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[Cecil Terwilliger]

Who needs signs? Survival of the fittest. If a few pedestrians and cyclists die in the process, so be it. I have places to be and I don’t have time to wait for no stupid sign.

[81MC]

Does everything need to be so damn bright and loud? It’s a coffee machine clock, it doesn’t need to light up the far side of the kitchen while simultaneously blinding anyone trying to, you know, use the coffee machine. Open up the fridge, instantly blinded by 100,000 lumens aimed squarely at your retina. Wtf? You’re a fridge…I don’t need to X-ray my lettuce please. Can’t even look out my window without the street lamps burning a hole in the back of my skull. All while some doofus locking his car two blocks away echos throughout the neighbourhood and the beepbeepbeep of some power hatched SUV in the garage 18 houses down adds to the assault of the senses every morning and night.

[Icantwhisper]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Who needs signs? Survival of the fittest. If a few pedestrians and cyclists die in the process, so be it. I have places to be and I don’t have time to wait for no stupid sign.

Sounds more like survival of the fattest

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by 81MC

Does everything need to be so damn bright and loud? It’s a coffee machine clock, it doesn’t need to light up the far side of the kitchen while simultaneously blinding anyone trying to, you know, use the coffee machine. Open up the fridge, instantly blinded by 100,000 lumens aimed squarely at your retina. Wtf? You’re a fridge…I don’t need to X-ray my lettuce please. Can’t even look out my window without the street lamps burning a hole in the back of my skull. All while some doofus locking his car two blocks away echos throughout the neighbourhood and the beepbeepbeep of some power hatched SUV in the garage 18 houses down adds to the assault of the senses every morning and night.

Excessive noise and sounds can send me into an anxiety attack. Drives me nuts. People who have a text tone going off like they’re communicating via Morse code are people who I cannot begin to even understand.

Also why the #### are kids toys sooooo loud. Shouldn’t they have the best hearing? It’s nuts. You can even get seniors grade stuff that loud.

I can’t walk my dog at night without a hat on because the blindingly white street lights are so intense.

[Sliver]

I'm one of the only people I know who still has ringtones and text tones on. I'm aware it drives people nuts and I wish it didn't, but I can never feel my phone vibrate.

I'm also the only person in my family that reliably answers the phone when it rings, so there is merit to having an audible alert. I think my kids believe phones are for outgoing calls only.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Sliver

I'm one of the only people I know who still has ringtones and text tones on. I'm aware it drives people nuts and I wish it didn't, but I can never feel my phone vibrate.

I'm also the only person in my family that reliably answers the phone when it rings, so there is merit to having an audible alert. I think my kids believe phones are for outgoing calls only.

Nothing is more irritating to me than my kids not answering texts/calls. I pay for them to have in order for me to contact them when I need to, not for them to send memes to their buddies!

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by Sliver

I'm one of the only people I know who still has ringtones and text tones on. I'm aware it drives people nuts and I wish it didn't, but I can never feel my phone vibrate.

I'm also the only person in my family that reliably answers the phone when it rings, so there is merit to having an audible alert. I think my kids believe phones are for outgoing calls only.

That sounds different and reasonable and I’ll probably need to do that once she’s old enough to be out and about. But right now, and for years now, I don’t even have vibrate on. I also never ever get calls from people so it’s not like I’m unreachable all the time.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers

That sounds different and reasonable and I’ll probably need to do that once she’s old enough to be out and about. But right now, and for years now, I don’t even have vibrate on. I also never ever get calls from people so it’s not like I’m unreachable all the time.

Yeah, it's hard to miss Cotton Eye Joe blaring at full blast whenever somebody calls.

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by Icantwhisper

Sounds more like survival of the fattest

That's more for who keeps wearing shorts outside in the coldest weather possible.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Sliver

I'm one of the only people I know who still has ringtones and text tones on. I'm aware it drives people nuts and I wish it didn't, but I can never feel my phone vibrate.

I'm also the only person in my family that reliably answers the phone when it rings, so there is merit to having an audible alert. I think my kids believe phones are for outgoing calls only.

Nah mate me too and even worse the volume is cranked to max.

Not only can I not feel my phone vibrate, my #### hear means I need the volume cranked.

[Mr.Coffee]

Part of me wishes we could go back to the world without cell phones.

1. I am heavily addicted to mine, it is a problem.

2. I think most other people are addicted to theirs, and it's a problem.

3. People generally act more and more ####ty with cell phones. You can probably correlate ####ty behaviour and cell phone development over time both increasing.

4. When land lines were a thing, if I wasn't available or home, it was okay. Now if I don't answer, people think I am screening them and I get passive aggressive comments all the time. No, I'm just ####ing busy with the billion things going on in life, screw off.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by Sliver

I'm one of the only people I know who still has ringtones and text tones on. I'm aware it drives people nuts and I wish it didn't, but I can never feel my phone vibrate.

I'm also the only person in my family that reliably answers the phone when it rings, so there is merit to having an audible alert. I think my kids believe phones are for outgoing calls only.

That's why I got a smart watch. I can feel the vibration on my wrist. I use it for the vibration notification for communications and activity tracker. I basically disable all other notifications on it.

[Knut]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

That's why I got a smart watch. I can feel the vibration on my wrist. I use it for the vibration notification for communications and activity tracker. I basically disable all other notifications on it.

You should get the Apple Buttplug

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by Knut

You should get the Apple Buttplug

If I played more chess, your suggestion might make more sense.

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by Sliver

I'm one of the only people I know who still has ringtones and text tones on. I'm aware it drives people nuts and I wish it didn't, but I can never feel my phone vibrate.

I'm also the only person in my family that reliably answers the phone when it rings, so there is merit to having an audible alert. I think my kids believe phones are for outgoing calls only.

You're not the only one. Audible for calls, email, and text for me too. I don't feel the vibration many times and usually do not have my phone next to me at home and need to know when a message comes in after hours. Audible alert let's me know.

[MoneyGuy]

Not language errors but maybe more annoying. I recently attended two presentations on whales and sea turtles. Learned these gems from a naturalist with a master’s degree, apparently.

Columbus came to the U.S. (he didn’t) on the Mayflower. That last statement should be a fireable offense. It got groan from the audience.

Turtles are mammals.

[timun]

Some turtles breathe through their cloaca.

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[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by timun

Some turtles breathe through their cloaca.

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[Roughneck]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

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