The Barber Paradox, as inspired by spam and Magritte

[trochee]

Suppose [hypothetically] I just received an email with the subject line "This is not an interesting email".

Would I read it?

Comments

[firinel.livejournal.com]

Well I would.

[xaosenkosmos.livejournal.com]

Aha! Empirically, you did read the one i sent!!~

[trochee.livejournal.com]

You're quite difficult to keep an eye on, said Schrodinger-Dodgson to his cat.

[isolt.livejournal.com]

I would totally read it.

[crystabella.livejournal.com]

i'd assume reverse psychology.

[congogirl.livejournal.com]

In the past I would have, but I have noticed that when people use similar phrases in their LJ cuts, I don't read it. Maybe because I don't have much patience with self deprecation anymore.

[q-pheevr.livejournal.com]

For me, it would depend on who sent it. If it's from a friend or even just a recognizably real person, I'll read it. If it purports to be from Mariam Abacha or Scintillating F. Windpipe, it gets forwarded here and deleted without being read.