Protesting By SMS Again And Again And Again
Obviously, someone needs a different hobby. A 24-year-old in New Zealand was so upset that New Zealand Telecom had decided to stop offering an unlimited text messaging deal, that he spent nearly 16 hours a day sending (on average) 2,580 text messages per day throughout the month of May. It's unclear what point this proved other than that guy really needs to put down his phone once in a while.
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