I’m rude to debt collectors who call me trying to collect debts from people who happen to once have had the same phone number as I once did. Like, I’m not who you’re trying to collect from, fuck off.

I’m also rude to generally any scam caller, they’re some of the few people I take great pleasure in telling off because I can get away with it. They’re scammy assholes, what’re they gonna do? Cry to the authorities? Knowing that they’re pieces of shit who scam people out of money? Good fucking luck.

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    If a JW approaches, just politely tell them you’re an apostate, and they’ll leave you alone.

    Those people are genuinely brain washed into believing they are going save your life if they convert you.

    If you tell them you’re an apostate, you’re telling them you’re ex JW, and you’ve been exiled, so they’ll turn around and refuse to talk to you. I say be polite because they’re just humans trying to “save your life”

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      The apostate thing won’t always work. It requires a couple of steps. The terminology you want to use is to say “I’m DF’d” or “I’m disfellowshipped”. That means they are not actually allowed to talk to you. They won’t even say okay, they just leave. Works 100% of the time IME.

      Source: I’m disfellowshipped.

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      It sounds like it would work, im unshure if thats the safest or least safe way of convincing them to leave you alone. depends on if they think your a lost cause, a satan warshipper or re saveable

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      I’ve done that actually. It’s only been 2 months since that encounter but here’s hoping.