Didn’t expect to see memes making fun of mental illnesses on Lemmy
Bro. You almost gave me a heart attack for a second there, making me think I somehow posted something VERY different.
I didn’t realize I had a mental illness. I just booked an appointment with a psychiatrist. Thank you kind stranger. /s
Google sociopathy. Good luck!
When did this become a thing anyway? When out and about, I see everyone talking on the phone like this.
I don’t want to hear your conversation.
The theory I’ve heard is that people on reality TV shows would do this so the mics could pick up their conversations better. So naturally,
brainless idiots without an original thought in their dense godforsaken skullspeople who watch those shows started doing it in real life too because they saw popular people doing it on TV.It’s just a theory, but it seems plausible because it’s clearly not how phones were designed to function on speakerphone or otherwise.
That’s where the trend is putting books spine first into a bookshelf came from too.
The tv producers don’t want to spend days asking for permission to use book spine graphics in the shot, not spend time blurring the film, so they flip the books around to hide all the spine art. It’s on HGTV a ton.
That one just makes me sad and angry. I try not to judge people, but I would judge the shit out of someone for doing that IRL.
If you find visual clutter distracting or upsetting, it’s a pretty useful trick to still be able to own a bunch of books. Alphabetize your books, and you can still find them. And most people I know can find their favorites even without that.
It’s kind of like getting mad at people who organize their books by color. If you’re a visual person, there’s a half decent chance you remember the color of the book rather than remembering the author’s name.
Or get a shelf with doors :)
Pizza eaters are rude as hell, too. I’d guarantee that there’s significant overlap with the people who play music in public from their shitty phone speaker.
Wdym, just anyone who eats pizza? Pizza is good tho :(
but this is correct, that’s where the mic is, it’s more comfortable than holding it to my ear [especially the modern smartphone shape], and i like knowing i’m talking straight into the mic
Plus, I really hate the idea of my cheeks touching the screen… because then after the call I end up having to clean the screen off. Damned OCD.
Edit: Jfc lol was downvoted for sharing my phobia, stay classy Lemmy
I am very confused, why is your cheek touching the phone? Are you mashing your phone against your face?
Buttspiders guy nailed it. Sorry my phobia rubbed you wrong.
ITT a bunch of fucking losers claiming to have hearing problems and would rather be a dick in public than invest in proper headphones.
Note on the claim part, I don’t believe a fraction of the assholes here, just trying to justify their assholery. People with legitimate hearing issues tend to accept the support technology that’s readily available these days. I spend quite a bit of time around folks who are actually hard of hearing.
In my defense, I’ve had a phone hang up or do weird stuff because it couldn’t tell the difference between a fingertip and an earlobe way too many times. Like, a shitty phone has nearly altered the course of my life because of this, and that’s not okay.
Been using touchscreen phones for 13 years now and never once had anything like this happen.
That’s not the normal way to talk when you are alone in the room?
Guess no one will find out because I am alone.
