• [email protected]
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    796 months ago

    “Now to hand over my phone number with identifying area code to this unstable stranger. This won’t lead to any repercussions.”

      • [email protected]
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        566 months ago

        It was the published number for the business until a series of prank calls and 1600 daily newsletters rendered it unusable. It’s best not to gamble with crazy.

    • @hk_a
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      896 months ago

      If you own a business, giving your phone number out is a part of doing business.

    • @WarmSoda
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      416 months ago

      Looks like the repercussion was being able to call someone a wet wipe.

      • [email protected]
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        36 months ago

        “Someone” is himself. This was posted amidst the proliferation of fake recruiter comeuppances a few years ago. I feel rude pointing it out but I really don’t want someone to replicate this and find themselves doxed by some doofus with way too much time on their hands.

        • @WarmSoda
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          16 months ago

          It’s a meme. None of the texts like this are ever real.

          • [email protected]
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            26 months ago

            I agree. Taking the audience’s extreme tendency to strip context into account, it’s worth offering context. And that leads back to the beginning.

            • @WarmSoda
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              25 months ago

              I agree with you on that

        • ASeriesOfPoorChoices
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          26 months ago

          only in the usa would portable, mobile, hand, cellular phones have an -area-code- and be locked to where they were first enabled. only in the usa would the concept of “long distance” calls matter or apply to these phones.

          • @Takumidesh
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            76 months ago

            Phones are neither locked to their geographic area, nor long distance in the us.

            In fact, my us carrier doesn’t even charge me roaming in Europe or canada for data.

            • ASeriesOfPoorChoices
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              06 months ago

              If you say so.

              But I was charged long distance rates for making calls outisde my initial area code that I registered my phone in.

              • @Burninator05
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                16 months ago

                I haven’t heard of or cared about long distance calls in over 20 years. I also still have the same phone number I had 20 years ago despite moving to six states and overseas once. My kids have the same area code on their phones as I do despite never living in that state and getting their phones over 1000 miles away from that area.

              • @Carbonizer
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                06 months ago

                I moved 1300 miles away from where I originally registered my cell phone, and I’ve never had to deal with long distance fees. I still have that number, in fact.

    • Nfamwap
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      206 months ago

      It’s a mobile number. Probably UK based

    • @[email protected]
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      16 months ago

      I’m not American or anything but that just looks like a normal cellphone number where I live. All numbers start with 072/073/076 it doesn’t matter where in the country you live.