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January 4, 2006 12:31 PM   Subscribe

I just got an anti-gay robot phone call.
No, they're not against gay robots, but maybe you get my gist... Anyhow, a quick Google search on the phrase they kept repeating ("national campaign to stop same sex marriage") revealed that if one were to punch "1" during the call ("if you are against gay marriage, push 1..."), you are taken to a live operator who tells you that AT&T and MCI are kiddie porn providers, and try to sell you a telephone plan with their "Christian" phone service.
posted by jpburns (71 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: posted previously



 
"do not call list"... might want to give that a try!
posted by HuronBob at 12:33 PM on January 4, 2006


I'm on the list, and just filed a complaint...
posted by jpburns at 12:35 PM on January 4, 2006


Why does this sound so familiar?
posted by StickyCarpet at 12:36 PM on January 4, 2006


Why does this sound so familiar

Are you pro-Gay Robot, StickyCarpet?
posted by thanotopsis at 12:39 PM on January 4, 2006


Mirman link, previously on MeFi
posted by rxrfrx at 12:39 PM on January 4, 2006


Quadruple post.
posted by ereshkigal45 at 12:39 PM on January 4, 2006


I know you're gay because you didn't push "1" during the call...
posted by junkbox at 12:39 PM on January 4, 2006


Sorry.

And I'm usually the first to pile on double-posters... I was just too incensed to properly search for duplicates...

Mea Culpa...

Please delete this...
posted by jpburns at 12:42 PM on January 4, 2006


... and no, I didn't push 1, but it was because I wanted to figure out what goofballs were calling me...
posted by jpburns at 12:44 PM on January 4, 2006


Christian phone service? Is that just for priests to get off or can non-believers use it too?

Oh, you mean its not a sex phone service? Then what's the point?

My standard response is that I do not accept any phone solicitations at all. Not from the Handicapped Cousins of Retired Sheriff's or from the Firefighters with Dyslexia Fund.

Wouldn't you be more "gay" if you pushed in #2? Hehehe. Sorry. That was unavoidable.
posted by fenriq at 12:44 PM on January 4, 2006


Well I missed it before. Bizarre.
posted by Acey at 12:46 PM on January 4, 2006


"Wouldn't you be more "gay" if you pushed in #2?"

You made me laugh out loud, and I'm considering rolling on the floor whilst laughing...
posted by jpburns at 12:47 PM on January 4, 2006


Thanks, jpburns! I made myself laugh too!
posted by fenriq at 12:49 PM on January 4, 2006


Quadruple posts are okay if it helps destroy the gays.
posted by xmutex at 12:49 PM on January 4, 2006


Adam Sandler's "The Gay Robot Groove."
posted by ericb at 12:50 PM on January 4, 2006


while i couldn't find them refer to it on their website, the wikipedia article quotes them as being against "hardcore child pornography." quite the strange construction... what, soft-core child porn is fine?
posted by RedEmma at 12:51 PM on January 4, 2006


Speaking personally, I think all robots should be designed gay. I certainly don't want some damn android hitting on my woman.
posted by selfnoise at 12:52 PM on January 4, 2006


My take on the matter. It's how GOD intended.
posted by cmonkey at 12:53 PM on January 4, 2006


Cmonkey, can I get that on a t-shirt?
posted by selfnoise at 12:55 PM on January 4, 2006


FOX News' parent, News Corporation sells pornography. Where's the outrage!?!?
posted by nofundy at 1:01 PM on January 4, 2006




or rather, this war with the robots.
posted by well_balanced at 1:05 PM on January 4, 2006


Speaking personally, I think all robots should be designed gay. I certainly don't want some damn android hitting on my woman.

What? So only the chick robots would be hitting on your lady . . .

Wwwaaaiiittttt. I think I see where you are headed with this. Good call.
posted by Rawhide at 1:09 PM on January 4, 2006


Gay robots are the reason why terrorists attack us.
posted by secret about box at 1:09 PM on January 4, 2006


People using manipulative methods to get you to buy something?

WTF?

STOP THE PRESSES!!!!!
posted by HTuttle at 1:11 PM on January 4, 2006



posted by notmydesk at 1:13 PM on January 4, 2006


what, soft-core child porn is fine?

