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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by BackOnMyBS to c/autism
 

Image: Skeletor holding up a relatively huge 80s/90s cell phone with an aquatic mutant character name Mer-Man behind him.

Caption: Start every phone call with "my phone is about to die" that way you can hang up on them whenever you want to.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How about starting the call by informing them they are dying. If they have questions just enforce your predictions to get out of the call.

[–] isles 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I think most people would understood them as such.

But when they realise it's already too late. They should have texted first.