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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 138 points 1 day ago (2 children)

When I was in college my roommates and I would open all those offers standing at the mailbox, seal the empty envelopes back up, then put then right back in the mailbox for the carrier to grab the next day (or maybe mail thieves, who knows). We figured just mailing them all back was going to cost something.

[–] Jayb151@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I did the same, wrote in the letter for them to suck my balls... They called me back lol

[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well... Did they suck your balls?

[–] Jayb151@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago

Unfortunately no

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[–] The_v@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

When I was first out of college I used to get 8-10 of pre-payed envelopes every week. I kept a PO box for my mail that I would check weekly.

I would have maybe 1 or two pieces of real mail and a full box of junk.

So I started folding up the junk mail I to the 8-10 prepared envelopes every week. This was all done at the counter next to my PO box and dropped mailed back right then.

It was quite cathartic.

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 130 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I fart in the envelopes then they are like 'yay someone wants our credit card OH NO ITS FARTS!'

[–] TheColonel@reddthat.com 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I know/hope this is a joke but people used to do this at an independent, third party, mail sorting place I worked at as a teenager.

They’d mail all sorts of shit (both literal and figurative) and it was basically handled by one guy who seemed ok with it but was definitely not ok.

Mail them lead, weights, whatever. But please, no matter how despicable the company, there’s likely some at very least mildly abused worker who is just trying to earn a wage and has to deal with the vile shit people try to punish companies with.

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Basically the same thing they do when they send these things in unmarked envelopes.

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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 86 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Huh. I should try this with the old refrigerator in my basement that I've been needing to get rid of.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 67 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

If it wasn't shitty towards the post office people I would support it.

But under 10 lbs...

[–] BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

Sadly we have a weight and size limit on these, but if you can load a mini fridge and keep it under 70lbs it should be accepted.

Legally this is not shipping advice and purely a shitpost

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 day ago
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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Now you have to cut up your refrigerator into 10lbs pieces

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What about the body inside?

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[–] djehuti@programming.dev 78 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That's actually a large boulder; it's just the size of a small boulder.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 12 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

We won't ever know unless they included a fresh banana for size.

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[–] kieron115@startrek.website 66 points 1 day ago (1 children)

IF you're going to do this, make sure use some sort of sealed package (like the box in the photo). You used to be able to slap these things on like a sheet of plywood and just send it as is but now if the package isn't sealed and is obvious misuse the post office can just throw it in the dumpster. If its a sealed package then the post office has to deliver it and the permit holder has to pay the charges. https://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2019/pb22525/html/updt_001.htm

[–] Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Like 70lbs of neutronium in a USPS flat rate box?

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[–] softcat@lemmy.ca 53 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Let's all do our part to help little boulders travel

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Glaciers take millions of years to deposit boulders across the land.

Humans: "we can do better."

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[–] Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 51 points 1 day ago (2 children)

We can do that?

Do I just take it to the post office?

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 57 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No, this is fake. You can put whatever you want in the envelope and send it back, but they won't deliver a whole package. They only prepaid postage for a letter.

Of course if you send something dangerous/threatening you might get arrested.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 16 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I'ma print out a goatse and mail it to them.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 16 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

You'd just be traumatizing some low level data entry employee.

[–] WhatSay@slrpnk.net 17 points 14 hours ago (7 children)

If you work for the empire, you gonna see some shit

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[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 17 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It wouldn't surprise me if one slipped through, there are overrides on stuff that get rejected and USPS is a massive organization with millions of parcels moving at any given moment.

This idea came from people mailing wooden shims back to the credit card companies because it would increase the postage cost over the normal weight... Please don't do that though. Letters go through a Dr. Seuss Esque sorter system and the shims are too sturdy and sometimes get ripped out of the mail and shot across the facility...

[–] Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 12 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

This ... feels like you are telling me to go for it.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 11 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Feel free to stuff as much paper as you can fit, it's just wood, plastics and the like that are too rigid for the machines to handle sometimes. USPS gets money for return mailing, so it's a benfit to them as long as shims or pieces of plastic arent flying around the facility like a bullet.

[–] GroundedGator@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is how we save the USPS.

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[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Friendly reminder.

Make sure that you use a box with no identifying information. Scribbling out the barcodes isnt enough.

Mailing restrictions still apply. Mailing them back rotting fish or potentially hazardous materials is a federal offence.

Mailing any kind of threat is also against the law.

[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 23 points 1 day ago

Doesn't help when you use a return postage slip. They have unique codes. Being "just annoying" is probably the safest bet.

[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

If you're concerned about your anonymity, keep in mind that companies frequently put ID numbers on their return envelopes to help match the returned mail piece with your record in their database. Sometimes the number is invisible (UV ink) so it doesn't look "mass produced" to the recipient.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Is there a legal limit on the amount of farts I can put into an envelope?

Edit: I guess this really depends on the consistency of each fart, and the legal threshold of acceptable feces contamination (which can't be zero). Anyways, does anyone know if they make airtight envelopes?

[–] frezik@midwest.social 10 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

This wouldn't work, anyway. They only prepay envelope postage, not a box.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 13 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

You can fit a lot of glitter in a envelope.

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[–] sheetzoos@lemmy.world 45 points 13 hours ago

All spam should be responded to in kind.

[–] mvilain@fedia.io 22 points 1 day ago (12 children)

I have long fantasized about doing this exact same thing, especially to MAGA-types who somehow got my address and are mailing me requests for donations. Someone in those groups as well as THE SALVATION ARMY have discovered that those postage guaranteed reply envelopes cost money and prompt this response. So now all that stuff requires a stamp if you want to reply. I hope that's cut down on their fundraising efforts.

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[–] notabot@lemm.ee 22 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Don't use a rock, use 10lb of glitter.

[–] PaintedSnail@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Nah. That would piss off the mailroom employees, but they don't control who gets sent mail. The weight costing money does hurt the people who make the marketing decisions, though.

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[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 day ago (8 children)

USPS got so pissed at me for just leaving my junk mail in the box. I told them over and over I didn't need trash delivered to my place. In the end, I just stopped all USPS deliveries. I had nothing of importance coming in through the mail.

[–] anachrohack@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

Postal Employee: "May I help you?"

Kramer: "Yeah, I'd like to cancel my mail."

Postal Employee: "Certainly. How long would you like us to hold it?"

Kramer: "Oh, no, no. I don't think you get me. I want out, permanently."

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[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Check the barcode on the bottom and make sure it doesn't have your information in it.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago

What can they do? Send you more junk mail?

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[–] Matt3999@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I once sent a thick telephone book with "Return to Sender - not at this address" on it after receiving mail addressed the previous house owner. This was after receiving their junk mail over several years and returning it with the same message scribbled on the envelope. This tactic finally worked and stopped the junk mail coming.

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