In other words, no namby-pamby e-cards. Although we understand that those, too, can get you crazy laid.
True! According to a survey by SOASTA — a cloud and mobile testing firm not to be confused with Shasta, which makes an awesome grapefruit soda — more than one-third of Americans will send an e-card for V-Day … and an equal percentage expect something in return, whether that be a simple, “Hey, thanks,” (35 percent), dinner (10 percent) or sex (also 10 percent).
For reals? Can you imagine?
“I paid nothing for this, chose a design on the first page because I didn’t want to waste time clicking, and I typed in your email address that probably put you on a pharmaspam list for life. You owe me. Now let’s get to fornicatin’.”
Other survey findings: —Men between the ages of 35 and 44 like e-cards the most. (CFN guesses this is so because men are cheap, lazy, not romantic and easily amused.)
—When it comes to NSFW content in e-cards, 6 percent are all like, “Ooh, yeah!” —Some 25 percent don’t want to see unicorns in an e-card, a mere percentage point higher than another unwanted visual: the sender’s kids.
Happy Valentine’s Day, cheapskates!
This article appears in Feb 6-12, 2013.