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malaise

(298,744 posts) Tue Jun 9, 2026, 01:43 PM 2 hrs ago

Serious question - Did movies like You've Got Mail serve as

fodder for Internet Predators?

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Serious question - Did movies like You've Got Mail serve as (Original Post) malaise 2 hrs ago OP

no Climate Crusader 2 hrs ago #1

I have not heard of such, but my experience is somewhat limited. niyad 1 hr ago #2

You've Got Mail is an update of a 1937 play irisblue 54 min ago #3

Climate Crusader

(178 posts)

1. no

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 01:52 PM

2 hrs ago

niyad

(134,711 posts)

2. I have not heard of such, but my experience is somewhat limited.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 02:14 PM

1 hr ago

Interesting that there are clips of that movie on my youtube feed right now.

irisblue

(38,062 posts)

3. You've Got Mail is an update of a 1937 play

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 03:19 PM

54 min ago

From the You've Got Mail wiki

..."Inspired by the 1937 Hungarian play Parfumerie by Miklós László (which had earlier been adapted in 1940 as The Shop Around the Corner and in 1949 as In the Good Old Summertime)..."

Seems unlikely to me

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