• DucktorZee@lemmy.world
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    I would try this and say “I’m about to die” by accident and then spend five minutes explaining the mistake and five days thinking about it. No thanks,.

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    Tried this at work the other day. Apparently this doesn’t work in call centers… anyone hiring?

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      My phone’s about to die, but I’ll start typing the rest of the tips for your friend:

      • Never, in ANY circumstance
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      Here’s one, set an alarm to go off in the middle of a date, pretend it’s a phone call and if the date is going badly “take the call” and say you’ve got to leave. I could say my roommate has forgot their keys and accidentally locked themselves out for example.

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    And don’t just press the red button. Turn on airplane mode so it says connection timeout instead of call ended.

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      How about throwing it into a faraday cage? Like the bags used for those transponders for tolls, or wrap it in foil… Or just mute the phone and ignore it.

      Thank you Skeletor!

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      I believe the phone does hang up the active call as part of its shutdown routine though. So getting a hangup message is still in line with that.

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        Not understanding why someone would give their family and friends access to their location in case of an emergency really is a peak internet moment

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          I can understand turning it on if you’re doing something like going backcountry hiking by yourself, and turning it off when you’re back.

          But leaving it on all the time so people I know can open an app and see where I am at any given moment? That’s creepy as fuck. There are people in my life who I trust, and care about me, but that’s still creepy as fuck.

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            I’m glad you’re able to predict when an emergency might happen and then your location on in advance. Most people don’t have this superpower.

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              Or I’m not so risk-adverse that that I’m willing to give up my privacy for a miniscule possibility that something could happen where that would help me.

              Do you wear a helmet every time you go outside?

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            It’s a joke.

            Yes, my wife can see me on Find My Friends, but that is because there is nowhere I am that I’m uncomfortable with her knowing about, and it’s nice that she can see when I leave the office to know when to put the kettle on. It’s a convenience between us, not a Big Brother spying program.

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              It’s weird how divisive this topic is. I share with my parents, kids, and husband, and vice versa. It’s cute to pinch up the map and look, mom’s at yoga or whatever. It’s not like anyone’s sitting around all day staring at the map. I guess I’m lucky not to be haunted by control freaks past or present.

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      Well, you have to answer to make sure that nobody died; otherwise, if you let it go to voicemail, then you just sit and wait to see if a message is left, and then oh shit, they did. Now, I’m going through the 2 fucking minutes it seems to take to get to my voicemail, my heart pounding, oh God, what happened? And then it’s just a robot trying to reach me about my car’s extended insurance.

      (End scene)