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Tiggum posted:How do you think it could be implemented to actually work then? Have "Do Not Call" actually mean just that Illegal operators and overseas, well nothing's going to stop them. But all the rest? Cull them. Bee and wasp sting fails: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkuEGbFEf9Y
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This has got to be the second most useless animal that has ever existed.
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Gorilla Salad posted:Have "Do Not Call" actually mean just that Oh, so you just mean expand it to include people other than telemarketers. Would that even make much of a difference? When I've had my landline connected I've been called almost exclusively by scammers anyway.
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Tiggum posted:Oh, so you just mean expand it to include people other than telemarketers. Yeah. I don't see why some parties are exempt from the do not call list. I don't want calls from political parties stumping for their candidate, or even my own bank, if it's just to advertise some new service they're offering. It's not really a problem, since call display is so ubiquitous these days that no one answers their phones unless they recognize the number, but still, why even make the call in the first place. Once the boomers are gone, since they're pretty much the last bloc of landline users, I could see telemarketing and other such phone based annoyances start to disappear. No point in making cold calls if literally no one will pick up their phone.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Yeah. I don't see why some parties are exempt from the do not call list. I don't want calls from political parties stumping for their candidate, or even my own bank, if it's just to advertise some new service they're offering. You're going to have to work a lot harder than "I'm annoyed" to get politicians to make it so that politicians and their big donors aren't allowed to robocall you.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Yeah. I don't see why some parties are exempt from the do not call list. I don't want calls from political parties stumping for their candidate, or even my own bank, if it's just to advertise some new service they're offering. Except that every company you've ever dealt with that has your mobile number has sold it over and over again to many many telemarketing, accident solicitor and lots of other companies. So they'll give up calling landlines and call you while you're in the car.
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monkeytennis posted:Except that every company you've ever dealt with that has your mobile number has sold it over and over again to many many telemarketing, accident solicitor and lots of other companies. So they'll give up calling landlines and call you while you're in the car. Jokes on them, I don't have a car. Also my phone blocks phone numbers that aren't already in my directory so they'll just hit voicemail.
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That's some top tier Life of Pi cosplay
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# ? Feb 9, 2016 10:40 |
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Gorilla Salad posted:
Watching this, idiot on the bike at 0:30 heads off towards the parked car, I think "I kind of hope he hits that car". Cue camera dropping, tyres screeching, welp.
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monkeytennis posted:Except that every company you've ever dealt with that has your mobile number has sold it over and over again to many many telemarketing, accident solicitor and lots of other companies. So they'll give up calling landlines and call you while you're in the car. That's what I was getting at though. Will they call mobile numbers in greater numbers? Is there anyone under 60 that answers their mobile phone when they don't recognize the number? Every advertiser on the planet could have all the numbers out there, but if there's no one answering their phone, is it still worth it. I saw a surge of advertising calls when I last had to get a new mobile number, but these days those have almost dropped to zero. The only bump I ever see is when there's an election going on, and to be honest my union is WAY worse in making endless robocalls on who I should vote for than the actual political parties. At some point they must be detecting "Okay, this guy literally never answers his phone, so we might as well stop calling and use that time to call rubes who do answer their phone."
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:At some point they must be detecting "Okay, this guy literally never answers his phone, so we might as well stop calling and use that time to call rubes who do answer their phone." Pretty sure they don't. It's all automatic dialling anyway so they just keep trying the number in case it eventually works.
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Yeah, I literally never use my landline, I only have it because every Aussie ISP is a phone service provider and makes you take both, and my number is unlisted as well, so the only possible callers are telemarketers. As a result I never pick up and yet they never stop, so can confirm it doesn't faze them.
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AlphaKretin posted:Yeah, I literally never use my landline, I only have it because every Aussie ISP is a phone service provider and makes you take both, and my number is unlisted as well, so the only possible callers are telemarketers. As a result I never pick and yet they never stop, so can confirm it doesn't faze them. I use it to find my mobile
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Gorilla Salad posted:New fail compilation for the month: At 3:21 there's a near-perfect Nelson Muntz laugh.
