Saturday, July 11, 2020

Most Polite Ways To End Conversations


Someone on AskReddit got a thread going about the most effective, polite ways to shut down conversations with persistent chatterboxes. We've all been there, busy just trying to muddle through a day, maybe in a rush to get somewhere, and then you cross paths with the immovable, breathless, object that is a passionate chatterbox. It's as if they are so involved in venting to you or whatever ears are around, that they're incapable of seeing the clear sign that nobody wants to hear what they have to say. Consider trying out these polite conversation enders the next time you fall prey to a chatterbox in the wild. 

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Text - _zugunruhe_ • 12h 2 Awards If you cannot get a word in, the best thing to do is drop something which typically leads the person to stop talking, giving you a break to say that you forgot that you needed to do something. Reply 7.7k ...

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Text - Toska_Ennui • 12h N a 3 3 Awards "I have to return some videotapes" and leave immediately.

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Text - PutridRepresentative • 8h 2 Awards In the UK you slap your thighs, announces 'right' and stand up to leave.

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Text - ButterDeLaPeanuts • 12h I start talking about my cats. I only have one cat, but I talk about all the cats l've had in my lifetime, and I'm in my late fifties, as if I still have them all. So, it sounds like I have about ten cats. No matter what they say, I relate it back to a cat story. "Oh, wow, that's like that time my polydactyl cat..." And, this is always a permanent remedy. In Caddyshack, Chevy Chase was being bored to death by somebody, looked at his wrist (he wasn't wearing a watch

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Text - Ruins_every_thing • 13h Just interrupt them and start talking about your thimble collection Reply 3.9k ...

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Text - dotcomslashwhatever • 15h 1 Award brb. and never bb Reply 9.6k ...

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Text - luciddionysis • 13h "Sorry, can I stop you right there?" and then walk away quickly. Reply 6.8k ...

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Text - SpiritualMayonnaise • 15h 3 1 Award Put any random object to your ear and say "hello, oh it's for you" then hand them the thing. Reply 1 4.7k

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Text - Joe-Schmeaux • 14h "This is not a productive area of discussion." But in all seriousness, I used to have a coworker that would cut people telling him rumors off with "Why are you telling me this?" and it seemed to work pretty well. Not sure how rude you'd consider it but it stopped talebearers in their tracks. Reply 14.9k ...

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Text - wonderstruck420 • 12h I start signing at them. I can read lips and hear some, but sometimes I'm lazy (especially if I don't have my hearing aids in) and just don't want to talk to them. Confession: My favorite people to do this to are delivery drivers or people who show up at my house randomly. They will come up to the door (which has a huge window) and start talking and l'Il just start signing back. It makes them suuuuper uncomfortable and then they leave. Hahahaha! Reply 1.7k ...

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Text - usefulsociopath • 14h Get a button that is always hooked up to your phone's Bluetooth system. Pressing the button makes your phone ring. Take the call and walk away. Reply 4.8k

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Text - CubicleRaider • 14h My trick at the office is just keep them talking while I walk. Then we miraculously end up in there office. Then I just turn around walk back to my office. Reply 6.6k ...

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Text - BATMANS_MOM • 14h Lawful answer: say you have a pressing prior engagement and end with "we'll have to catch up when I'm not so busy!" Chaotic answer: shit yourself. Reply 408

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Text - BnaiRephaim • 14h 3 Awards "Oh, I'm sorry. I need to take this." pulls phone out of the pocket and bashes self in the forehead till passed out Reply 9.4k ...

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Text - fwmac_sexpants • 14h Make a promise for a future conversation! "I gotta finish up this_ but hey send me a link to that thing we were talking about" or "that's cool man! Hey I gotta get back to work, let me know when you beat that level!" Reply 2.6k ...

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Text - Mentalinstru • 13h Say "hold that thought" and wander off and you simply 'forgot' you were in a conversation if they ask. Reply 257

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Text - garyp714 • 13h Be honest. Say that you can't do this right now. Be nice and be strong. People want and need boundaries. Reply 227 ...

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Text - SillyGayBoy • 13h "Hey I got some stuff I gotta do so see you later". Most seem to understand I am being polite and we are not hitting it off. It happens. Not everyone is meant to be best friends. Lack of connection happens. Reply 1 22 ...

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Text - sweartyder • 13h Give one word answers. It's one way to show you're not intrested in talking.

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Text - jman857 • 13h It depends on the situation. If you are doing something and someone is talking to you, just say; "I'm sorry but I'm a bit busy right now. How about we continue this conversation in a bit?". Then at that point just don't engage them any further and if they ask you anything about it, just admit you forgot. More likely than not they won't call you out on it or try to find you again to continue the conversation as more likely than not, the conversation was only good because it w

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Worst Scammer The World's Ever Seen


I mean, this is just pathetic. The only thing worse than a scammer who is already wasting your time is a completely clueless and lazy scammer. 

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Text - Karlee Grey Active just now K Ohhh my God I just got this new phone and it used an amazon card to upgrade it and I have not got that to get it recharge on it so that I can make video call on this phone How I wish for me to see you What... Literally every phone on earth has a camera attached to it. That's some laughable bullshit right there Michael.

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Text - K Yes I know that is every phone that got a camera But what I'm trying to tell you is that I need to see an amazon card on my phone so that you can see me Try to get me Fuck offfffffff НАНАНАНАНАНАНАНАНАНА K What did you mean Send me money. You need to pay me to vid call you. I should send you monev for video call V2 new messages K

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Text - K Why should I do that The same reason why you think I should K That is what I'm telling you You did not understand me I did not ask you for money Just an Amazon voucher. That I have to pay for with money.

