Doing it this way is interesting anyway
Doing it this way is interesting anyway
Image: Lady focused on using a laptop.
Caption: Me googling the number that just called instead of answering like a fucking adult.
I don't want to give scammers the satisfaction of me even picking up.
it's not satisfaction, it's confirmation that the number is legit and being used. if you answer, you fuck yourself. not answering is the right call.
I do! I say hello and then put the phone on the table and wash some dishes at them until they hang up.
Annoying them and wasting their time is my gift to society.
I get a particular spam call at least once a day. I recently tried answering, setting my phone under a pot, and banging the fuck out of it with a spoon. Modern phones must suppress sudden loud sounds though because all I got was, âI think youâre breaking up, is anyone there?â Highly disappointing.
A majority of the time, they require you to speak to a robot for a minute to get at an actual human being. Not to mention thereâs a 50/50 shot that youâd be wasting the time of a slave held prisoner under threat of death. Unfortunately, thereâs no perfect answer to this, aside from massive and immediate police and telecom action. However, I sincerely doubt that either will happen.
A lot of times it's a call to see who is there and if it's a real number. Someone who answers a random call is someone who the Indian tech support scammers can take a crack at.
Younger folks will just send a text.
The scammers are doing that with texts now too
I don't even respond to or open texts from numbers I don't know/aren't expecting
It's it's real/important they'll leave a message or send a letter
I like occasionally going through all the ridiculous right wing campaign ads, just to see what they're falling for lol
Why would you answer an unknown number? Random good things don't call. Answering confirms the number to scammers. Not answering greatly reduces scammers.
Everyone who needs me sends a text. If it is something actually important the party in question will send a letter in the mail.
I find this creates a very tranquil environment.
Nah, it's adult now to screen numbers due to the high probability of scams. Source: am adult.
Nah, that's not just autistic people. It's anyone that doesn't want to talk to people on the phone
I mean it's probably just spam so...
If it's not in my contacts, I'm not answering.
Ever since I got a job at a place that gives me access to a phone lookup API I've been having a lot of fun.
Would love to have access to that too.
We're hiring soon, most roles 100% remote.
I like to play the "See if I can Google and decide if its safe to answer before it stops ringing" game
"Lady"
That's Gail Platt. She survived like three murder attempts, being married to a serial killer and unmasked two other killers, prevented two more murders and was exonerated for murder herself.
Holy cow. What a fury. Imagine being a serial killer and getting your ass handed to you by an empath...unless... she's an even greater serial killer that gets others to pay for her murders. đ¶âđ«ïž
Could have done without seeing Gail Platt tonight
I would delete the Phone app on my phone if I could!
Was this meme made by unknown number callers?
I just let the robot answer the phone, and more often than not scammers and telemarketers just hangup instead of trying to convince me to let them through the defenses. Plus, its nice when a vendor I use decides to cold call me for some bullshit, cuz then I can make a note of their number and not answer them the next 6 times they call.
Obligatory "There is an app for that."
It's called Should I Answer, and it checks numbers against comunity managed database and automatically rejects spam calls, or just gives you info on its rating.
Saved me hours of pointless calls over the years and few gray hairs.