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Prank calls don't really exist anymore with caller ID and everyone sending unknown numbers to voicemail. (lemm.ee)
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I was listening to a Weird Al song about prank calls and realized you can’t really do them anymore now. Also it was funny that he mentioned dialing 7 digit numbers instead of 10

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[–] independantiste@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

We just called businesses instead, during lunch time at school, since they don't block unknown numbers. We were starting on algebra and they showed us how to calculate the radius the area etc. So to us it was the funniest thing to call a pizza place and order a 4-2x(12π) sized pizza or something like that. That and calling completely unrelated businesses and ordering a pizza also

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

As someone who managed a ridiculously busy pizza place. Fuck you from the bottom of my heart. I'm convinced that job took years off my life from stress and the constant prank calls totally fucked up production.

Really though you were just a kid and couldn't have known. But I cussed some kids out in ways they'd never heard.

[–] __init__@programming.dev 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Can I get uhhhh boneless pizza

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Yeah yo mama was boneless for years then I added my bone to her hair pie.

[–] independantiste@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

I later worked at McDonald's, and I understand and I am sorry