I’ve seen this circulated around tumblr, facebook, and even Imgur. If you haven’t seen it, it’s the post that gives a list of fake phone numbers to give to someone who is bothering you for your phone number, whether it be if you aren’t interested, or they aren’t taking no for an answer. There’s a “loser” rejection number, the fucking KKK hotline (cmon people…) and some other stuff that is either “funny” or directs them to something that tells them flat out that they were given a fake. I know it was made for women mostly, but this is for anyone- Please DON’T do it. Don’t give out those numbers to someone. First of all, a few are 1-800 or 1-866 numbers. Secondly, in every situation where I couldn’t shake someone, I would give my number and they would immediately stand there and call it, or ask if I can call them. If you give them one of these fakes and they call or text it, they are going to see that the phone didn’t ring or go off, and even if it’s in your purse or pocket, they might listen to the call to make sure it goes through. This can become extremely dangerous if they realize you gave them one of those numbers while they are standing right there, and can go from docile and annoying, to mean and even furious in a matter of seconds. God forbid you used the “loser rejection” one, or another mean one. Instead of these, if you must give a number, please know there is an app called “Mr. Number” and it allows free blocking. If you have to give yours out, immediately block the number as soon as you leave and are safely away. The app has the option that if they call, it won’t even allow them to leave a voicemail, so no angry horrible voicemails from them, and all their texts to you will also be blocked. Please be careful. I used one of these lines from years ago, and it was a polite one, too. The guy saw my phone didn’t do anything (it was too late to put it away and it was sitting on the bar), tried again, heard it, went from 0-60 and threw a shotglass down on the ground smashing it while screaming and calling me a cunt and a bitch and all kinds of shit. Most of those lines are provoking, so please don’t use them. You’ll probably see me say this a few times on different media, but it’s a safety issue and I feel strongly about it.
If you can afford it there’s an app called Burner (Apple/Android) that creates disposable numbers that willgo to your phone like a call or text to your actual number, and when you’re done with the number you just delete it and move on. It comes with a couple of trial numbers and then you buy ‘credits’ which give you a certain number of phone numbers you can create; the most expensive package is 25 for $12. It’s 100% saved my ass on multiple occasions. The only sucky part is it’s US/Canada only at the moment.
The call interface looks exactly like the regular one on whatever phone it is you use, so when said creep calls to make sure you’ve given him the right number everything will look legit. Just keep in mind that the number being displayed will be the one that you gave them and not their number, so that could still give you away, but it’s infinitely better than the alternative.
I set up a fake phone number you can give out to people who ask for your number but you don’t want to give it to them.
515-808-2362 directs to ringing, then a voicemail that just plays this:
you’re welcome
if anyone leaves voicemails, i may post them here
This is actually a really good resource
Anyone who has to deal with a creeper demanding your phone number please make use of this
i have a very good idea
let’s stop kinkshaming
Grandchild: grandma, its been 60 years. Please stop kinkshaming. Someone on tumblr doesn’t like it.
Me, aged 84, banging a saucepan with a wooden spoon: NONE OF YOU ARE FREE FROM SIN NONE OF YOU ARE FREE FROM SIN NONE OF YOU ARE FREE FROM S-
Me @ people who write tumblr porn blog captions:
Hey we have gotten called the Tumblr Police plenty of times, why not
If you’re under 5’7 you’re weak and your species will die out soon
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I’m safe!! (poor Daddie… Daddie??!)
Im still here My Beautiful Little Girl….I may not be 5'7" … but i got me a BIG STICK!!!
in my quest of finding the worst yaoi hands ever to put in my art i stumbled upon a manga page where a guy shoved a sausage up another guys ass while fucking him and as if that wasn’t enough he then proceeded to shove a fucking eggplant up his own ass because why not i guess
yaoi truly is a wonderful thing
here it is in case anyone else wants to suffer
badass-bharat-deafmuslim-artista:
People horrifically fucking up facts about evolution and genetics too support their stupid beliefs or to seem smart and “rational” is probably one of my big pet peeves
Yeah. An enormous number of racists, misogynists, homophobes and transphobes I’ve met eventually whip out something about evolutionary biology and they never, ever, ever, ever have the slightest shadow of even a half-right idea what any of it means or ever cite a claim ever actually made by a scientific study.
Here’s a quick handy reference list or anyone who isn’t sure:
- Homosexuality does exist in almost all social species.
- “Alpha males” are not a real phenomenon and in fact the most aggressive males tend to be the least reproductively successful.
- “Survival of the fittest” simply means that the success of a species hinges on how well it “fits” its environment. It does not mean that stronger or smarter individuals are supposed to succeed. Those things can even be a detriment in nature by wasting too many resources.
- “Race” is not a biological concept. Someone who looks different from you has the same human genes, just a different grab-bag of dominant traits.
- Evolution is not a march towards higher complexity, more intelligence or even more adaptability. It’s just a fluctuation of characteristics dictated by environmental pressures and mutation. A slime mold isn’t “less evolved” than a hawk, just adapted for success under different parameters.
- People didn’t evolve “from apes.” It’s more complicated than that. We are a category of ape, sharing a common ancestor with the other apes.
- No human on Earth is “closer” to an evolutionary ancestor than any other. We all descended from the same one.
- Neanderthals were also a “sibling” species of ours. We didn’t evolve from them.
- Some of us did, however, cross-breed with Neanderthal man. It is exclusively non-African races, such as white people, who still carry hybrid human/Neanderthal genes.Whoops, sorry “white purity” skinheads, you’re actually mixed with a whole other species.
Just had to reblog this because I am honestly so tired of people claiming that Africans are “less evolved” than everyone else
Good information to know.