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mseebach
on April 30, 2013
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Path texts my entire phonebook at 6 AM
Especially in context, the phrasing is ridiculous, but semantically it no different from "I refused to be bossed around by my phone".
untog
on April 30, 2013
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Refusing to be bossed around by an inanimate object still seems somewhat ridiculous to me.
mseebach
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A phone, especially a ringing one, isn't particularly inanimate.
rdl
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Being bossed around by an inanimate object seems even more ridiculous to me :)
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