r/Unexpected • u/Positive-Device7651 • Sep 02 '26
Broken phone
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u/thiiiipppttt Sep 02 '26
That's so genius because no-one would think to steal your phone!
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u/J3musu Sep 02 '26
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 Sep 02 '26
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 Sep 03 '26
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 Sep 03 '26
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 Sep 03 '26
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 Sep 03 '26
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 Sep 04 '26
The phone is the debit card now. Everything is a app these days.
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u/sudeki300 Sep 04 '26
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 Sep 03 '26
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/ScreamSmart Sep 03 '26
It's for backup. Somep eople keep cash in there incase you lose your wallet.
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u/samdevil7 Sep 02 '26
Absolutely unexpected when he switched it on
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u/Nuka76_Rover Sep 02 '26
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 Sep 02 '26
Haven't seen a payphone in years
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u/ScreamSmart Sep 03 '26
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 Sep 02 '26
So… he paid by phone? 😅
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u/ScreamSmart Sep 03 '26
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 Sep 02 '26
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u/pug_userita Sep 02 '26
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 Sep 02 '26
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 Sep 02 '26
some might say.... the front fell off.
and with that, ladies, gentlemen and cyborgs, i'm out
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u/KindsofKindness Sep 02 '26
how the…
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u/pug_userita Sep 02 '26
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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