burke_no_sleeps t1_iug7pp0 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:04 AM

I got a text from him, actually!

(his campaign team, you know, not the Man the Myth the Legend Malloy McEaglebonk)

CACAAAWWW VT https://imgur.com/gallery/OB7tjG7

edit: in the interest of political fairness I have to mention I've also seen Peter Welch pretend to hike and advertise for his dentist at least five times every single time I watch a YouTube video, every day, for the past month.

texmarie t1_iugdd45 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:49 AM

I got a text from his wife about how much she loves cops. Idek how they got my number

jujubeee t1_iuilw1o wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:40 PM

I got that text too and flagged it as spam

woburnite t1_iuheqpi wrote on October 31, 2022 at 10:53 AM

Not sure why but all my YT ads are for the NH race. I am on the border but I and my ISP are in VT.

CrispyApparition3568 t1_iui1y6x wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:24 PM

That's not so bad.... I get texts from NY, California, and VT.

My cell phone number I've had for years. I lived in Northern NY State, so I have a 518 area code. Then I lived in California for a couple years, and finally moved back East and settled in VT.

I just block all of them when I get texts. I'm sick of all of them. I feel 98.5% of politicians are just crappy people. And I absolutely hate the politicking that goes on and on, seemingly unstopping, just continuing on from one election year to the next.

obiwanjabroni420 t1_iui6e9o wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:55 PM

I get texts from every race in the country it seems like. My wife donated to Bernie during the last presidential election, and now I’m getting constant spam texts from every progressive democrat around the country asking me to donate and telling me it’s the “most important election ever”. I text back every single one to stop receiving texts, but they all come from different numbers so there’s no end to it. I really wish I knew how to take my number off whatever list it’s on, but I have a feeling that’s not possible.

CrispyApparition3568 t1_iuif4fe wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:55 PM

Yeah. I tried the reply with STOP, but it never works. As you said, they come from different, random numbers, sometimes repeats. Now I just block every single one if them, so at least I'm avoiding the repeats.

whaletacochamp t1_iuiyzno wrote on October 31, 2022 at 6:07 PM

My phone number is a number you would easily make up if trying to make a fake phone number. The result is that two people in VT use my number for all kinds of shit and I get all kinds of texts targeted at them. Well apparently someone in Minnesota has started using it too as well as PA because I get no fewer than 3 MN/PA political texts per day.

whaletacochamp t1_iuiyrvx wrote on October 31, 2022 at 6:05 PM

I had HughesNet for awhile - I would get all kinds of crazy ads. Mostly for Arizona candidates for whatever reason. Starlink is doing a bit better.