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Image: Skeletor holding up a relatively huge 80s/90s cell phone with an aquatic mutant character name Mer-Man behind him.

Caption: Start every phone call with "my phone is about to die" that way you can hang up on them whenever you want to.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Make sure to turn it off so it doesn't ring when they try and call you back

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Airplane mode should be more than enough to achieve that.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just permanently block their number to avoid having the problem ever again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I also change the contact name. I change it to a code I can figure out. That way, when I see the name, it doesn't trigger the emotional displeasure of thinking about them. I also put a 'z' in front of their name so it is listed all the way at the bottom, making it so I barely every see it anyway.