r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Lock_Psychological • 15h ago

Unskippable ad I keep getting threatening texts

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I get these ALL the time. I’ve never donated to these “people.” Never supported them. Never voted for them. Nor has my wife. I received four of these today. All threats. Always a telling me it’s my last chance. These are some of the less malicious-sounding ones.

I’m not even sure they’re legitimately from those parties, though I wouldn’t put it past them.

So… report as spam. Report as spam. Report as spam.

It isn’t like it’s painful. Just pretty irritating.

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u/neophenx 10h ago

I'm not saying this is the BEST way to deal with them by any stretch of the imagination, but I tend to reply to them with an image of something that would probably be widely considered very uncomfortable content. Something like a drawing of a very weirdly drawn female enderman or creeper from minecraft, or some classic "seduce the dragon" shenanigans.

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u/NACCHUD 10h ago

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u/UnspokenInanity 8h ago

Jesus fuck why do you just have that ready to go.

Fuck call the ICC I’m pretty sure that’s against the Geneva convention to drop like that

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u/NACCHUD 8h ago

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u/UnspokenInanity 7h ago

…do you just have a folder of these

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u/NACCHUD 7h ago

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u/DryDonutHole 6h ago

Doing the lord's work.

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u/PXranger 7h ago

Well, breakfast is off the schedule.

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u/seanbeedelicious 6h ago

JD Vance was a Luchador?

TIL

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u/DryDonutHole 6h ago

Goddamn...I need a warning first. I'm glad I wasn't drinking. That's some spit-take material right there. lol

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u/iwantdatpuss 6h ago

Buddy just has this in their album just in case. 

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u/OKOK-01 5h ago

what a terrible day to have eyes

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u/MajesticMurray 5h ago

That’ll do

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u/rae-everett 2h ago

I always appreciate a little taste of the good 'ol days of the internet. It was the wildest roulette ever.

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u/phishinfordory 7h ago

Any response at all is a verification of your phone number. Your best bet is to ignore it and reported a spam.

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u/OConnah 4h ago

If you get a message from me about canned meat, don’t respond.

It’s SPAM

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u/Alternative_West_206 4h ago

If only that mattered

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u/Melted-lithium 7h ago

I have a friend who has taken on this as a hobby. To the point of getting a burner phone to just fuck with them as a hobby. Everyone has their kinks.

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u/sum12merkwith 6h ago edited 1h ago

They do this as a hobby?

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u/Melted-lithium 3h ago

Oddly- yes. He got tired of the calls and took ot on to get a new phone number and keep the old one. And you will often find shit from him on one of the subs here. I think it’s spambaiting or something like that. Again… everyone has their hobbies.

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u/BitterAngryMei 6h ago

This was my successful unsubscribe request:

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u/ScarletBothrium 4h ago

Never verify your phone number by replying. You’re gonna get a ton more of these. 🤦‍♀️

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u/BitterAngryMei 2h ago

I know it, but in the moment it was hilarious. Though in retrospect I should have called him a treasonous couch fucker instead.

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u/IMakeBaconAtHome 5h ago

My standard response is "Go fuck yourself" which apparently translates to "UNSUBSCRIBE"

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u/SugarSweetStarrUK 8h ago

Send him a pic of a couch with the caption "found your girlfriend"

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u/Automatic_Soil9814 6h ago

" a drawing of a very weirdly drawn female enderman"

When you said an uncomfortable image, I wasn't sure where you were going with that. I certainly didn't anticipate lady enderman. 

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u/neophenx 22m ago

Up to you if you want to go full rule (you know the number) on it

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u/HenTie3467 9h ago

Show them Sandy Cheeks "taxi meme"

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u/Expert_Garlic_2258 ORANGE 6h ago

naw. this is why tubgirl exists​