this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2026
216 points (97.0% liked)
CoupleMemes
946 readers
163 users here now
Community dedicated to memes that often hit a little too close to home. Respect the instance rules and remember that sharing these memes with your SO might 50/50 put you in the doghouse.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
It's always disappointing to see how quick people are to shit on others' attempts to build connections in their own ways.
Yeah, it's kind of silly to make a blinking light app when the phone implies they could just call or use one of a million text-based message options.
But he set aside his own time to build something he thought she would like. There are so many worse ways someone can spend their time on a computer (or in general), I don't see why this seems worthy of ridicule. Also, why phrase it as "she wants attention"? Is it really any worse than her calling and saying, "I miss you" or "I'm just bored and want to talk to you"?
I'm disappointed that it's not ok to say you don't like things
I'm disappointed that it's not ok to say it's not okay to say you don't like this thing.
This is okay.
So is saying you don't like things
You can say you don’t like things. I don’t like this comment, for example.
Agreed. Are you referring to my comment or your comment?
Was this reply supposed to go to a different comment? Because I don't see how it relates to anything I said.
I bet you could see the connection if you tried a bit harder
Where did they say you're not allowed to do something?
Where did I say they said I'm not allowed to do something?
What a stupid thread this is.
Oh no, did I use a slightly different wording than you?
Tu quoque!
Congratulations, you "built an app". I mean I get what you're saying and sort of agree, somewhat depending on his skill level. Like if this was hard for him to build that is cooler than if he was just showing off or something. Because yeah, communication is a solved problem. I once built an app that made a webpage that was sort of a coder/decoder for our messages so my then-girlfriend and I had a "secret language". To me the appeal of that is that it was novel/silly/weird and it was unique to us. Which I guess is sorta like this app.. but I dunno, this one also seems a little prone to abuse and one dimensional.
Eh, I agree and disagree. I don't use my phone extensively, and rarely have it on me if I'm at home, because I don't want to be reachable by anyone with my phone number/email address at all hours of every day. I like having the excuse of "Oops, I didn't have my phone on me.", " Sorry, my phone died", etc etc. However, I still want my wife to be able to get ahold of me when she needs to, so what she'll do is blink the lights through home assistant to get my attention. I didn't "make an app" or anything like that, but giving your loved one a special way to contact you that only they have is something nice and thoughtful
When you put it like that, how can I disagree? I cannot really put my finger on why the description in the post feels a little lamer than most ideas like this would be, but it does somehow.