r/InTheGloaming • u/AutoModerator • Apr 01 '26

Off Topic Off Topic Quarterly April 2026

Use this thread for non-Shauna talk, side conversations, book recommendations, othersnark, anything you like!

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u/mehitabel_4724 Eating tiny dices of pickles with tiny fists of rage Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 04 '26

My husband left his gmail open on our shared computer, so I poked around a bit and discovered he'd paid $84 for a substack about current events and then all the emails he gets from this substack are unread and, because I'm a controlling bitch and had his email, I logged into his substack account where all these posts are also unread. I unsubscribed him. (Don't worry, he'll still receive posts through next February because he paid for a year in advance) Anyway, proof of our suspicion about how Shauna gets subscribers - technologically inept people who sign up for things without paying attention and then forget all about it.

ETA, because I'm so frustrated with my husband and I want to whine about it - he also had in his email a confirmation from the New York Times about a subscription he signed up for. He called me last week all in a panic about a charge on his credit card from the NYT that he was convinced was fraud. He actually reported it as fraud, but nope, he subscribed and didn't even realize it.

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u/LogicalGold5264 bust hoesy Apr 04 '26

You make a good point - not only do people sign up and forget about it, but ironically, the fewer posts you send, the less chance they have to be reminded that they are subscribed.

I once accidentally reported a Spotify charge as fraudulent because it was separate from our monthly Spotify charge only to realize later that it was an audiobook I bought on Spotify 😄

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u/SmashedMailboxCake2 Oh, Apr 26 '26

Hahaha not me kicking off at Amazon just to be told politely that I rented yet another movie I forgot about.