@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.

@EdCates I will never forgive reality TV for causing this madness.

@antiaall3s @EdCates He was already dead when they showed "courage"....

@EdCates there are many many things wrong with me, but the pertinent fact is that the phone hardware DOES NOT work, many phones are simply unable to make a normal phone call in the normal position.

The receiver volume is too low to compete with urban noise. I can't hear them.

The noise cancellation applied to the microphone also cancels the voice it's supposed to pickup. They can't hear me.

Going to speaker phone alleviates both of these problems. BTW I fucking hate phones and phone calls.

@EdCates you're a really funny dude

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@EdCates There's a person who frequently does this in a small nature area where I like to hike. Drives me bonkers! Fortunately I can hear them coming, and I can switch trails.