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   Ritalin Invitees (intransitivelie@beige.party)'s status on Friday, 23-Jan-2026 05:58:30 JST Ritalin Invitees

   The debt collection agency my spurious medical bill has been transferred to is getting desperate. They're offering reduced rates. All debt must go. Etc.

   Collection agencies are bullshit. Credit ratings are bullshit. Medical debt is bullshit. The financial system is propped up by bullshit.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 23-Jan-2026 05:58:29 JST Rich Felker

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     @intransitivelie Don't accept any deals. You'll get a tax bill for the difference. Just ignore them (and lie that they have a wrong number when they call to harass, etc.) til the statute of limitations runs out and they have no means left to collect.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 23-Jan-2026 21:02:08 JST Rich Felker

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     @intransitivelie Yeah but who's going to make them follow the law? They're a lot better at stopping calling someone who says "I dunno who tf you're trying to reach but nobody by that name lives here or has anything to do with me so please stop bothering me and fix your records" than "the law says you have to stop calling me if I ask you to".

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     Ritalin Invitees (intransitivelie@beige.party)'s status on Friday, 23-Jan-2026 21:02:09 JST Ritalin Invitees

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     • Rich Felker

     @dalias
     You don't have to lie. They're legally not allowed to call to harass you, at least in my state. Most people don't know that though, unfortunately. I'm more amused by their desperation than anything else.