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My ringtone was a funky chiptune version of O Green World by Gorillaz.

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[-] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 39 points 9 months ago

Back in that day, before everything had an app, most notifications were important

[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

And before 99% of the calls and texts you receive were spam, political campaigns inevitably addressing you by the wrong name with heartfelt pleas for money, IRS scams, "Bob" from Microsoft technical support, Your Car's Extended Warranty, AI generated robocalls telling you not to vote, or someone's hysterical babymomma who refuses to understand that whoever she's looking for might have had this number in 2007, but they don't have it anymore.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

For a while I kept getting calls from this old lady who didn't realize she had to dial an area code before calling her son. After the first couple I answered it and explained to her that she's dialing the wrong area code, but she didn't remember and kept calling me and I'd let it go to voicemail. They were pretty sad and I think she was just lonely and wondering why her son wasn't answering.

Eventually she stopped so I hope she figured it out.

[-] limelight79@lemm.ee 13 points 9 months ago

You just unlocked a memory for me, and this happened from about 2008-2010 (not cell related, but it is phone related).

One day we got home and there was a message on the machine from someone asking us to remember to bring something when we visited him. Unfortunately, we had no idea who it was, so we just wrote it off as a wrong number. It happened a few more times after that, and we were getting curious.

I'd moved into the house in 2006 and received that phone number at that time. We often got calls from bill collectors looking for the previous residents, so we generally let everything go to the machine.

One evening we got a call, and I think I recognized that the number was this person's, so I answered it. I told him he had the wrong number, and he said he'd had that same number for years and read back my number, the one he'd just called. I was like, "Uh, I don't know what to tell you, but I've had this number since 2006." He tried a few more times, and it was sometimes late in the evening.

At some point I looked up the number he was calling from and found it was a nursing home, and the pieces started to fall into place. My wife and I talked about it a few times, and we decided that if our relative was doing that, we'd want to know. We weren't upset, but it felt like information the family should have. Who knows who else he might be calling, or getting calls from. So, we decided that when he called again, we'd call the nursing home and let them know it was happening.

But, we never got the chance. He never called again.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

⛅️ To all of Joe Biden's Supporters, please do not click away from this important message. 🇺🇸

President Biden is humbly asking you to donate $20 or whatever you can afford directly to his reelection campaign for President today.

As you read this, our campaign is getting absolutely pummeled with attacks online and in crucial states by Trump and other MAGA Republican groups.

If everyone getting this text donated just $20 to Joe Biden's reelection campaign, we would have the resources he needs to respond without asking for another donation for weeks.

Unfortunately, not everyone gives. A lot of folks look away, waiting for others to act.

That's why we are hoping people like you who know the stakes in this election will contribute directly to his campaign today.

Our average online donation is around $40. Some give more, some give less. All that matters is that you are chipping in today to stand with President Biden.

Here's the link to give: https://m.joebiden.com/lY9su6i0

Team Joe

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[-] nifty@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago
[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yes. Commenter mentioned spam texts and I got this one today.

[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I think this went over some people's heads.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago
[-] Garbanzo@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Oh Team Joe. I'm so sorry to have to tell you this, but all of what would have been my discretionary income is servicing student loans.

[-] aidan@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

without asking for another donation for weeks.

Lol, thats not very long

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Got another one today:

Here's the truth, folks:

March is an FEC deadline month.

This means that at the end of the month we will be required to report how much money we've raised, and everyone will be watching.

The President needs you now more than ever. Chip in $20 here: https://m.joebiden.com/o4zM3Wi0

Biden HQ

STOP2quit

[-] aidan@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

So its not even about the money, its just about them being able to show off how much money they raised?

[-] UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I still have my phone set that way. I turn off all notifications that aren't messages. Though, I guess now it all goes through my watch first.

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