment, and I always answer. But those comments are usually in my regular comment section.

The other day this particular blog had an out-of-the-blue comment. Looking at the comment, I find it’s all in Swedish.

Hmmmmmm.

You know me. Piqued my curiosity. So I translated the message in Google Translator, and it turned out to be a promotion for new age “things” — meditations, astral traveling, crystals and gems — all that astral junk. Junk that intrigues me.

For one flash I asked myself — do I check out the link? Post the link?

Would you check it out?

In a second flash I asked myself — why would something that piqued my interest and sounded fun need to be pulled from the SPAM folder and translated?

Needless to say, I deleted the SPAM. The sender may have had the best intentions, sharing a peek of worlds I’ve yet to check out. But I don’t trust Free Bird offerings. Especially not from the SPAM folder.

That’s not the way to get followers.

I don’t trust most links today unless its something I’m researching and KNOW is safe. So why was I even considering checking out this blog site?

The point of this blog is to encourage you NOT to follow your wonderfully impulsive nature and follow links that may or may not be safe.

Who knows? The links might lead to the understanding of your astral dreams (pun intended), or they may lead to malware and Hell.

Let’s stay safe here on Earth for a little while longer.