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The Picard Maneuver lemmy.world The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world
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ExtremeDullard piefed.social ExtremeDullard@piefed.social
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Check your state laws before extracting the bloated battery. You never know post Roe v. Wade.

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Ignotum lemmy.world ignotum@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
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Everybody gangsta till the phone gets pregante

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Zephorah discuss.online Zephorah@discuss.online
Joined: 2025-07-01
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We’re up to 17 now? I’ve lost track.

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Jo Miran lemmy.ml JoMiran@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-29
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We’re up to 17 now? I’ve lost track.

Just like the Duggars

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Jo Miran lemmy.ml JoMiran@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-29
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doeknius_gloek discuss.tchncs.de doeknius_gloek@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-12-30
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Everybody gangsta till the phone gets pregante

Pregananant??

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Zorsith lemmy.blahaj.zone Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-03-01
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Pregananant??

Prognar?!

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ramble81 lemmy.zip ramble81@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-08
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We’re up to 17 now? I’ve lost track.

Wait till you hear about Samsung

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ramble81 lemmy.zip ramble81@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-08
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Both are…. explosive situations.

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Zephorah discuss.online Zephorah@discuss.online
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Wait till you hear about Samsung

They wouldn’t be so quick to turn over if people didn’t fall over themselves to toss aside a perfectly good phone for the next model.

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partial_accumen lemmy.world partial_accumen@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-15
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Prognar?!

Pegnate?!

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gigastasio sh.itjust.works gigastasio@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-10-13
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Pegnate?!

Progdor?!

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lolrightythen lemmy.world lolrightythen@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-25
#14 · Quote Reply

Pregananant??

leggo my preggo

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silver das-eck.haus silver@das-eck.haus
Joined: 2025-10-31
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Everybody gangsta till the phone gets pregante

how do u get pergert

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kalpol lemmy.ca kalpol@lemmy.ca
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Progdor?!

The Terminator!

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Vinylraupe lemmy.zip Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip
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Preganté!

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Bytemeister lemmy.world Bytemeister@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-29
#18 · Quote Reply

Preganté!

Fegnit

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sinwell infosec.pub Septimaeus@infosec.pub
Joined: 2023-07-09
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…and death rides with me!

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Microtonal_Banana lemmy.zip Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-09-30
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Everybody gangsta till the phone gets pregante

Mucho Pregante!!

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Microtonal_Banana lemmy.zip Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-09-30
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We’re up to 17 now? I’ve lost track.

My last iPhone was the 4s lol

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mundane piefed.world mundane@piefed.world
Joined: 2025-09-27
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Progdor?!

Lugi board?

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atomicbocks sh.itjust.works atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-02-16
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They wouldn’t be so quick to turn over if people didn’t fall over themselves to toss aside a perfectly good phone for the next model.

It’s been somewhat fascinating to me to see how tech companies have managed to continue that over the years. It was always inevitable that phones were going to plateau in power increases the same way that PCs did back in the 2000s. Since then most people have been content keeping their computer for 6 to 10 years, but the same has not been true for phones. Somehow, through software trickery and planned obsolescence tech companies have managed to convince people that their phones are worthless at two years old. It makes me a little worried for our ARM based computing future though, I definitely see at least one section of the tech community that really really wants the future of PCs to look a lot like phones and tablets do now.

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jaybone lemmy.zip jaybone@lemmy.zip
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Preganté!

Pregewatt

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DireTech sh.itjust.works DireTech@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-10-10
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They wouldn’t be so quick to turn over if people didn’t fall over themselves to toss aside a perfectly good phone for the next model.

A lot of us still have old plans with free upgrades. Some great grandfathered T-Mobile and sprint plans out there.

Can even maximize gains by buying a used low end phone for the trade in and sell the old iPhone on eBay.

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jaybone lemmy.zip jaybone@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-02-08
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Progdor?!

C O N C E P T I O N

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hereiamagain sh.itjust.works hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-08-15
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They wouldn’t be so quick to turn over if people didn’t fall over themselves to toss aside a perfectly good phone for the next model.

I'm pretty bad about that.

I didn't think I was, but I am.

I recently sat down and tried to remember all the phones I've had, and wrote them down.

