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birdographer

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Thu Apr 10, 2025, 12:46 PM

Apr 10

If I uncheck the box that offers to send me promotional material and ads, that means I DON’T WANT THAT. They then send me email every day, forcing me to add them to a block list so that those emails go directly to the trash (I have so many blocked emails, the list is endless). Why do they bother putting that option up?

I don’t want to give you my cell phone number so you can text me ads every day. Email is fine for that (so I can block you).

When I need customer service over the phone, I would love to be able to understand the person on the other end—it seems they aren’t even attempting to speak understandable English. “What?” and “Can you say that again, slowly?” and “I’m sorry, I didn’t understand that” through the whole conversation. I often just hang up in frustration.

BTW, Protonmail is a free email website. I almost never use it, but they keep my account open. Once in a while those places ask for your email address and then send you a code to that address. Once in a rare while I want that code, so having an accessible junk mail address is handy. To keep the emails there under 100, I periodically go in and unsubscribe from spam that comes daily.

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"I've had all I can stands, I can't stands no more." -Popeye The Sailor Man [View all] JohnnyRingo Apr 10 OP

K and R a thousand times. Diamond_Dog Apr 10 #1

Sounds like a manifesto. One that I completely agree with. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 10 #2

YES. YES. YES. My feelings exactly. brush Apr 10 #3

Preach! RoadRunner Apr 10 #4

I could not possibly agree with you more. I also don't want to listen to 15 minutes of your LoisB Apr 10 #5

THIS! ShazzieB Apr 10 #24

Most of the time, cab67 Apr 10 #39

I have encountered that too and they do their LoisB Apr 10 #44

If it gets annoying I start cursing but that doesn't always help with robots IbogaProject Apr 10 #73

LOL. No, it doesn't. I do the same. LoisB Apr 10 #74

I regularly cuss out the automated attendants. SheltieLover Apr 10 #76

I have heard that our voices are being recorded even on 'ignore'. Prairie_Seagull Apr 11 #94

Oh I'm sure! SheltieLover Apr 11 #95

If I had a nickle for every time... Prairie_Seagull Apr 11 #96

My mother used to call the auto-voice "That woman who won't let me talk to anyone" yellowdogintexas Apr 11 #86

I called my state's medical marijuana 'department' yesterday NH Ethylene Apr 11 #92

I could not have said it better UpInArms Apr 10 #6

Well said SheltieLover Apr 10 #7

Any website that requires an email address is an automatic "no" for me. ShazzieB Apr 10 #29

It is a constant assault on our senses, imo SheltieLover Apr 10 #30

blah@duh.com is the fake email address I use. Surprisingly, it works like 99% of the time. n/t aggiesal Apr 10 #52

Oh MAN!!! Your last complaint!!! calimary Apr 10 #56

Now hold on a minute.... TommyT139 Apr 10 #40

i set up an email address to use for that garbage moonshinegnomie Apr 10 #60

I did the same, wish i'd done it earlier FoxNewsSucks Apr 10 #69

Hear, Hear! ybbor Apr 10 #8

You nailed it with a sledge hammer! Uncle Joe Apr 10 #9

10-4! Bo Zarts Apr 10 #10

Amen! OldSWODog Apr 10 #11

Agree 100% Sick of all the baloney! n/t Paper Roses Apr 10 #12

You will be assimilated and your biological diversity will be added to our own! Ray Bruns Apr 10 #13

We have all found ourselves here. I feel included! dchill Apr 10 #14

Your post speaks for me as well Wild blueberry Apr 10 #15

His phone DownriverDem Apr 10 #16

enoguth is too much. AllaN01Bear Apr 10 #17

i do about 80% of all that. barbtries Apr 10 #18

KnR! Spot on n/t iluvtennis Apr 10 #19

Had to connect my fridge to wifi - hauckeye Apr 10 #20

... Solly Mack Apr 10 #21

"Luddites Unite!" sop Apr 10 #22

Hear, hear! KPN Apr 10 #23

I had to scan a qr code to validate a warranty on my new W & D and also sign on to the wifi to use the w&d peacebuzzard Apr 10 #25

I scanned a QR code to watch a movie mnhtnbb Apr 10 #37

Those qr codes are frustrating peacebuzzard Apr 10 #67

That really resonates. I'm going to chug a can of spinach and read The Book of Luddite. I can be reached by smoke signal Evolve Dammit Apr 10 #26

