@reay @APBBlue ALMOST made me waste my coffee there.

#spittake

@EdCates I got the same question for people walking next to each other who don't whisper into each others' ears and instead just verbalize out loud for any busybody to get involved in.

Actually, I got better shit to worry about thankfully.

@EdCates Bonus points for doing it from your balcony, so that the entire neighborhood can (must) enjoy it.

@ramiro @EdCates

@EdCates
People are now listening to audio guides in museums using their phone speakers.
In. Museums.
In. A. Fu***ng. Museum!

@Em0nM4stodon @EdCates @milesizdead extra fun on car speakers. "Don't worry, I stopped the car. We can talk"

There's a good spot for this right infront of my house. So many fascinating talks.

@EdCates In RDR2, if you annoy people at night while they are trying to sleep, the NPCs will say a line like "Put that gun in your mouth next time, some of us are trying to sleep".

I try to think of this every time something like this happens. It helps

@c_salem I've watched my kid play that some. The asides in the game are great. Try walking around with a bear trophy as a hat and see what you overhear.

@EdCates The Kardashians have so much to answer for on this front.

at least on their show they were doing it for practical filming reasons, but it popularised it and it's SO obnoxious.

@EdCates someone on here posted a train carriage sign a while back (my perception of time sucks so it could've been 3 months or 3 years ago, idk) that warned people they would be removed from the train for talking on their phone like that. needs to be policy everywhere on public transport.

@gsuberland Can I just get that on a t-shirt and wear it everywhere?

I blame The Apprentice

@EdCates

That's one of the reasons I don't call or send audio messages anymore. You don't know who's around, your private conversation is now blasted around.
There's artists on social media whose entire thing is to get private audios from people (rarely the senders of such audios) and recreate the conversation as a cartoon. Very funny but also a privacy nightmare.

@flxtr @EdCates

Somehow they look even sillier than the N-Gage sidetalking back in 2004.

@hrw Oh, that's brilliant. #userNameChecksOut

@EdCates Blame the manufacturers for removing the headphone jack. This horrible issue escalated from that point.

@antiaall3s Probably valid.

@EdCates sorry, they won't here it here. Likely there are on X, Facebook or TikTok.

@EdCates

No, please let them continue.

Makes me think I have a social life.

@EdCates

Many moons ago, there was in a train restaurant car this legal attorney, who kept on making phone calls in those public premises. No speaker, but his own part was loud.

At one stage he was talking to his client. It was about some long-standing legal dispute, and the attorney was not at all optimistic about their success. But his plan was for them two to go see the other part one more time that same day and make one Hail Mary pass kind final threatening bluff. If this would not make it, they would bow out from the matter.

Names etc. were mentioned. Did I say it all was very loud? You could not help hearing and being disturbed.

After several decades, I still regret I didn’t go to the next railcar, find out the other part’s phone number and give him a call.