I think the distinction is made because, like a JCPenney's catalog, some non-intentional stuff could be considered soft-core, no?
posted by NationalKato at 1:14 PM on January 4, 2006


i'm back from vacation everyone, where all i could think about was the last comment before deletion of this post
posted by poppo at 1:23 PM on January 4, 2006


This would be a great entry for you blog, no?

Anyway christian-based loan companies are even less morally valid and/ or funnier.
posted by milovoo at 1:27 PM on January 4, 2006


It doesn't look like anyone is playing, poppo.

Oh, wait...
posted by ereshkigal45 at 1:27 PM on January 4, 2006


Here's a recording of one of their BS calls: http://www.eugenemirman.com/audio/Anti_Gay_Phone_Company_I.mp3
posted by FleshJoe at 1:28 PM on January 4, 2006


oh the great thing about this game is you are playing whether you want to or not
posted by poppo at 1:29 PM on January 4, 2006


Can't we extend this thread's lifespan for the sake of the robots? Won't anyone think of the gay robots?!
posted by NationalKato at 1:29 PM on January 4, 2006


Sorry that didnt work... Lemme try again:

here
posted by FleshJoe at 1:29 PM on January 4, 2006


i would love to win this damn thing but i can't bear to sit in my fucking cubicle one minute longer today, i'm outta here
posted by poppo at 1:30 PM on January 4, 2006


Slacker.
posted by ereshkigal45 at 1:34 PM on January 4, 2006


YAY, this one is super hilarious! The Fist Of God! YEAH!!!!!
posted by FleshJoe at 1:34 PM on January 4, 2006


God fists?
posted by ereshkigal45 at 1:37 PM on January 4, 2006


I have been thinking about getting in on the 'last post' game. I posted to this thread this morning hoping that I would get it, but there were several after me, most of them calling for poppo to come in and flex his 'last post' muscle. Well, this is officially my entry into the 'last post' game. Here it is. My fingers are crossed.
posted by ND¢ at 1:38 PM on January 4, 2006


I don't think I really care about the last post, yet here I am. A mark of how desperately bored how I am, I suppose.
posted by ereshkigal45 at 1:47 PM on January 4, 2006


Can I make my first post a last post?

(crosses fingers)
posted by rollbiz at 1:55 PM on January 4, 2006


Don't care about last post, but maybe before this ends someone should mention that posting while "too incensed to properly search for duplicates" might be something to keep an eye on. Although the gay robots link was nice to see again, thanks.
posted by mediareport at 1:56 PM on January 4, 2006


Can we stop this last post BS and stay on topic? PLEASE?
posted by FleshJoe at 2:00 PM on January 4, 2006


If we're appealing to sentiment, rollbiz, this would be my first last post too.
posted by ereshkigal45 at 2:02 PM on January 4, 2006


.


Oh, sorry, I heard a rumor that the gay robot died.
posted by OhPuhLeez at 2:07 PM on January 4, 2006


No, see, that's the beauty of gay robots. They take a licking and keep on ticking.
posted by ereshkigal45 at 2:11 PM on January 4, 2006


Can you post their 800 number? I want to call and sell them a FleshLight :)

I wouldn't think they need it: they seem already to be fucking a lot of genuine cunts and asses...
posted by Skeptic at 2:12 PM on January 4, 2006


This is *definitely not* how to derail a double post thread. Please check some of the very famous examples in these threads.

So let's do that instead:

Gay robot haiku
Machine screws lovely machine
until rust do they part.
posted by zpousman at 2:13 PM on January 4, 2006


ereshkigal45: Rollbiz was saying that his previous post was his first post to Metafilter ever, and that it could also be a 'last post' before deletion of a double/triple post, whatever this is.

