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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 183 points 1 year ago (38 children)

You phone shouldn't make any sound whatsoever when you're in public period.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 77 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It can ring and give notifications, as long as they aren't set to something obnoxious.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 82 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It becomes obnoxious no matter what it is when they're having a text conversation with someone and it's going off constantly

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm pretty old but do you know the Woody Woodpecker laugh? I used to work with a girl back before smartphones that had that as her text notification. It was the whole thing which takes like five seconds so sometimes it was just that fucking sound almost non-stop. Here it is, cursed fucking creation.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

That sounds like something they would do to prisoners in Guantanamo.

[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

I can't imagine the ptsd you have

[–] christian@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

It's kind of amazing that I haven't really thought about Woody Woodpecker since watching the cartoons as a kid and the animation doesn't look familiar at all other than yeah that's the right colors, but I could hear the laugh in my head immediately on seeing the name, without having to play the audio.

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

i couldn't even make it through the 8 second video. i cant begin to imagine what you must have gone through. my heart goes out to you

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For me, if I’m actually having a conversation in public, I’ll silence my phone.

[–] doctortran@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Right, but they were suggesting it should be silenced at all times, by default, even for the very first notification.

[–] TunaCowboy@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Put your phone on vibrate, you'll survive.

[–] spookex@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's what my phone is set at 24/7, the only time it makes a noise from the speakers is when the alarm goes off in the morning.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I have my phone set so it sets itself to vibrate when it disconnects from my home WiFi. It turns the notification sounds back up when it reconnects. I've never had to worry about it again.

[–] HeadfullofSoup@kbin.earth 2 points 1 year ago

That's the way

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[–] doctortran@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Well they should silence it at that point because obviously they're paying enough attention to it and expecting responses, so they should be waiting for the vibrate if not looking at it directly.

But people don't need to have their phone silenced at all times while in public, they just need to be attentive enough to answer and silence it. I frequently don't even feel the vibration.

[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unprompted, I will tell you the most obnoxious ring tone I have ever heard. It was on the subway and a voice was suddenly loudly proclaiming: "Warning! Warning! The owner of this phone is a self-confessed binge drinker" until some douchebag picked up the call.

[–] MadBob@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

That is daft, but it does tickle me when someone's ringtone is set to that "warning! It's the wife!" one.

[–] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It's probably obnoxious in real life but I really wanna do the ZZ Top ringtone from Bad Monkey

[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The worst part is that it's just normalized enough that you can't really call it out.

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

that has not stopped me from calling it out. in my experience, most people seem to be unaware that it bothers other people (or at least they claim to be unaware).

that said, a decent number of them are unwilling to change their behavior after being told that it does bother people.

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[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

100%. Public areas need enough clear airspace for emergency announcements as it puts everyone in danger.

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