I had a number of flip phones over the years, but I only remember the dates roughly starting with my first android phone. That was 2010.

I've had 9 phones in 16 years. New phone roughly every 2 years.
This is despite the fact that I kept my OG Samsung Note for like 4 years. This was BEFORE extended support cycles, so it only got like it's original version and like, one more. So I feel l dragged it into the future with custom roms. Those were good days.

But also I had to a Nexus 6 when I first started with project Fi, because my one plus one wasn't supported. The 6 sucked, so when the pixel came out I jumped ship immediately.

I was siren-songed into the pixel 2 with a gratuitous trade in.

Then I got the 4a on steep discount when the charging port on my 2 got flaky.

Then I got the 6.

Then there was a stupid good deal on the Samsung flip 5, literally $300, brand new, so even though my 6 was fine, I had to take the opportunity to experience a folding screen.

I used the flip 5 for 2 years, 6 months, and some change. And I'd still be using it now, if it had lived. All the flipping broke a wire inside, and it died.

So I went back to my 6, and you know what? It was great. Worked great. I vowed to use it until it died, I don't need no stinking new phone when there's no point anymore.

Then a month later something broke with the antenna or something, signal randomly comes and goes, calls drop, data drops. I'll go from full 5g to a dead zone. Restarting the phone does nothing. I've been fighting it for weeks, customer support, everything. No dice.

So now I need a new phone. And I hate it.

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Kn1ghtDigital lemmy.zip Kn1ghtDigital@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-25
#28 · Quote Reply

Preganté!

Pregananant

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s piefed.world s@piefed.world
Joined: 2025-08-02
#29 · Quote Reply

What were they trying to order 17 of?

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Ignotum lemmy.world ignotum@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
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how do u get pergert

Overheating or overcharging your li-po battery are common ways to end up progant

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Carl sh.itjust.works CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-08-04
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Just like the Duggars

They had 2 pedos in that family. Josh and Joseph. I wonder if there will be more. Joseph was the more recent one in the news, charged in March 2026.

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Zephorah discuss.online Zephorah@discuss.online
Joined: 2025-07-01
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A lot of us still have old plans with free upgrades. Some great grandfathered T-Mobile and sprint plans out there. Can even maximize gains by buying a used low end phone for the trade in and sell the old iPhone on eBay.

Did that once, with the refurbished thing, in less than 2yrs it fell apart in my hand. So I’m wary of it now.

To be fair, I’ve gone through 4, including the above mentioned refurbished, since that original iPhone back in 2008? 9? I forget.

It’s the apps. Even if your phone is fine, no noticeable functional issues, the apps will eventually stop working.

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Zephorah discuss.online Zephorah@discuss.online
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It’s been somewhat fascinating to me to see how tech companies have managed to continue that over the years. It was always inevitable that phones were going to plateau in power increases the same way that PCs did back in the 2000s. Since then most people have been content keeping their computer for 6 to 10 years, but the same has not been true for phones. Somehow, through software trickery and ...

To be fair you can easily upgrade (not so much now thanks to AI fuckery) a PC whereas even battery replacement on a phone is not intended to be easy for a consumer.

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Zephorah discuss.online Zephorah@discuss.online
Joined: 2025-07-01
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My last iPhone was the 4s lol

Mine was an 8. Work apps stopped working so I had to upgrade. How did you manage that with the apps problems? Even the original iPhone never broke, but the apps all failed.

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October lemmy.world edgemaster72@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-16
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Preganté!

Gregnate

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wowwoweowza lemmy.world wowwoweowza@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-06-21
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Replying here with my 12

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atomicbocks sh.itjust.works atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-02-16
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To be fair you can easily upgrade (not so much now thanks to AI fuckery) a PC whereas even battery replacement on a phone is not intended to be easy for a consumer.

That’s what has me worried. A lot of the machines coming out now, especially the RISC powered ones, have no user replaceable parts.

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loweffortname lemmy.dbzer0.com loweffortname@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-06-18
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Everybody gangsta till the phone gets pregante

Wait. How is babby formed?

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Noodle07 lemmy.world Noodle07@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-20
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Sending so many pics it fertilized the phone

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AstralPath lemmy.ca AstralPath@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-07-04
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Pregananant??

The fone is clearly gregnant.

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