▲ 908 ▼ My ex wants me back (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by Emerald@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 137 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] TuEstUnePommeDeTerre@midwest.social 103 points 2 years ago* (2 children) You can attempt to opt-out, but this kind of thing should be illegal in the first place. https://www.spectrum.com/policies/your-privacy-rights-opt-out permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Emerald@lemmy.world [S] 50 points 2 years ago (2 children) I could opt out but i'm building a collection at this point permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 27 points 2 years ago (1 child) This is the best thing to do. Let them waste their money on printed, mailed ads, and use it to taunt them on the internet and expose how they badger and milk their cattle customers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not very environmentally friendly. I just send it all back, then they need to waste space and personnel on sorting their own junk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnculturedSwine@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I feel this is the most environmentally friendly thing to do in my experience because it was the only thing that stopped me from being spammed by Comcast, former house owners, etc. it's amazing how quick businesses will stop sending you junk mail when you start sending it back. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago chad permalink fedilink source parent [–] moup@lemm.ee 26 points 2 years ago (2 children) lol, I’ve done this, multiple times. the only thing that has changed was that my name was replaced by “Residential Consumer” for the subsequent spam. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DrQuickbeam@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) Yup, and in my case they started sending door-to-door salespeople. They're spending all the money to kill Google Fiber where I'm at. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] EyesInTheBoat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Which only works if you have a product that doesn't suck. They should spend more money building their network out so it isn't 2002-era DSL oversubscribed 😂 permalink fedilink source parent [–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago Oh, is that how I triggered that? It was like having a clingy boyfriend for a while. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago This shouldn’t have made me laugh so much. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Emerald@lemmy.world [S] 50 points 2 years ago (2 children) I could opt out but i'm building a collection at this point permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 27 points 2 years ago (1 child) This is the best thing to do. Let them waste their money on printed, mailed ads, and use it to taunt them on the internet and expose how they badger and milk their cattle customers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not very environmentally friendly. I just send it all back, then they need to waste space and personnel on sorting their own junk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnculturedSwine@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I feel this is the most environmentally friendly thing to do in my experience because it was the only thing that stopped me from being spammed by Comcast, former house owners, etc. it's amazing how quick businesses will stop sending you junk mail when you start sending it back. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago chad permalink fedilink source parent
[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 27 points 2 years ago (1 child) This is the best thing to do. Let them waste their money on printed, mailed ads, and use it to taunt them on the internet and expose how they badger and milk their cattle customers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not very environmentally friendly. I just send it all back, then they need to waste space and personnel on sorting their own junk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnculturedSwine@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I feel this is the most environmentally friendly thing to do in my experience because it was the only thing that stopped me from being spammed by Comcast, former house owners, etc. it's amazing how quick businesses will stop sending you junk mail when you start sending it back. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not very environmentally friendly. I just send it all back, then they need to waste space and personnel on sorting their own junk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnculturedSwine@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I feel this is the most environmentally friendly thing to do in my experience because it was the only thing that stopped me from being spammed by Comcast, former house owners, etc. it's amazing how quick businesses will stop sending you junk mail when you start sending it back. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnculturedSwine@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I feel this is the most environmentally friendly thing to do in my experience because it was the only thing that stopped me from being spammed by Comcast, former house owners, etc. it's amazing how quick businesses will stop sending you junk mail when you start sending it back. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] moup@lemm.ee 26 points 2 years ago (2 children) lol, I’ve done this, multiple times. the only thing that has changed was that my name was replaced by “Residential Consumer” for the subsequent spam. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DrQuickbeam@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) Yup, and in my case they started sending door-to-door salespeople. They're spending all the money to kill Google Fiber where I'm at. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] EyesInTheBoat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Which only works if you have a product that doesn't suck. They should spend more money building their network out so it isn't 2002-era DSL oversubscribed 😂 permalink fedilink source parent [–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago Oh, is that how I triggered that? It was like having a clingy boyfriend for a while. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago This shouldn’t have made me laugh so much. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DrQuickbeam@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) Yup, and in my case they started sending door-to-door salespeople. They're spending all the money to kill Google Fiber where I'm at. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] EyesInTheBoat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Which only works if you have a product that doesn't suck. They should spend more money building their network out so it isn't 2002-era DSL oversubscribed 😂 permalink fedilink source parent [–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago Oh, is that how I triggered that? It was like having a clingy boyfriend for a while. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EyesInTheBoat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Which only works if you have a product that doesn't suck. They should spend more money building their network out so it isn't 2002-era DSL oversubscribed 😂 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago Oh, is that how I triggered that? It was like having a clingy boyfriend for a while. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago This shouldn’t have made me laugh so much. permalink fedilink source parent
