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37. I scanned a QR code to watch a movie

Thu Apr 10, 2025, 12:33 PM

Apr 2025

and immediately got porn on my phone and a text from my credit card asking if I'd authorized a charge that was more than the posted cost of the movie (Anora). Had to cancel the credit card, which was also the one with all my auto charging. So I had to notify all those creditors of the new credit card number.
I will NEVER scan a QR code to purchase anything ever again.

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"I've had all I can stands, I can't stands no more." -Popeye The Sailor Man [View all] JohnnyRingo Apr 2025 OP

K and R a thousand times. Diamond_Dog Apr 2025 #1

Sounds like a manifesto. One that I completely agree with. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2025 #2

YES. YES. YES. My feelings exactly. brush Apr 2025 #3

Preach! RoadRunner Apr 2025 #4

I could not possibly agree with you more. I also don't want to listen to 15 minutes of your LoisB Apr 2025 #5

THIS! ShazzieB Apr 2025 #24

Most of the time, cab67 Apr 2025 #39

I have encountered that too and they do their LoisB Apr 2025 #44

If it gets annoying I start cursing but that doesn't always help with robots IbogaProject Apr 2025 #73

LOL. No, it doesn't. I do the same. LoisB Apr 2025 #74

I regularly cuss out the automated attendants. SheltieLover Apr 2025 #76

I have heard that our voices are being recorded even on 'ignore'. Prairie_Seagull Apr 2025 #94

Oh I'm sure! SheltieLover Apr 2025 #95

If I had a nickle for every time... Prairie_Seagull Apr 2025 #96

My mother used to call the auto-voice "That woman who won't let me talk to anyone" yellowdogintexas Apr 2025 #86

I called my state's medical marijuana 'department' yesterday NH Ethylene Apr 2025 #92

I could not have said it better UpInArms Apr 2025 #6

Well said SheltieLover Apr 2025 #7

Any website that requires an email address is an automatic "no" for me. ShazzieB Apr 2025 #29

It is a constant assault on our senses, imo SheltieLover Apr 2025 #30

blah@duh.com is the fake email address I use. Surprisingly, it works like 99% of the time. n/t aggiesal Apr 2025 #52

Oh MAN!!! Your last complaint!!! calimary Apr 2025 #56

Now hold on a minute.... TommyT139 Apr 2025 #40

i set up an email address to use for that garbage moonshinegnomie Apr 2025 #60

I did the same, wish i'd done it earlier FoxNewsSucks Apr 2025 #69

Hear, Hear! ybbor Apr 2025 #8

You nailed it with a sledge hammer! Uncle Joe Apr 2025 #9

10-4! Bo Zarts Apr 2025 #10

Amen! OldSWODog Apr 2025 #11

Agree 100% Sick of all the baloney! n/t Paper Roses Apr 2025 #12

You will be assimilated and your biological diversity will be added to our own! Ray Bruns Apr 2025 #13

We have all found ourselves here. I feel included! dchill Apr 2025 #14

Your post speaks for me as well Wild blueberry Apr 2025 #15

His phone DownriverDem Apr 2025 #16

enoguth is too much. AllaN01Bear Apr 2025 #17

i do about 80% of all that. barbtries Apr 2025 #18

KnR! Spot on n/t iluvtennis Apr 2025 #19

Had to connect my fridge to wifi - hauckeye Apr 2025 #20

... Solly Mack Apr 2025 #21

"Luddites Unite!" sop Apr 2025 #22

Hear, hear! KPN Apr 2025 #23

I had to scan a qr code to validate a warranty on my new W & D and also sign on to the wifi to use the w&d peacebuzzard Apr 2025 #25

I scanned a QR code to watch a movie mnhtnbb Apr 2025 #37

Those qr codes are frustrating peacebuzzard Apr 2025 #67

That really resonates. I'm going to chug a can of spinach and read The Book of Luddite. I can be reached by smoke signal Evolve Dammit Apr 2025 #26

Lol a million times! mwmisses4289 Apr 2025 #51

It worked for centuries. My wife says I need a horse, stone tablet and chisel. Not disagreeing. The tech overload is Evolve Dammit Apr 2025 #77

