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i am once again calling for the summary execution of anyone who listens to their phone without headphones on public transit (hexbear.net)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
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no one wants to hear your fucking for you page on the bus. this level of antisocial behavior is unforgivable

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[–] 28 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (11 children)

extend this to every public place tbh. feels like every other time im in a waiting room some asshole is very loudly playing a mobile game on their phone or a boomer is watching youtube videos with the sound on. i dont remember this being such a problem even just a few years ago.

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  • [–] 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)

    I was just on a plane with no wifi, so the guy who was watching a loud game show had to have pre-recorded the thing just for situations like that. Just sitting there all comfy in the knowledge that our carry-ons had been screened for solutions to the problem with which he presented us.

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  • [–] 14 points 10 months ago (8 children)

    It used to be less of a problem because phones used to come with headphone jacks and free pack-in headphones, and replacements were very cheap. It’s been long enough now that everyone has replaced their old phone with a new one that doesn’t have any of that and now phone manufacturers want everyone to spend several hundred dollars on wireless headphones. The result is more speakerphone music in public.

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    wireless headphones do not cost several hundred dollars. i got a sick pair for like $60 and there are definitely multiple levels of less nice, less expensive ones

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  • [+] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)
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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    The most popular and most heavily marketed ones do. Either way, sixty bucks is still a lot and those cheapo ones are still way more expensive than a free pack-in.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    And they're easily lost or damaged as well. If a headphone slips, the wire catches it. If a wireless bud slips, it's falling on the ground, and hopefully not into a puddle or a grate.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    My Oppo isn't more than a couple years old, takes decent photos (the ones I post were all taken with it) and comes with a headphone jack! Not judgey towards people who don't have one but a heads up that they do still exist if it's important to you.

    Not exactly a flagship phone though;)

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