It seems like everyone has something they find disgusting because they’re not used to it.
For me, potted meat is a no-go but I know plenty of folks that grew up eating it. As the son of an ex-Navy man, I grew up in a spam household with the square lump finding its way into many a sandwich.
My informal polling finds approximately 4 out of every 3 bystanders is disgusted by the thought of eating spam, almost as much as they hate the spam that clogs up their email inbox. This revulsion has always made me think the items using the same name is no coincidence.
I’m here to tell you that not all spam is bad though! No, this isn’t a paid advertisement for canned pork products. If you hate it right now, I don’t think 250 words will be enough to sway you.
There is a chance you have quality material in your spam email folder though. Every subscriber of the Dublin Citizen is eligible for a free digital subscription to read the online edition every Wednesday morning before getting their print copy. Several readers have noticed they stopped getting their weekly reminders on Wednesday. We’ve discovered it’s getting blocked by some spam filters following website maintenance. If you’d like the weekly reminders and easy link to your e-edition, check your email folder for some spam prepared fresh weekly for all our readers.