r/mildlyinfuriating • u/NeighborhoodJust1197 • 8h ago

Missing Peace The speakerphone paradox

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I was at the pool today when a woman started having a conversation on her phone using the speaker.

I politely asked her if she could not use the speaker and pointed to my headphones.
She said, “I don’t have headphones.”
So I said, “You can just hold the phone next to your ear.”

She looked at me with a completely blank expression and said, “I’m on speakerphone.”
I said, “Well… that’s the problem.”

Apparently, we had reached the limits of modern technology.

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u/WarzonePacketLoss 7h ago

When I'm on discord and one of my buddies takes a phone call without muting his mic, I just pretend to be the other person, since I can only hear what my buddy is saying. 

Obviously I do my best to make the conversation as funny and fucked up as I can based on his responses and what I suspect the call will be about.

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u/bazooka_toot 1h ago

No idea when not using PTT became acceptable but I hate it.

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u/WarzonePacketLoss 43m ago

Nah, open mic for the homies in the 'cord, Push-to-Talk for in-game chat.