(Your area code)-867-5309. But said as "eight sixty seven fifty three zero niner".
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There was radio station that had a number for women to give out, and they'd play the voicemails on air.
How would women hear about it but not the men?
Sounds like they probably just played staged voicemails, if the women know about it, than so would the men so it wouldn’t work.
What? Not everyone listens to the radio. Of those that listen to the radio not everyone listens to that station. Of those that listen to the radio, and listen to that station, not everyone listens to the same shows. Of those that listen to the radio, listen to that station, listen to that program, you need a guy to think "I better write that number down". We're talking a segment of a segment. I think it was national radio though, so there was plenty of coverage.
Some people did hear the number and some didn't, the people that did gave the number to the people that didn't . It's easy to see how it would work.
Aside from the voicemails were some testimonials, either about trying to give a miss call immediately. Or, more awkwardly, the guy had already saved the number from the radio show (as the radio fake line), in a surprising amount of self awareness. So it didn't always work, just enough to fill a segment every now and then. It was just a satire of pick up culture in the mid oughts... Between the 3310 and the iPhone anyway
How would women hear about it but not the men?
They advertise on Pinterest hahaha
Joking aside, like anything else, some stuff caters to women. Sure men may watch Oprah, but her audience was 98% women
Because not everyone listens to the same radio station?
So? If it’s popular enough for women to know it, men are gonna hear the number as well, it just makes no sense when you stop to think about it.
Radios do fake bits like this all the time, I’m surprised people think everything is real.
While on its face that’s pretty funny, that’s one of those things where I start thinking ‘I wonder how it would play out if the gender roles were reversed’. I’ve seen good lawyers get more from less in civil suits.
I said 'women', that was who it was aimed at. As at the time, women were picked up by men traditionally. But, there were a few drunken women singing down the phone at some hot stud.
That’s not the point. It doesn’t matter who it is, the fact that it’s only funny when we do it to men is the problem.
But it wasn't. The women drunkenly singing down the phone was also funny, also played for laughs. Your premise is false.
Fair enough then, I may have misread the last sentence in your previous post.
Back in the day, the phone company had a phone number that always gave a busy signal.
If I was in trouble I'd give that number to the teachers to 'call my parents.'
Edit: Someone checked, these no longer work. Boo
~~646 926-6614~~: The Mary Sue Rejection Hotline. This one is a bit more serious and will tell the caller: “Oh hello there. If you’re hearing this message, you’ve made a woman feel unsafe and/or disrespected. Please learn to take no for an answer and respect women’s emotional and physical autonomy. K THANKS.” It also sends texts.
~~605 475-6968~~: The classic Rejection Hotline. It just lets the caller know that whoever passed on this number is not interested.
Those are the two I've seen female friends sharing before. I've not test called them in a while so no idea if they still work. Better than giving a number that someone might actually have though
1st number is dead, 2nd number is now a conference meeting line.
Thanks, edited my post to include that info
1-800-NO
An 800 number? Gotta go with at least 1-900- so that you can make a few bucks if they do call.
lol, I can’t figure out which one of us is older
Let's just say the only time I can remember someone actually using a 900 number was my step father calling for tips on how to beat Jurassic Park on Sega Genesis.
lol, that’s a bunch of words I haven’t heard in a very long time.