Tis the Season

A cartoon by twisteddoodles. An email says "you've got mail" and a human responds "what is it".
<p>The email replies "a Black Friday sale" and the human asks "who?"</p>
<p>The email replies "a company you didn't realise you gave your email to". The human says "Unsubscribe"</p>
<p>The email says "But…" and the human repeats "unsubscribe" " class=“wp-image-16658” srcset="/2023/11/tis-the-season-2/tistheseason-450x449.png 450w, /2023/11/tis-the-season-2/tistheseason-300x300.png 300w, /2023/11/tis-the-season-2/tistheseason-150x150.png 150w, /2023/11/tis-the-season-2/tistheseason-768x767.png 768w, /2023/11/tis-the-season-2/tistheseason-720x719.png 720w, /2023/11/tis-the-season-2/tistheseason-580x579.png 580w, /2023/11/tis-the-season-2/tistheseason-320x319.png 320w, /2023/11/tis-the-season-2/tistheseason.png 1214w" sizes="(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px"/></figure></p>
<p>Meanwhile… </p>
<figure class=A screenshot of an email from chess.com offering a free month of premium.

I apparently gave chess.com an email address in 2007 – probably due to a client engagement? I don’t know. I unsubscribed from their mail at some point as there has only been one email from them between 2010 and 2021. Maybe this time they’ll actually unsubscribe me.

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