Digital coupons at the grocery store crud Apr 2025 #27

And Kroger's digital coupons that even staff can't tell customers how to find SheltieLover Apr 2025 #31

Giant supermarkets have a decent app & I far prefer digital Dark n Stormy Knight Apr 2025 #57

Yes yes yes 👍 I totally agree with you. TommieMommy Apr 2025 #28

I agree with most of these (although I have not encountered them all). ShazzieB Apr 2025 #32

My medical insurance company told me to download their app. ... aggiesal Apr 2025 #53

I don't know if this just me or something I did on my iphone Tadpole Raisin Apr 2025 #79

best recent thing I did was to buy a new iPad peacebuzzard Apr 2025 #89

I've been in IT for over 30 years angrychair Apr 2025 #33

Pleased to be the 100th rec! mnhtnbb Apr 2025 #34

1000% spot on!! Can I add another one? the nelm Apr 2025 #35

Oh, yes! Doodles Apr 2025 #36

LOVE this post birdographer Apr 2025 #38

"I would love to be able to understand the person on the other end..." Wednesdays Apr 2025 #46

...and they always have an Americanized name. JohnnyRingo Apr 2025 #63

sex! kiri Apr 2025 #84

YES YES YES! Wicked Blue Apr 2025 #41

Enough is enough and enough is too damned much! Dorothy V Apr 2025 #42

It's a great rant, posted in OPs twice back in February. But it's from a RWer who adores Trump and Musk. highplainsdem Apr 2025 #43

I don't know who the author is. JohnnyRingo Apr 2025 #64

Glad to see that I'm not the only one who's had enough. Borogove Apr 2025 #45

I'm sick of all the damn spam I get every day. Initech Apr 2025 #47

Right on Jughead Apr 2025 #48

No, I don't want to download your store app to get 10% off digital coupon, on your product ... aggiesal Apr 2025 #49

thats why i wont donate to candidates any more moonshinegnomie Apr 2025 #59

I don't donate to large organizations any more, because I don't know where the money is going ... aggiesal Apr 2025 #61

It is the freaking advertisers. love_katz Apr 2025 #50

The Unabomber is a reprehensible mass murderer, so very wrong about many things, but... LudwigPastorius Apr 2025 #54

Thanks Marvin Jones Apr 2025 #55

i dealt with this just a few days ago moonshinegnomie Apr 2025 #58

I feel your pain NCgayguy Apr 2025 #62

welcome to DU NCgayguy peacebuzzard Apr 2025 #66

Hi NCgayguy mnhtnbb Apr 2025 #72

I always try to use a fake email address if it will work. eppur_se_muova Apr 2025 #65

I don't need $500 worth of tire pressure sensors to tell me I need air... Number9Dream Apr 2025 #68

For a second I thought you were singing my song soldierant Apr 2025 #70

I'm with you. I'm dreading buying a new car Hassler Apr 2025 #71

100% MrChuck Apr 2025 #75

Kicking again SheltieLover Apr 2025 #78

"I've had all..." Dave Id Apr 2025 #80

Any kind of cellphone. I've had 3. I'm old and retired. Leave me alone. CTyankee Apr 2025 #81

Oh JohnnyRingo MuseRider Apr 2025 #82

Totally agree keepthemhonestO Apr 2025 #83

AMEN! Hekate Apr 2025 #85

embrace your luddite ways. hell. i have a vintage stove top coffee pot. makes good drip coffee. pansypoo53219 Apr 2025 #87

Thank you, JohnnyRingo. I used some of your thoughts to write a "flash fiction" piece. Bumbles Apr 2025 #88

Hey, bumbles. You need to give general read access to this document erronis Apr 2025 #98

Thank you, erronis. I'm still a newby. I hope this works. Bumbles Apr 2025 #100

Looks good. Love your writing! erronis Apr 2025 #101

Thank you, erronis. I love writing. Bumbles Apr 2025 #102

I feel the frustration.. it's maddening mountain grammy Apr 2025 #90

I can't 'rec' this post enough. NH Ethylene Apr 2025 #91

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I've never heard of that happening JohnnyRingo Apr 2025 #97

I took that as deliciously ironic. RandomNumbers Apr 2025 #99