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Text - So... No fuck off K I'm just telling you that I need and amazon card to be able to do that because of the new phone I got with me No card on earth NEEDS AN AMAZON VOUCHER TO WORK THE CAMERA No phone K If I had the money to get the amazon card I would have get it There is many V2 new messages

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Text - You're literally the worst fucking scammer ive ever heard of :') K Go to the internet and search l'm very sure that you are gonna see many Stop that fucking shit of yours that you are referring me as "my phone needs an Amazon voucher to work THE FUCKING CAMERA" please pay for it. By the way, it's snowing here in Miami even though it's 25 degrees which is 77F." The worst scammer on earth? Why? I'm not lying haha What make is your phone that NEEDS an Amazon voucher to work the fucking camer

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Text - You tell me, I'm not googling the stupidest thing l've ever heard haha K That is how the phone process Go and search from the net You don't know and I'm telling you thay So if you don't trust me then leave me I don't want a hurting man

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Text - I ain't hurting, apart from my sides. This is the funniest shit l've ever heard in my life!! K Okay Then I'm out of this shit Oh no. How ever will I survive not giving this randomer on the internet an Amazon card so that their ghetto ass phone can operate the camera. Maybe want to rethink your strategy haha

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Text - K If you like I don't need your money I'm loving this, thank you so much for this enjoyment hahahaha Really? Suuuuuuuurre K I'm just telling you what I need on my phone to make the video Yeah Yeah but. You don't, I'm sorry but you're hilariously shit Your scamming tactic is about as useful as a handbrake on a shark.

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Friday, July 10, 2020

Golden Bloopers From Between Two Ferns


This is almost better than the show. 

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Man Contacts International Space Station With Ham Radio


Imagine being on the receiving end of this message while you were busy cruising through space. 

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Jonathan Frakes Asking Nonstop Questions


Jonathan Frakes aka Riker from "Star Trek: The Next Generation" also notably hosted the show "Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction." For those not in the know, the show presented stories that you had to guess were real or not. However, with all these intros cut together like this, Frakes just sounds like a bored child in the back of a car.

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Scottish Man Applies to Job in Wrong Edinburgh


People are people and we make mistakes. Here's a dude who thought he was applying to a job in his own city, but low and behold, the listing was extremely easy to misread. For some more mix-ups, here's a guy who thought a date was a job interview and here's a woman who thought an office was a dog sitting company for months.

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Nostalgic 90s Flashbacks


Ah, yes, sweet nostalgia. The fact that we don't have to get off the computer (internet) anymore while people are using the phone is a true blessing. Or how about not having to type in "www" because the browser was incapable of guessing it? Sometimes, change is a good and welcomed thing. 

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Text - Eva+ @evaamichelle There was a computer room in my house Matt O @mattwhitlockPM Without revealing your actual age, what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand? 11/28/17, 12:28

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Photo caption - cabbagecatmemes People in 2002 when unlimited minutes kicked in after 9PM

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Text - Jodee Jo @speedyjo_ Retweet if you remember using these as a kid. e @will_ent Hououin Kyöma @Santa_Claude Ireally thought I deserved a degree in mechanical engineering after plugging these in

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Disposable camera - KIDS TODAY WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT ITWAS LIKE TO TAKE ATON OF PICTURES Kodak Hebel AND HAVE TO WAITAWEEKTO FIND OUT THEY WERE USELESS 090smadness

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Text - Felicity @FlossAus I feel sorry for Netflix era kids. They will never know the high stakes adrenaline of running to the bathroom/fridge/ bedroom in a single ad break, with the beckoning call of a sibling screaming "It's ONNNNNN" to send you hurdling over furniture to get back in time.

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Mobile phone - 126/3 OMG LOL KWL. G2G SOZ. TTYL. LU TB Options Clear 1 . def 3 4 ghi 7 pars

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Ipod - Landon @ldk1294 Follow Remember that time when you had to carry both your iPod and your phone bc you didn't have a smart phone yet. MENU

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Cd/dvd organizer

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Electronic device - GET OFF THE INTERNET O NEED TO USE THE PHONE

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Vehicle door - I wonder how long it will take before people no longer know why we say "roll the window down"

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Text - ps://www. pawer UP! @blonde_kars Follow do you remember when we had to type the www before any url or it wouldn't work like we were animals?

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Text - 0% of the Internet downloaded Saving: theinternet.zip from the Internet Estimated time left: 4,381 years 14kb of 23,993,564,998 MB co Download to: Transfer rate: CDluadstheinternet.zip 41.2 KB/Sec M Close this dialog box when download completes Open

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Text - Cesar Orquiz Follow @monkaaaay When you're tryna record a song for your ringtone but someone starts talking too loud

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Text - Pottsy Follow @PickNotts I remember the days where you had to go into a gas station to ask for directions 12:38 PM- 6 Sep 2016 from Georgia, USA

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Text - Tweather 3 DAY FORECAST Monday Tuesday Wednesday 62/77 66 79 2 00 AM Lancefot Link, Jackson 5 8 Land of the Lost Throw Momma from the South Park 64 77 1255.44 100 AM 130 AM 15 TVLAND Secret Chimp 17 Train [1987) Billy Crystal. 18 KSCI Paid Program Paid Program Paid Program

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Text - TRILLIONAIRE S @maltyhops in the 90's you could say "ex-squeeze me" instead of "excuse me" and get a laugh. shit was wild

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