lukesci, zephyr mageJan 11, 2020
Ellie

TIL that in the US, you can get advertisers to stop sending you physical mail by telling the post office "that you, *in your own discretion*, believe [the advertisements] to be 'erotically arousing or sexually provocative.'" (Emphasis mine.)

USPS and the advertiser are not legally allowed to contest this.

So if you tell them that CreditOne mailings just make you *too horny*...

https://about.usps.com/publications/pub307/welcome.htm

Publication 307 - Stop Unsolicited Sexually Oriented Advertisements in Your Mail

Jan 10, 2020 at 10:22pmWeb
Show threadvx. redgrave, maid of mindJan 10, 2020
@noelle i'm sorry but coupons and savings are just too hot. please never tempt me with redplum again
Show threadEllieJan 10, 2020
@KitRedgrave they don't call it *junk* mail for nothin'
Show threadRen - Moved to chitter.xyzJan 10, 2020
@noelle @KitRedgrave shuffling up in an overcoat and a wide brimmed hat pulled low to hide my features, furtively browsing the magazines for their coupon sections, sweating profusely
Show threadAthena's old accountJan 10, 2020
@noelle I knew this but for some reason I never considered actually doing it.
Show thread🖨️🦊💻Maddie📚🦊🍵Jan 10, 2020
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Show threadGreyJan 10, 2020
@noelle ooooooooh
Show threadPops has moved instances!!!Jan 10, 2020
@noelle #OurCheats
Show threadiliana (quiet main)Jan 10, 2020

@noelle this sounds like an effective way to get most of your mail misdelivered by a carrier

(I hate how much discretion mail carriers have in not delivering mail)

Show threadtoxicodendron radicansJan 11, 2020
@noelle i just have this thing with variable interest rates STOP KINKSHAMING ME
Show threadkOctoJan 11, 2020
@noelle Why is america like this? In germany you can just put a *no advertisements* sticker on your mailbox. And if you still receive ads you can go to court.
Show threadEarthling of the RhineJan 11, 2020
@kOcto @noelle In the US corporations have legally been declared "persons" and their political donations "free speech". So they pretty much have free reign over our psyche and political system. It's possible that they'll also privatise the postal service; they've been trying for years. One way they're destroying it is legally requiring it to pay for itself, so if not for paid junk mail and Amazon shipments it would collapse.
Show threadRobertJan 11, 2020
@amikigu @kOcto @noelle yeah that's the biggest thing about our post office, the junk mail is vital to keeping the service running (which is actually pretty damn great for personal mail) so it's a necessary evil in the face of Republicans trying to destroy it
Show threadRobertJan 11, 2020
@amikigu @kOcto @noelle and of course the repubs have two major reasons for wanting the USPS dead, not only is it dangerous to their dogma that government services can never be useful, it also has historically been one of the most reliable career paths out of poverty for PoC
Show threadCyber InsectJan 11, 2020
@kOcto @noelle FREE DUMB. We're FREE to be DUMB.