The speakerphone paradox

[u/NeighborhoodJust1197]

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.

[u/ImDero]

Any subreddit that requires people scrolling through the popular feed to have read its rules before upvoting is doomed.

[u/Loneliestar → u/ImDero]

I remember having an argument with a mod, I can't remember the sub, because he kept telling me to read the rules. I was like, I did, this issue isn't in the 8 rules on the side. He's not like, not that, the rules FAQ, which is linked elsewhere. To a 60 page document. I'm not lying. 60 pages.

I did a word search for the issue and it wasn't there. I pointed this out and he muted me.

[u/Skithiryx → u/Loneliestar]

Oh, he meant read the Comprehensive Rules. It’s all right there in 315.5b, clearly. Users these days!

[u/cosmitz → u/Loneliestar]

Good mods are literaly gold. After decades in the community management front i can tell you usually only the lower range of mods stick around and consistently show up. They just need to be watched over and contained.

[u/sumjunggai7 → u/Loneliestar]

You were beyond the Pact, but not outside the Directive.