1988RedT2
1988RedT2 MegaDork
11/8/19 8:47 a.m.

My wife got one from me.  Apparently not delivered on Valentine's Day.  Received at 3 am.  Weird.

https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/07/old-text-message-glitch/

NickD
NickD PowerDork
11/8/19 9:00 a.m.

I was talking about it in the Minor Rants thread. Yes, I got a very bewildering couple texts from my ex-girlfriend who I haven't seen or spoken to in about 7 or 8 months. And she got one from me, along with me "Did you mean to send me this?" "What are you getting at?" It made me feel like I had lost my grip on sanity when she sends me the screenshot of her phone with a bunch of texts from me (including one I didn't send) and no texts sent from her. Thanks, phone companies, for twisting that knife a little deeper.

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 MegaDork
11/8/19 9:37 a.m.

Yeah, I've heard it's pretty widespread, across all major carriers.  It's been especially unsettling for those who received texts from people that are, well, dead.  Imagine that.

ebonyandivory
ebonyandivory PowerDork
11/8/19 9:55 a.m.

Wife got one from one of our kids' teachers.

ebonyandivory
ebonyandivory PowerDork
11/8/19 9:56 a.m.
1988RedT2 said:

Yeah, I've heard it's pretty widespread, across all major carriers.  It's been especially unsettling for those who received texts from people that are, well, dead.  Imagine that.

I'm aware of several people this has happened to.

Kingkong
Kingkong New Reader
11/8/19 10:19 a.m.

I got one at 1am but I think it was in reply to a text from back in August

poopshovel again
poopshovel again MegaDork
11/8/19 10:23 a.m.

I'm 100% serious when I say the one I received at 4am said:

"I don't really want you to urinate on me, btw."

Knurled.
Knurled. MegaDork
11/8/19 10:53 a.m.
poopshovel again said:

I'm 100% serious when I say the one I received at 4am said:

"I don't really want you to urinate on me, btw."

That belongs in TFLN

captdownshift
captdownshift UltimaDork
11/8/19 11:43 a.m.

In reply to poopshovel again :

You don't need that type of negativity in your life. 

ultraclyde
ultraclyde PowerDork
11/8/19 12:20 p.m.

Sometimes modern tech manages to pull some spooky tricks.

Jerry
Jerry UberDork
11/8/19 2:56 p.m.

Now I feel left out that I didn't.

AngryCorvair
AngryCorvair MegaDork
11/8/19 3:30 p.m.
captdownshift said:

In reply to poopshovel again :

You don't need that type of negativity in your life. 

also, i thought we had an agreement about that...

slefain
slefain PowerDork
11/8/19 3:46 p.m.

Think of all the drunken booty call sext messages that were all just delivered and the chaos that ensued.

clutchsmoke
clutchsmoke UltraDork
11/8/19 10:28 p.m.

Yep my wife got a text from me at 3am that apparently wasn't delivered when I sent it originally. I didn't receive anything weird.

RealMiniNoMore
RealMiniNoMore PowerDork
11/8/19 10:59 p.m.

My friend got one from me. Something about the carpet guy coming in the morning, probably when I was selling my house. 

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