The Problems of Too Much Information Sharing
Funny. Fake, but funny.
Edited to add (2/3): The rest of the story.
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Natanael L • February 3, 2012 3:25 PM
Are you trolling us right now? 😉
Unless this was meant as an illustration of a diversion, of course. :p
Adrian Petrescu • February 3, 2012 3:29 PM
It’s fake in the sense that the Cat Facts guy was pulling a prank on his cousin. The victim’s reaction is genuine, though. He wasn’t let in on the joke until the guy posted the exchange all over Reddit.
bcs • February 3, 2012 3:40 PM
If that happened to me, I be thinking of looking up theses guys:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2011/12/tying_up_phone.html
david dd • February 3, 2012 5:40 PM
is friday, collecting ip addresses of your visitor day?
Lisa • February 3, 2012 10:28 PM
Priceless! Now I have a April fools plan against my co-workers. (Evil grin!)
leo • February 4, 2012 2:19 PM
I love that you ended your post with the usual:
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Anton • February 4, 2012 4:42 PM
Reminds me of the trick of diverting sales calls to a recording the goes “…. aha interesting, can you explain that again…” or “…. I don’t understand, won’t that mean I’ll be out of pocket…” etc., and then watch the guy go mad on the other end.
Figureitout • February 5, 2012 12:22 AM
One of the “redditors” made note of the 3 perfect regurgitations of gibberish to stop the texts..Those were the funniest parts
Winston Smith • February 6, 2012 1:21 PM
Reminds me of Monty Python and the Holy Grail– the 3 questions on the bridge.
Nick N • February 6, 2012 11:32 PM
“One of the “redditors” made note of the 3 perfect regurgitations of gibberish to stop the texts..Those were the funniest parts”
You know smartphones have copy and paste now, right?
LinkTheValiant • February 7, 2012 8:38 AM
You know smartphones have copy and paste now, right?
Never know, that particular Redditor might be one of the few people like me who still clings to a non-smart phone. Not that he or I will have that option much longer. . .
Joe • February 9, 2012 9:34 PM
Just Google “it’s Lenny” for how to deal with those telesales calls.
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Doug • February 3, 2012 3:07 PM
Source:
http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/owx3v/so_my_little_cousin_posted_on_fb_that_he_was/