Spiced Ham, o antecessor do Spam (1936)
Sending and Posting Advertisement in Mass. It was food, it was comedy. Over the years, it is no longer both.
Arrives through advertising, shares, malware, phishing, fraud and blows.
It always arrived through the computer, especially through email. But in recent years the mobile phone has become another target, with constant calls and messages, either by SMS or WhatsApp – and never requested.
Spam That’s really that: Massive shipping of unwanted messages. The English term means Sending and Posting Advertisement in Mass – or “send and publish mass advertising”.
It usually wants to promote products, services, content or links, preferably to as many people as possible. But it is done in a way invasive and unwanted, summarizes a.
The origin is a ham. And it is also an English expression: “Spiced Ham”. Hermel Foods canned food emerged shortly before II World War And it became a success a little around the world precisely during the conflict. It was more practical, more accessible.
Quickly changed its name and Spiced Ham tornou-se Spam (in the food).
But a ham became uncomfortable… Based on?
Based on Monty Python. The legendary comedy group presented a scene where customers ask the owner of the restaurant what he has – and in response “spam” appears in all possibilities. All available foods had spam, The spam was in the whole menu. It even gives rise to a song sung by Vikings in the same scene.
It was actually an allusion to the post-World War period: little food, canned meat everywhere.
Now it is not the meat that is everywhere. It’s another spam.
Nuno Teixeira da Silva, Zap //
