Offline most of today. Failed Internet. And the cable company tries to route all technical support to a chatbot which, guess what, only works when you have a working Internet connection. So you get through in one of the rare moments of connectivity, and the chatbot says, oh, we tested your connection and it's working now, can I offer you a pre-approved Mastercard? And then the connectivity dies again.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-22:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mstdn.io\/users\/mattskala\/statuses\/116139373027806651","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mstdn.io\/users\/mattskala\/statuses\/116139373027806651","objectType":"note","content":"
Offline most of today. Failed Internet. And the cable company tries to route all technical support to a chatbot which, guess what, only works when you have a working Internet connection. So you get through in one of the rare moments of connectivity, and the chatbot says, oh, we tested your connection and it's working now, can I offer you a pre-approved Mastercard? And then the connectivity dies again.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mstdn.io\/@mattskala\/116139373027806651","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-02:objectType=thread:nonce=62feadf89c7230cb","notice_info":{"local_id":"12219751","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-02T16:30:50+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mstdn.io\/@mattskala\/116139373027806651"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mstdn.io\/users\/mattskala","displayName":"Matthew Skala","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/5105-original-tmp20220813232906.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":120,"height":120},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/5105-96-20220813232906.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/5105-48-20220813232906.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/5105-24-20220813232906.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"5105"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/5105-96-20220813232906.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"1. Pet catgirl.2. Record purr.3. Build synthesizer.https:\/\/northcoastsynthesis.com\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u306e\u30a2\u30ab\u30a6\u30f3\u30c8\u306f @mattskala","url":"https:\/\/mstdn.io\/@mattskala","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"mattskala","displayName":"Matthew Skala","note":"1. Pet catgirl.2. Record purr.3. Build synthesizer.https:\/\/northcoastsynthesis.com\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u306e\u30a2\u30ab\u30a6\u30f3\u30c8\u306f @mattskala"}},"content":"
Why the cable Internet company is issuing Mastercards, well, that's an interesting question, isn't it.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-22:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mstdn.io\/users\/mattskala\/statuses\/116139376691644143","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mstdn.io\/users\/mattskala\/statuses\/116139376691644143","objectType":"note","content":"
Why the cable Internet company is issuing Mastercards, well, that's an interesting question, isn't it.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mstdn.io\/@mattskala\/116139376691644143","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mstdn.io\/users\/mattskala\/statuses\/116139373027806651","url":"https:\/\/mstdn.io\/@mattskala\/116139373027806651"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-02:objectType=thread:nonce=62feadf89c7230cb","notice_info":{"local_id":"12219752","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-02T16:30:49+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mstdn.io\/@mattskala\/116139376691644143"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/shitposter.world\/users\/sun","displayName":"Blurry Moon","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/252828-original-tmp20251004110915.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":306,"height":306},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/252828-96-20251004110938.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/252828-48-20251004110938.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/252828-24-20251004110938.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"252828"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/252828-96-20251004110938.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"I used to be the Moon on a different planet.","url":"https:\/\/shitposter.world\/users\/sun","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"sun","displayName":"Blurry Moon","note":"I used to be the Moon on a different planet."}},"content":"@mattskala<\/a> same reason I pay uber for rides and the son of a bitch app still shows me ads","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-22:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/shitposter.world\/objects\/390f2179-2e13-4ba4-85ad-b182a659dcc7","object":{"id":"https:\/\/shitposter.world\/objects\/390f2179-2e13-4ba4-85ad-b182a659dcc7","objectType":"note","content":"@mattskala<\/a> same reason I pay uber for rides and the son of a bitch app still shows me ads","url":"https:\/\/shitposter.world\/objects\/390f2179-2e13-4ba4-85ad-b182a659dcc7","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mstdn.io\/users\/mattskala\/statuses\/116139376691644143","url":"https:\/\/mstdn.io\/@mattskala\/116139376691644143"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mstdn.io\/users\/mattskala"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-02:objectType=thread:nonce=62feadf89c7230cb","notice_info":{"local_id":"12219754","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-02T16:30:48+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/shitposter.world\/objects\/390f2179-2e13-4ba4-85ad-b182a659dcc7"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6200698","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}