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It’s uniquely annoying to listen to one side of someone else’s cellphone call


               
2025 Mar 20, 11:33am   211 views  9 comments

by Patrick   follow (59)  

https://daily.jstor.org/to-save-civilization-hang-up-your-phone/


Yes, I mean you, yakking away on your phone in the middle of this coffee shop, or subway, or restaurant, or gym, or open-concept co-working space. Did someone forward you this article, or tag you on social media, or print this out and hand it to you? If so, it may because that person has been subjected to your half of a phone conversation. And that’s not okay. ...

So I’m not complaining about how you chat on your phone as you walk down the street, or impose on your fellow restaurant-goers by taking a one-minute call from the babysitter. But it’s another thing entirely to conduct an extended conversation subjecting everyone nearby to your thoughts on that latest report draft, or your search for a new corporate investor, or the relative merits of skinny vs. standard margaritas. All very worthy topics, to be sure, but ones that are best explored from the privacy of your own home, office, or vehicle.



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1   Ingrid   2025 Mar 20, 12:19pm  

Yes ! and very often, standing next to you in the store and at first you think they talk to you and you say, Pardon? and then notice they got an ear bud and are talking to thin air. Always gives me the idea they are talking to themselves, and not even have a dog with them to pretend they are talking to the dog (like I do). Very very annoying things these cellphones. Mine is usually off, unless I need to call someone or receive note from someone, then turn it back off.
2   PeopleUnited   2025 Mar 20, 2:26pm  

Actually the worst people in the world are those who think they can/should make decisions for you.
3   steverbeaver   2025 Mar 20, 2:33pm  

Well, if you are lucky enough to live around niggers, they will have the phone on speaker for several minutes regardless of setting. It's like a 80-iq way of laying claim to the surrounding space to compensate for not actually owning any of their own.
4   Patrick   2025 Mar 20, 3:18pm  

I think it would actually be less annoying to hear both sides of the conversation.

Something about people talking, then silence, then talking, then silence, over and over, is extremely offensive.
5   Patrick   2025 Mar 20, 3:18pm  

One solution I heard is to simply repeat everything the person says.

This annoys them as much as their one-sided conversation annoys you.
6   steverbeaver   2025 Mar 20, 4:27pm  

Nah man I don't feel like having to justify a fight I won or otherwise. I don't think you comprehend. It's not an actual conversation, but rather imitation of one by 80-iq subhumanoids. You are no part of the converstation and yes, your tactic can be used if you feel it is worth risk of fisticuffs. Problem with fisticuffs is should you prevail YOU are the badguy for harming America's Gods. Brutal assessment yes but accurate. In other words: when I am in line at a Circle-K, which has multiple checkout lanes, I don't want to be part of someone narrating their shallow existence from two lanes over... I just wanted to buy some coffee icecream for wifey on Thanksgiving.
7   stereotomy   2025 Mar 20, 6:35pm  

^^^^
This - If you're white - guilty. If you're black - muh reparations!

After 15 years of race-baiting - the commies have finally rekindled racism in this country. Hooray! Praise de Lawd Jeebus!
8   clambo   2025 Mar 20, 8:17pm  

To one such asshole I said: "Could you please speak up, I can't quite understand your conversation."
9   steverbeaver   2025 Mar 20, 8:25pm  

Just as with music. But "'mo sofisticated'". Still not willing to injure seemingly everyone over it.

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