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Transcription (of iMessage exchange): “Hi, is this Paul?

Who is this

This is Erica from the dentist's office. I got your number from your file

Pretty sure this violates Hippo but shoot your shot I guess

I'm not flirting with you. We have you on video stealing thousands of dollars of x-ray equipment”

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[–] aelwero@lemmy.world 61 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Alright, I'll be that guy... Hippo...

[–] lhamil64@programming.dev 58 points 7 months ago (2 children)

My guess is they tried to write "hippa" and it autocorrected, because it's "HIPAA"

[–] SobelOperator@reddthat.com 17 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Could also be short for Hippocratic oath?

[–] drasticpotatoes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No. He’s just really concerned about the hippo.

It's the oath to hold hippo law above all other laws

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There are a few things I miss about reddit, like the HIPAA bot.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Beep boop. I am¹ a Lemmy bot. It looks like you started writing the name of a magical,¹ friendly¹ animal who salutes people by flinging feces. Did you mean to refer to “hippopotamus”?


  1. not
[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)
  1. Whoa apparently you left this comment 6 days ago but it just showed up in my inbox today. I check my inbox every day and your comment did not appear until 6 days after you left it. Federation weird(?)

  2. I'mma go stalk your profile now to get evidence that you're not really a bot, just a clever fun Lemmyer.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 7 months ago

Lolol. My instance periodically stops pushing content. Then it plays catch up.

Boop beep.

[–] BeardedSingleMalt@kbin.social 25 points 7 months ago (2 children)

He meant to say HIPAA. In sort, series a laws for patient protections which include looking at a patient's record to get their phone number for personal reason.

[–] aelwero@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Yeah, it's funny and nobody had mentioned it, so I did ;)