The fact that this is a double/triple post, FleshJoe, is why people (myself included) are not staying on topic (on preview: see haiku above).
posted by ND¢ at 2:16 PM on January 4, 2006


Softcore kiddie porn.
posted by PurplePorpoise at 2:18 PM on January 4, 2006


little gold Tweaky
homosexual robot
beedybeedybee
posted by ereshkigal45 at 2:20 PM on January 4, 2006


Does anyone think that we will get a Newsfilter: "Sharon had a stroke" post in the near future?
posted by ND¢ at 2:23 PM on January 4, 2006


Thanks for explaining what I failed to, ND¢. Seemed like this would be a good place to make my first smartass comment, since I've been a long time lurker and I know what some MeFites do to newbies who step outta line.

Todd...Lokken?
posted by rollbiz at 2:25 PM on January 4, 2006


Nah. We'll get a "Sharon had another stroke" post.
posted by ereshkigal45 at 2:25 PM on January 4, 2006


Asimov's last Law
Rules all of our steely friends
Don't ask, don't compute
posted by robocop is bleeding at 2:29 PM on January 4, 2006


Sharon has a stroke
This one is significant
Robots weren't involved

This is probably in poor taste.
posted by ND¢ at 2:36 PM on January 4, 2006


My phone service makes the baby Jesus cry? Oh, yes. Here it is...

And lo, though Moses did preach his voice unto them from afar, his phone service cost the wages of sin as it had offered partner benefits to its employees. The baby Jesus cried.
— Communications II, 3:17
posted by stevis at 2:50 PM on January 4, 2006


This gay robot...it vibrates?
posted by Smedleyman at 3:08 PM on January 4, 2006


so if the robot is gay, does that make it a pusher robot or a shover robot.

/confused
posted by quin at 3:15 PM on January 4, 2006


OMG gay robots
posted by Dr. Wu at 3:23 PM on January 4, 2006


cmonkey - i LOVE IT!
posted by glycolized at 3:36 PM on January 4, 2006


cmonkey: I love your graphic.

As for this company, I can't decide how I feel about them.

Positive:
They take money from proven assholes.
Negative:
In doing so, they may increase assholism.

I guess my take on their firm really depends on whether they actually increase assholism, or if they just increase the visibility of it.
posted by I Love Tacos at 3:55 PM on January 4, 2006


I for one salute our new gay robot overlords
posted by pieisexactlythree at 3:56 PM on January 4, 2006


Softcore Child Pornography. (Safe for Work)
posted by five fresh fish at 4:03 PM on January 4, 2006


And while hunting up a Jon-Benet link, I stumbled across a place called Child Supermodels dot com. It is not safe for work. It should be the sort of thing that has Child Protective Services getting involved.
posted by five fresh fish at 4:06 PM on January 4, 2006


I'd rather have this guy call me.
posted by Citizen Premier at 4:21 PM on January 4, 2006


fff, there was absolutely an fpp on that site and the company that runs it and others like it recently, but I am too lazy to search for it. Apparently they are exploiting legal loopholes with the assistance of totally clueless / ambivalent parents that willingly enlist their children.
posted by mek at 4:35 PM on January 4, 2006


I Love Tacos, increasing assholism and increasing the visibility of assholism are pretty much the same thing.
posted by fenriq at 4:45 PM on January 4, 2006


Five Fresh Fish thats not softcore child porn, thats non-nude tease :) Learn the distinctions, for gossake
posted by FleshJoe at 4:47 PM on January 4, 2006


AHAHHAHAHAHAAAA Sharon stroke post, you heard it here first. Someone here is PSYCHIC, I tell you.
posted by Hildegarde at 4:49 PM on January 4, 2006


Wouldn't you be more "gay" if you pushed in #2? Hehehe. Sorry. That was unavoidable. - posted by fenriq

Damn funny tho.

I like how child pornography is somehow associated with free speech or rather no filters on your system.

I talked to a guy at a fundy wedding one time (wow. was that ever fun) when asked if he ever gets on the internet said "I would never look at that filth."
I was quite taken aback. Since that question was more a prelude to talking about the hamster dance and other such 'net drolleries and not in fact beastiality, child porn, or in fact any kind of pornography at all. Subjects I tend to shy away from at weddings as a matter of course.

That seems to be the underlying schtick though. Somehow free and open communication leads to the absolute lowest forms of discourse.
posted by Smedleyman at 4:52 PM on January 4, 2006


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