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Wah, wah, wah....Verizanon whining about it's bottom line, as usual

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They've made offers for me to upgrade my phone which is still working fine for my useage of it, so I'm not.
Phone prices are also insane these days and that's for a device you MUST also make a monthly payment just to do anything with it.

So no, I'm riding this one to the end of the line and after that I may not worry about getting another one.
If I do, it not going to be a phone that's a grand or more because all I do is talk and text with mine - That's it.
I usually phones that are 3yrs old. I just got a s20+ 512gb for $180. In very good shape for 3yrs old.
 

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I'm very tempted to organize fundraisers for corporations. Just to see what would happen. The dream is to become some kind of celebrity and founding a non-profit org with the stated goal to donate money to telecoms, landlords and other scum just to see what would happen. It would be so much fun.

Isn't that just being an "influencer" with an extra step?
 
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I'm very tempted to organize fundraisers for corporations. Just to see what would happen. The dream is to become some kind of celebrity and founding a non-profit org with the stated goal to donate money to telecoms, landlords and other scum just to see what would happen. It would be so much fun.
Primary beneficiary: Nvidia. Running short of leather jackets.
 

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Isn't that just being an "influencer" with an extra step?

This is off topic, but honestly I have great respect for successful influencers. In some ways it's the purest form of salesmanship: They start with only themselves and from there build kingdoms.
 
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This is off topic, but honestly I have great respect for successful influencers. In some ways it's the purest form of salesmanship: They start with only themselves and from there build kingdoms.
Really they are just pitchmen no different than Billy Mays or the Shamwow Guy. The difference is the media is no longer pushed to the consumer (TV spots) but pulled by the consumer via social media like tiktok and instagram.
 
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I'm very tempted to organize fundraisers for corporations. Just to see what would happen. The dream is to become some kind of celebrity and founding a non-profit org with the stated goal to donate money to telecoms, landlords and other scum just to see what would happen. It would be so much fun.
Please let me know when this is ready, cause I will be donating $0.00000312 to each corp involved (as long as the donations are tax-deductible) what better way to revitalize the economy :D

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At first glance at the title, I got excited as I thought it was going to be about
 
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