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Re:Show HN: Shortcut Roulette – Dangerous, unhelpful shortcu... by RubenSandwich on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @09:32AM (#18494021)
This is a great/dumb idea. Let's brainstorm some more life ruining actions:

* Create an alarm to go off for every 5 mins for the rest of the day

* Share what you last copied to clipboard on Social Media

* Text a sexual suggestive gif to a random contact

Re:Show HN: Shortcut Roulette – Dangerous, unhelpful shortcu... by LandR on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:27AM (#18494462)
* Send a message saying "I have {insert random STI}, best get yourself checked out..." to a random contact in your phone.

* Send "So, I've been thinking... How about we try friends with benefits?" To a random contact.

* If you have anyone in your phone as Boss, Manager etc, send them an email with a template of a fairly harsh notice of resignation.

* If it's a woman, send to Mum / Mom / Dad "Hey, I'm going to be a mother! No idea who the father is but it's exciting!".

* If it's a man, send to Mum / Mom / Dad "Hey, so I drunkenly hooked up with some stranger from a bar and I've knocked her up... What to do?"

* Select 2 random contacts A & B. Send to A something about how B won't shut up about wanting to sleep with A.

Re:Show HN: Shortcut Roulette – Dangerous, unhelpful shortcu... by jerrre on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @12:59PM (#18495940)
* Select 2 random contacts A & B. Swap their details (phone no, email etc)
Re:Show HN: Shortcut Roulette – Dangerous, unhelpful shortcu... by erichurkman on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:44AM (#18494629)
* Respond 'no' to all upcoming calendar events

* Post your last password reset link from your email to Twitter

* Text your reddit username to whatever contact you text the most (likely your significant other)

* Silently remove the most popular, by email count, person from your VIP email list (likely your boss)

* Add entries to the auto correct list: :) -> ;) hey -> heyyyy

* Change any daily alarm from AM to PM, but leave the alarm enabled

Re:Show HN: Shortcut Roulette – Dangerous, unhelpful shortcu... by baud147258 on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @12:35PM (#18495682)
> * Silently remove the most popular, by email count, person from your VIP email list (likely your boss)

Or block that person and add an auto-reply with something insulting.

Re:Show HN: Shortcut Roulette – Dangerous, unhelpful shortcu... by nemacol on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @09:54AM (#18494177)
Copy the browser history from a random day into an email and send to X random contact.

Factory reset your phone (idk if it can do this, but I want this one)

Update all the contact names in your phone with names of adult film stars.

Re:Show HN: Shortcut Roulette – Dangerous, unhelpful shortcu... by pavel_lishin on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:04AM (#18494251)
If this is still an issue, send a unicode string that will reboot an iPhone to a contact.

Send a random Bible passage to a contact, or tweet it, or Instagram it.

Ditto, but random Quran passage.

Post an Inspirobot image to Instagram/twitter. (http://inspirobot.me/)

Dial a random (but valid) US phone number.

Re:Show HN: Shortcut Roulette – Dangerous, unhelpful shortcu... by anticensor on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @03:04AM (#18500958)
>Send a random Bible passage to a contact, or tweet it, or Instagram it.

>Ditto, but random Quran passage.

Trivia: Half of Quran verses consists of corrupted Biblical passages (due to the fact Syriac Aramaic text interpreted as Arabic), along with other half of weird poetic legal texts.

Re:Show HN: Shortcut Roulette – Dangerous, unhelpful shortcu... by ohadron on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:05AM (#18494262)
Set an alarm to a random time in one of the upcoming nights. Sound is one of the top 10 tracks in a random country.
Re:Show HN: Shortcut Roulette – Dangerous, unhelpful shortcu... by drivingmenuts on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @11:49AM (#18495251)
* Tweet a death threat to a random stranger

* Encrypt a random photo and email to the NSA

* Repeatedly admit to random horrible crime types on Twitter.

Am I doing it right? You did say life-ruining.

Re:Show HN: Shortcut Roulette – Dangerous, unhelpful shortcu... by shrtctroulette on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:35AM (#18494538)
All of these suggestions are noted and appreciated
Re:Show HN: Shortcut Roulette – Dangerous, unhelpful shortcu... by jakamau on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:37AM (#18494554)
* Change all contact names to "Mom" or the most frequently contacted individual.
Re:Show HN: Shortcut Roulette – Dangerous, unhelpful shortcu... by macintux on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:38AM (#18494565)
Frequent, random Internet searches regarding bioweapons, chemical weapons, fabricating nuclear weapons, and how to get in contact with various terrorist organizations.
Re:Show HN: Shortcut Roulette – Dangerous, unhelpful shortcu... by Bedon292 on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:45AM (#18494636)
* Subscribe to a random podcast

* Delete a random app

* Attempt to Rick Roll a contact

* Send the last thing you asked Siri to twitter

* Random photo to facebook

* Name all contacts in the phone the same

Re:Show HN: Shortcut Roulette – Dangerous, unhelpful shortcu... by avip on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @04:05PM (#18497718)
Borjes' Lottery in Babylon explores that concept further https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lottery_in_Babylon
Re:Show HN: Shortcut Roulette – Dangerous, unhelpful shortcu... by _dan on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @09:54AM (#18494171)
Send "heyyyy" to 20 random contacts.
Re:Show HN: Shortcut Roulette – Dangerous, unhelpful shortcu... by shrtctroulette on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:01AM (#18494217)
Individually or group chat?
Re:Show HN: Shortcut Roulette – Dangerous, unhelpful shortcu... by robben1234 on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:06AM (#18494273)
Create a group chat with all contacts containing 'ex' in the name/comment. Send 'sup losers' to the chat, leave the chat.
Re:Show HN: Shortcut Roulette – Dangerous, unhelpful shortcu... by ghostly_s on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @11:06AM (#18494852)
If only "leave the chat" were a real iPhone feature...
Re:Show HN: Shortcut Roulette – Dangerous, unhelpful shortcu... by Jtsummers on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @12:02PM (#18495372)
It is with iMessages. Not sure if you can leave one you've started, but I've left some that others have started (my email address was similar to their friend's).