why do i hate that artist thing that people keep posting on my facebook so much? why am i such a jerk?

http://i65.tinypic.com/650olz.jpg

my atm pin is 1221 and i keep getting arrested every time i try to take money out :(

xp Oof that's bad - I really doubt that's true everywhere, so not a good idea to share it as safety advice.

I quite like those cartoons in a way but they're a bit cutesy and get more so the longer you look at them.

In fact wait a minute it can't be true because how wd they know you were typing in your pin backwards unless you told the machine what it was already ...

I just can't imagine the kind of fundamental misunderstanding of How Things In The World Work you'd have to have to believe things like this. And yet I see people I know, people I went to school with who I would assume know better, share these things all the time.

Why not just write, "If you put your PIN in backwards the ATM will spray knockout gas that will disable the thief, so hold your breath really quickly before you type it in!"

I really doubt that's true everywhere

it isn't true anywhere

In fact wait a minute it can't be true because how wd they know you were typing in your pin backwards unless you told the machine what it was already ...

― Never changed username before (cardamon)

Don't they know who you are when you put your card in?

That was a joke, wasn't it?

I can't tell any more . . .

apparently someone suggested this as an actual security measure once and it failed but nonetheless the meme survives

The problem is that crooks would know about it too, so when they saw the money was stuck they might hurt/kill you.

lol a machine with features that could destroy money or harm people, what could go wrong?

Feel like robbing someone later so i can watch them try this

The alarm at one place i worked *did* have a 'duress code' built into it, one you could enter if someone was forcing you to open up and which would alert the police, so it is possible (but obviously bullshit here)

(And the ATM *could* know you'd typed your pin in backwards - it knows when you've typed it correctly so it must know what it is.)

((Or it could be like a password where the hash is stored and the entered password is hashed again and compared against the stored version, which would mean it wouldn't know you'd typed it backwards))

What I'm saying is that this is possible, which is probably why people believe it.

Thing is, 4 digit pin only has 10,000 variants so, as Roberto alluded above, there's going to be thousands and thousands of people who have palindrome PINs.

There does seem to be a brain disconnect with some people when they see something like this on social media. I've also seen fairly bright people sharing shit like this or replying 'Yes' on those fucking ones that say Stare at the photo, click Like then reply Yes and watch the magic happen.

The backward PIN trick is so important and useful that all Banks have left it up ExploreTalent.com to inform all of their customers that it exists through a viral facebook post

http://i.imgur.com/iGojwVy.jpg

maybe taking crowdsourcing too far

the few conversations i've had with my postman lead me to believe that a serial killer delivers packages to my house way more frequently than once a month

That's a parody right

https://www.huntakiller.com/

Honestly those postal game packages do appeal to me, but they're usually hideously overpriced. Also I totally get why "what if a serial killer delivered packages to your door" is a ridiculous advert.

oh, i bet it would be fun! it basically seems like a physical irl version of an interactive story game, right?

Wolf In White Van is probs what piqued a lot of Ilxors' interests in this kind of thing

https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/1460038_10152406671217228_538912542_n.png.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=63b4941c1434247c833ce996d91483d4&oe=59E727DF

Oh cool ive got 30 odd years to deffo invent like zipcar 2.0 or something cos in special

I could totally see myself inventing some great fried chicken when I'm 65, and by inventing I mean eating a large platter of it

lol

quarter life crisis at 25, mid life crisis at 35

jesus and buddha and jimi hendrix need to be on that timeline tbf

i guess whatever happened in the intervening decade certainly warrants a crisis

when you're 35 you just sit there and take a shit, thinking of your future business opportunities

That's when you think of fried chicken.

I don't think all that many people get married when they're 20 anymore, but whatevs; I presume it's not meant to be rigorous.

Alternate imagery for the next iteration of that graphic

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/11/The_Godfathers_-_Birth%2C_School%2C_Work%2C_Death.jpg

crazy to think jesus didn't live long enough to have a midlife crisis

quarter life crisis at 25, mid life crisis at 35

― qualx, Thursday, June 1, 2017 1:55 PM (fifteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

sigh

brb gonna fly a kite

Midlife crisis at 35, fuck off wi'that.

summer t-shirt ads

https://scontent-lax3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/16665851_1280415165380775_409740731810507203_o.jpg?oh=97ef5eaf60d6f2d0ccbbd24f7fbc1da5&oe=59B533AB

imo mid-life crisis is a free floating range, you can drift into it any time between 35 and 50

or whenever you buy that corvette

...I dont get that tshirt. Whys it a misquoted GoT thing?

mid-life crisis is a free floating range, you can drift into it any time between 35 and 50

Possibly because people die at different ages. If you have it when you're 35 that means you'll die when you're 70.

you're assuming a crisis is a moment and not an ongoing condition!

mine started right around age 23 iirc but i've extended my lifespan considerably by picking a few saturdsys a month and putting it on pause

I flipped out in my late 20s and tried to conform to a bunch of conventions that I thought would make life better. Now it's, like you say, searching for those saturdays

Well, I'm 56 and I still haven't had one.

Then again, I had a bad illness at 21, so every year is a bonus effectively..

Wait, was I supposed to have one?

They overrated.

So, basically if you get to a certain age, and decide you want a sporty car, that's level one.

A sporty girlfriend, that's level five (two if you're not actually married, etc)

What else?

change career paths when you have a good job, go back to school, change your lifestyle by becoming some crazed marathon runner, become an expat somewhere with a low coat of living, post on craigslist looking for someone interested in cannibalism to eat you

i'm one for five there, and i keep juuuuust missing on the cannibalism partner