▲ 771 ▼ Etiquette dictated you covered the receiver and yelled very loudly for who it was for (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 months ago by Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world 127 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago (1 child) That's not a prank. That could ruin someone's life. What if some relative was dying and the victim didn't find out because you cut their phone line? What if they needed to call 000(911) in an emergency? I wouldn't see this as a joke, man. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jaaake@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago I mean, this is some pretty hardcore catastrophizing. You're absolutely right, both of those scenarios are possible, but incredibly unlikely. At the time and place this happened, it was pretty common for phone lines to be busy or unavailable, they would call back with important news. People also knew and interacted with their neighbors, who would help if they heard someone shouting. Most pranks aren't things that make you laugh, they're mostly teenagers being pieces of shit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jaaake@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago I mean, this is some pretty hardcore catastrophizing. You're absolutely right, both of those scenarios are possible, but incredibly unlikely. At the time and place this happened, it was pretty common for phone lines to be busy or unavailable, they would call back with important news. People also knew and interacted with their neighbors, who would help if they heard someone shouting. Most pranks aren't things that make you laugh, they're mostly teenagers being pieces of shit. permalink fedilink source parent
