We all dread the inbox flood of junk mail from family members–sappy proclamations of love, spiritual advice, Snopes-worthy hoaxes presented as dire warning. I know they come from a good place, but I tend to just delete them on instinct. But every now and then I get a gem…like a recent note from my mother about getting/feeling old, which was accompanied by these images. Geeky. Cute. Thanks, Mom!

Now please forward this post to at least 10 of your friends or you will have bad luck for the rest of your life.