r/Unexpected • u/Positive-Device7651 • 5d ago
Broken phone
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u/thiiiipppttt 5d ago
That's so genius because no-one would think to steal your phone!
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u/J3musu 5d ago
I remember getting one of those phone case wallets and promptly realizing how stupid it was. Oh good, now I can lose it all in one swipe. Why did I buy this?
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u/sudeki300 5d ago
This is my thinking, when I see people with their debit / credit card in the phone case, why would you keep it altogether. This is why I've never had a wallet, lose it and everything is lost.
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u/shortfinal 4d ago
I keep it all together to increase its importance and make sure it goes with me everywhere. it also forces me to make choices about what's important in my everyday and what's not. I carry what's important on me. I don't set it down. I don't walk away from it.
I know people who lose their most basic shit all the time, including phones, because they juggle a purse, phone, and a dozen other "I might need that while I'm out" no you don't. that's what your house is for: keeping all the other shit you use.
Last thing I lost was my keys, and only because I was out and took them off my hip at a friends house. I've lost my phone with my ID exactly zero times.
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u/sudeki300 4d ago
It's not about just losing your phone, its also about theft which can happen right out of your hand. Id rather keep things separate, but im glad it works for you.
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u/shortfinal 4d ago
That's true. I've had friends nodding off with their phone in their hand on the NY subway and I'm like. you want your shit yanked?
I'm vigilant about my surroundings, people coming up behind me, in tight places. this isn't hard in America, but Americans are lazy.
Hard mode is India. you'll cheat death to hop the subway and wear your backpack on your chest to keep your shit close.
they carry everything in one bag there too.
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u/sudeki300 4d ago
Totally understand what you're saying, don't keep nothing I don't want to lose in my bag, if they want a stale sandwich leftover from lunch they're welcome to it. Some people are oblivious to what is happening around them. Stay safe and look after yourself
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u/cleanbear 4d ago
The phone is the debit card now. Everything is a app these days.
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u/sudeki300 3d ago
Even so, people still carry their cards around in their phone case and have google pay / apple pay on their phone
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u/LemonKurry 5d ago
This is why I keep all my keys separate in different pockets! So I only loose one at the time
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u/samdevil7 5d ago
Absolutely unexpected when he switched it on
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u/Nuka76_Rover 5d ago
That screen was so crisp I actually had to double check if I was still watching the same video. Usually these posts end with something breaking, but this was actually impressive. Good bait.
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u/Ornery_Gate_6847 5d ago
Haven't seen a payphone in years
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u/ScreamSmart 5d ago
You got another pun out of it. It's originally a pun on a online payment app called 'PhonePe' which itself is a pun "On the phone" in Hindi and "Phone Pay" in English.
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u/marcandreewolf 5d ago
So… he paid by phone? 😅
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u/ScreamSmart 5d ago
It's a pun based on a payment app called 'PhonePe'. The Hindi translation is "On the phone" and in English it sounds like 'Phone Pay'
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u/plakkies 5d ago
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u/pug_userita 5d ago
probably changed the screen at some point, didn't apply new adhesive and decided to have fun with it. why not. it's all fun and games until they do this bit again and the screens flips out too much and rips the ribbon cable. shouldn't happen, but can happen
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u/pug_userita 5d ago
unless the screen is already missing or is peeling apart.
not that i would have any experience with that. it's not like i have a redmi note 8t with a missing filter thing near the lcd connector that i launched in the stratosphere somehow, so i can only use it with teamviewer. got no idea how to fix that. works perfectly fine otherwise
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u/pug_userita 5d ago
some might say.... the front fell off.
and with that, ladies, gentlemen and cyborgs, i'm out
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u/KindsofKindness 5d ago
how the…
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u/pug_userita 5d ago
no glue on the screen. it's connected at the bottom by a thin (and fragile) flat cable (aka ribbon cable) so it can flip like that
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