Is there a polite way to ask a friend to take you off of a distribution list. I recieve many emails of forwarded jokes, politically biased propaganda, etc. that I don't want. And should you ask a friend if they want to be on a distribution list before you just start forwarding emails?

Is there a polite way to ask a friend to take you off of a distribution list. I recieve many emails of forwarded jokes, politically biased propaganda, etc. that I don't want. And should you ask a friend if they want to be on a distribution list before you just start forwarding emails?
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I just delete them without reading if the content is consistantly stupid. I learned to stay mum from irate friends who didn’t like my critique of the stuff they thought was amusing.
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