This is not a joke
In “The Curse,” the technologically clueless Nandor, Nadja, and Laszlo believe the Bloody Mary-themed email chain letter they’ve received will spell doom…unless they follow its instructions and forward the message to 10 people before the next sunrise. Immediately, the race to gather 10 email addresses (Nadja: “Where are we going to get the email addresses? The email address shop?” Laszlo: “No, I’m guessing that’ll be closed this time of night.”) becomes their sole focus. This plot perfectly captures how out-of-touch the roommates are with the modern world—and also the hilarity that ensues when they bump up against something incredibly trivial that they can’t be bothered to understand until it impacts them directly.