Lol a million times! mwmisses4289 Apr 10 #51

It worked for centuries. My wife says I need a horse, stone tablet and chisel. Not disagreeing. The tech overload is Evolve Dammit Apr 10 #77

Digital coupons at the grocery store crud Apr 10 #27

And Kroger's digital coupons that even staff can't tell customers how to find SheltieLover Apr 10 #31

Giant supermarkets have a decent app & I far prefer digital Dark n Stormy Knight Apr 10 #57

Yes yes yes 👍 I totally agree with you. TommieMommy Apr 10 #28

I agree with most of these (although I have not encountered them all). ShazzieB Apr 10 #32

My medical insurance company told me to download their app. ... aggiesal Apr 10 #53

I don't know if this just me or something I did on my iphone Tadpole Raisin Apr 10 #79

best recent thing I did was to buy a new iPad peacebuzzard Apr 11 #89

I've been in IT for over 30 years angrychair Apr 10 #33

Pleased to be the 100th rec! mnhtnbb Apr 10 #34

1000% spot on!! Can I add another one? the nelm Apr 10 #35

Oh, yes! Doodles Apr 10 #36

LOVE this post birdographer Apr 10 #38

"I would love to be able to understand the person on the other end..." Wednesdays Apr 10 #46

...and they always have an Americanized name. JohnnyRingo Apr 10 #63

sex! kiri Apr 11 #84

YES YES YES! Wicked Blue Apr 10 #41

Enough is enough and enough is too damned much! Dorothy V Apr 10 #42

It's a great rant, posted in OPs twice back in February. But it's from a RWer who adores Trump and Musk. highplainsdem Apr 10 #43

I don't know who the author is. JohnnyRingo Apr 10 #64

Glad to see that I'm not the only one who's had enough. Borogove Apr 10 #45

I'm sick of all the damn spam I get every day. Initech Apr 10 #47

Right on Jughead Apr 10 #48

No, I don't want to download your store app to get 10% off digital coupon, on your product ... aggiesal Apr 10 #49

thats why i wont donate to candidates any more moonshinegnomie Apr 10 #59

I don't donate to large organizations any more, because I don't know where the money is going ... aggiesal Apr 10 #61

It is the freaking advertisers. love_katz Apr 10 #50

The Unabomber is a reprehensible mass murderer, so very wrong about many things, but... LudwigPastorius Apr 10 #54

Thanks Marvin Jones Apr 10 #55

i dealt with this just a few days ago moonshinegnomie Apr 10 #58

I feel your pain NCgayguy Apr 10 #62

welcome to DU NCgayguy peacebuzzard Apr 10 #66

Hi NCgayguy mnhtnbb Apr 10 #72

I always try to use a fake email address if it will work. eppur_se_muova Apr 10 #65

I don't need $500 worth of tire pressure sensors to tell me I need air... Number9Dream Apr 10 #68

For a second I thought you were singing my song soldierant Apr 10 #70

I'm with you. I'm dreading buying a new car Hassler Apr 10 #71

100% MrChuck Apr 10 #75

Kicking again SheltieLover Apr 10 #78

"I've had all..." Dave Id Apr 10 #80

Any kind of cellphone. I've had 3. I'm old and retired. Leave me alone. CTyankee Apr 10 #81

Oh JohnnyRingo MuseRider Apr 10 #82

Totally agree keepthemhonestO Apr 10 #83

AMEN! Hekate Apr 11 #85

embrace your luddite ways. hell. i have a vintage stove top coffee pot. makes good drip coffee. pansypoo53219 Apr 11 #87

Thank you, JohnnyRingo. I used some of your thoughts to write a "flash fiction" piece. Bumbles Apr 11 #88

Hey, bumbles. You need to give general read access to this document erronis Apr 13 #98

Thank you, erronis. I'm still a newby. I hope this works. Bumbles Apr 13 #100

Looks good. Love your writing! erronis Apr 13 #101

Thank you, erronis. I love writing. Bumbles Apr 14 #102

I feel the frustration.. it's maddening mountain grammy Apr 11 #90

I can't 'rec' this post enough. NH Ethylene Apr 11 #91

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I've never heard of that happening JohnnyRingo Apr 11 #97

I took that as deliciously ironic. RandomNumbers Apr 13 #99