1691 Apprehension

One of the many perils of modern times is our symbiotic—or should I say parasitic—relationship with our computers. I'm never entirely sure who is the parasite though, us or them.
But peril it definitely is. Consider if you will how much of your life your average computer sucks away. Life in terms of wasted time. I'm not talking about being addicted to Free Cell or Angry Birds, I'm talking about the daily mail. Or the daily junk mail. How many clicks of your mouse do you make each day deleting unwanted email?
Especially with the preponderance of Constant Contact type email formats filled with fancy graphics, bells, and possibly virus-infested and spyware whistles, it seems like every organization and their inbred brother is blasting out messages 24/7/365.
If I could get back just the clicking time I waste each morning deleting I think I'd add a year or more to my life. As it is my Accumulated Seconds Surrendered (also known as ASS) is killing me. Not to mention the carpal tunnel inflammation from all that clicking.
Then there's the stress-inducing and therefore life-shortening apprehension tension we all get from deciding whether to click on links. I really hate to get an email that has a link to "learn more" or finish out a piece of news from the organization that sent it. And I really really hate e-vites. I have no idea what will happen when I click one of those.
One time I did and found myself on a public list of attendees. I just wanted to go anonymously and relax. And then I got that organization's newsletter forever.
Maybe that's why Facebook and others keep adding advertisers but reporting lower click-through results. Folks are afraid they're one click away from e-viting an avalanche of spam.
The newest app?
App-rehension.
America, ya gotta love it.