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LuckyCharms

(20,833 posts)
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 02:21 PM Oct 2023

Just got the national alert.

It said:

"WE'RE NOT FUCKING AROUND. GET UNDER YOUR DESK RIGHT NOW"

About 30 seconds after that alert, got another one that said:

"HAHAHA! DON'T WORRY, WE'RE JUST FUCKING WITH YA"

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Just got the national alert. (Original Post) LuckyCharms Oct 2023 OP
I got it twice, Spanish and then English. Fully alerted and fine. txwhitedove Oct 2023 #1
😂 Quakerfriend Oct 2023 #2
I'm sitting here staring at my rotary dial phone, waiting for another alert. LuckyCharms Oct 2023 #4
That made me crack up. Great post! jimfields33 Oct 2023 #5
. LuckyCharms Oct 2023 #6
It crossed my mind... Think. Again. Oct 2023 #3
We'll all be united in our zombie hive mind. skypilot Oct 2023 #12
I pooped a little EYESORE 9001 Oct 2023 #7
Me too. but I do that every 30 minutes anyway, LuckyCharms Oct 2023 #8
My condolences on your now-underway zombification... RockRaven Oct 2023 #9
They told ME... Think. Again. Oct 2023 #18
It was so claudette Oct 2023 #10
On my phone, it wasn't as bad as an Amber Alert... LuckyCharms Oct 2023 #11
Yes claudette Oct 2023 #16
Got the alert, but no sound. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2023 #13
No sound from the phone itself either? LuckyCharms Oct 2023 #14
Nope. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2023 #15
I heard it was an earthquake drill, so I got under my desk..... lastlib Oct 2023 #17

Quakerfriend

(5,882 posts)
2. 😂
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 02:25 PM
Oct 2023

My alarm arrived @ 2:18 just as I was trying to put phone
in airplane mode- The alarm prevented that!!

But, I was able to turn phone off.

 

Think. Again.

(22,456 posts)
3. It crossed my mind...
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 02:26 PM
Oct 2023

...that this alert, that we all received around the same time, could have somehow been offered as a moment of National unity.

Oh well.

RockRaven

(18,155 posts)
9. My condolences on your now-underway zombification...
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 02:40 PM
Oct 2023

According to QAnon-type nutters, that emergency alert was the trigger signal for something something COVID vaccine something something 5G/WiFi something something mutations which will turn you into a zombie. Apparently you could have saved yourself with three (not two, but three) layers of aluminum foil on the walls of your room. But now the signal has been activated and it's too late.

I wish I were making that up.

LuckyCharms

(20,833 posts)
11. On my phone, it wasn't as bad as an Amber Alert...
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 02:53 PM
Oct 2023

Those things scare the hell out of me!

 

claudette

(5,455 posts)
16. Yes
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 03:18 PM
Oct 2023

Me, too!!

My text ringtone is a low telegraph sound so I had no idea what the loud sound was coming over on my phone with this notification

OAITW r.2.0

(30,737 posts)
13. Got the alert, but no sound.
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 02:58 PM
Oct 2023

My phone is connected to my BT speaker.....surprised the signal did not take over the speaker.

OAITW r.2.0

(30,737 posts)
15. Nope.
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 03:03 PM
Oct 2023

Luckily, I saw your post and checked my phone. Perhaps I am not important enough to get a audible signal.

lastlib

(26,846 posts)
17. I heard it was an earthquake drill, so I got under my desk.....
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 03:24 PM
Oct 2023

I'm not coming out--there might be aftershocks.


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