Mike ShewardJun 17, 2025

Highlight of today's conversation with AT&T

Me: "we currently have an internet service with you, but I'm calling about a different service."

Them: "ok, do you have it with you now?"

Me: "have what?"

Them: "the internet service."

Me: "I have the account number yes."

Them: "No, not the account number, the internet."

Me: "Do I have the internet with me now?"

Them: "yes."

Me: "I don't understand."

Them, frustrated: "Can you physically touch the internet right now?"

Me: "What?"

Show thread9pfsJun 17, 2025
@SecureOwl how *does* one touch the internet?
Show threadMarcos DioneJun 18, 2025
@9pfs @SecureOwl I waa about to say " you finger it", but I don't think people would recognize such an obscure regerence and most probably thing or some sexual reference.
Show threadElena ``of Valhalla''Jun 18, 2025

@mdione you do realize you are on the fediverse, right? :D

(if there is any place where a significant minority of people are likely to recognize a reference to finger, I expect it to be :D )

@9pfs @SecureOwl

Show threadash Jun 18, 2025
@[email protected] @9pfs @SecureOwl @mdione I mean this place literally runs partially on a thing called WebFinger, which seems a clear reference even though it's only tangentially related to the old protocol
Show threadMarcos Dione
@darkphoenix @SecureOwl @valhalla @9pfs that I didn't know at all. I don't think I'll ever go down the fedi prtocol (whose name I completely forgot :)
Jun 18, 2025 at 10:48amWeb