Those meme email chains were annoying at the time, but kinda endearing to look back on in retrospect.

I still cringe at the memory of the one time I forwarded one -- it was something about Bill Gates, but I can't remember the details. Anyway, my uncle replied back to me with something wholesome like

Nice to hear from you [grrgyle], although I doubt this offer is genuine, you never know! Maybe we'll all be rich this time next year. Say hi to your mom and dad for me, thanks.

It had never occurred to me that someone would lie on the internet rofffflllll. I was SO humiliated.