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		walrus01 on June 30, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FCC Closes Robocall Loophole one of the worst things you can do with them is engage and speak as a live human, even if all you're doing is taunting them, because then your number gets permanently marked as a live human in some grey/black market spam fuck's CSV file they sell to other people.

ses1984 on June 30, 2022 | [–]

It can't possibly result in more spam than I'm getting now.

behringer on July 1, 2022 | [–]

That's another line I like to give. "Looks like you got scammed into paying for my number!"

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