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Astrobastard posted:I use it to find my mobile This is the number one reason I pick my landline up. Also in my last place I had to get a landline to get broadband, within an hour of having it connected we were getting spam calls, despite requesting an unlisted number the provider said it must be random. We complained non stop and they issued us a new number, spam calls within an hour again. Mathematically unlikely to be random or consecutive dialing in my opinion.
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Gorilla Salad posted:
Is there actually a new OSHA thread, since the one in GBS was "retired"? There are some good clips in there like that last one.
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Cakefool posted:This is the number one reason I pick my landline up.
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Astrobastard posted:I use it to find my mobile https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager lets you ring your droid remotely!
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Fishstick posted:https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager lets you ring your droid remotely! man ive got it on speed dial 1, as much as I love android its slow as balls in comparison
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AlphaKretin posted:Yeah, I literally never use my landline, I only have it because every Aussie ISP is a phone service provider and makes you take both, and my number is unlisted as well, so the only possible callers are telemarketers. As a result I never pick up and yet they never stop, so can confirm it doesn't faze them. Same deal except we don't bother with having a handset plugged in. Astrobastard posted:man ive got it on speed dial 1, as much as I love android its slow as balls in comparison It just took me 21 seconds for google to find my phone for me. You're right, that's unacceptable
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Memento posted:Same deal except we don't bother with having a handset plugged in. I don't think you understand how badly Instagram needs pictures of my lunch
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"Meh, it's a living."
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Data Graham posted:What, if anything, is this car made of This phrasing made me sputter with laughter, thank you. More car nonsense. The caption claims that a man kicked a stray dog so the dog rounded up his stray dog friends and chewed up the man's car. Is this true? I don't know but that dog sureis loving up this car.
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French town invaded by Atlantic foam. Unlike the foam at a trendy night club, I am fairly certain this reeks of fish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtYeqlvNJJY
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GrandpaPants posted:French town invaded by Atlantic foam. Unlike the foam at a trendy night club, I am fairly certain this reeks of fish. A night with your mother: A metaphor.
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:More car nonsense. The caption claims that a man kicked a stray dog so the dog rounded up his stray dog friends and chewed up the man's car. Is this true? I don't know but that dog sureis loving up this car. This Daily Mail article (with multiple photos) says the same thing and credits the photos to a Chinese newspaper http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rashes-car.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbdGVRywBV0 Not snuff, the guy lived. Unlike that guy on his scooter who did the same thing. I like the guy in the jacket who could not give a single gently caress.
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# ? Feb 9, 2016 16:53 |
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This is one of the greatest gifs I've ever seen.
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:Warning, HUGE human being at 3:00 in that video... I see what you did there
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:Warning, HUGE human being at 3:00 in that video... Um newsflash but that was a whole lot of faggots.
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http://i.imgur.com/LqeCVGH.gifv http://i.imgur.com/k8filah.gifv http://i.imgur.com/CqiYh1v.gifv
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The most unfortunate thing in that gif is the kid's hair
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# ? Feb 9, 2016 17:48 |
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That dog is Terry loving Tate... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzToNo7A-94 YOU KILL THE JOE, YOU MAKE SOME MO!
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I'm guessing by the fact that the kid is just randomly running around in a helmet without a football to be seen that the dog crashtackles him all the time. "Hmmm, $500 for dog training lessons .... or $20 for a helmet? Well I guess I can order a helmet online but I'd have to drive to the park for the dog lessons ..."
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:I'm guessing by the fact that the kid is just randomly running around in a helmet without a football to be seen that the dog crashtackles him all the time. Someone get the McCaskey's on the line and tell them we just found their 2016 first round pick.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:I'm guessing by the fact that the kid is just randomly running around in a helmet without a football to be seen that the dog crashtackles him all the time. If he's going to be a quarterback, Timmy has to learn... If you leave the pocket, it's open loving season.
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:The most unfortunate thing in that gif is the kid's hair I didn't know Bart Simpson hair was possible in real life.
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Solice Kirsk posted:Someone get the McCaskey's on the line and tell them we just found their 2016 first round pick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBFhdl17YJ0
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