PJ Vogt

And it just stays on the three dots?

It looks like we're breaking up with each other and I'm like really sending you a novella.

It looks like we're breaking up with each other and I'm like really sending you a novella.

It looks like we're breaking up with each other and I'm like really sending you a novella.

We waited, but the message never went through. Just three dots floating forever in the air like stray balloons. For weeks after this call, the search engine team became enchanted by the anomaly. We kept trying to send each other voice notes, convinced there had to be some other combination of words that would also refuse to transmit. It couldn't just be the phrase Dave & Buster's, right?

We waited, but the message never went through. Just three dots floating forever in the air like stray balloons. For weeks after this call, the search engine team became enchanted by the anomaly. We kept trying to send each other voice notes, convinced there had to be some other combination of words that would also refuse to transmit. It couldn't just be the phrase Dave & Buster's, right?

We waited, but the message never went through. Just three dots floating forever in the air like stray balloons. For weeks after this call, the search engine team became enchanted by the anomaly. We kept trying to send each other voice notes, convinced there had to be some other combination of words that would also refuse to transmit. It couldn't just be the phrase Dave & Buster's, right?

Except it was. This testing itself was addictive. In fact, I want to give you permission to pause this podcast right now and just try it yourself. Go ahead. Make a voice note, and in it, tell your crush you love them. Tell your boss you hate them. Tell a secret that you have kept close to your chest.

Except it was. This testing itself was addictive. In fact, I want to give you permission to pause this podcast right now and just try it yourself. Go ahead. Make a voice note, and in it, tell your crush you love them. Tell your boss you hate them. Tell a secret that you have kept close to your chest.

Except it was. This testing itself was addictive. In fact, I want to give you permission to pause this podcast right now and just try it yourself. Go ahead. Make a voice note, and in it, tell your crush you love them. Tell your boss you hate them. Tell a secret that you have kept close to your chest.

As long as it's iPhone to iPhone, and you include the phrase Dave and Busters, the message, it will not send. At least as of the day we're publishing this, May 9th, 2025. Eric's group chat had found out about this anomaly basically through internet word of mouth. Eric's friend's girlfriend's friend had discovered it herself, then posted about it on her personal Facebook page.

As long as it's iPhone to iPhone, and you include the phrase Dave and Busters, the message, it will not send. At least as of the day we're publishing this, May 9th, 2025. Eric's group chat had found out about this anomaly basically through internet word of mouth. Eric's friend's girlfriend's friend had discovered it herself, then posted about it on her personal Facebook page.

As long as it's iPhone to iPhone, and you include the phrase Dave and Busters, the message, it will not send. At least as of the day we're publishing this, May 9th, 2025. Eric's group chat had found out about this anomaly basically through internet word of mouth. Eric's friend's girlfriend's friend had discovered it herself, then posted about it on her personal Facebook page.

Can you read me the original Facebook post that you made?

Can you read me the original Facebook post that you made?

Can you read me the original Facebook post that you made?

This is Nicole Williams, patient zero for the Dave and Buster's anomaly. So when you post that, I'm curious, how had you discovered this anomaly?

This is Nicole Williams, patient zero for the Dave and Buster's anomaly. So when you post that, I'm curious, how had you discovered this anomaly?

This is Nicole Williams, patient zero for the Dave and Buster's anomaly. So when you post that, I'm curious, how had you discovered this anomaly?

Nicole and her friend were doing what everybody does when they learn about this anomaly, experimenting, sending each other and other people different versions of these Dave and Buster's messages.