People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.
RULES:
I was once on a Greyhound bus where a guy was loudly talking on his phone, but not on speaker. The issue was he was just repeatedly saying:
"Listen....... Listen..... Listen.... Listen... Lemme tell you.... Listen... Listen .... Listen lemme.... Lemme tell you .. listen"
For half an hour.
Finally a hero yelled out: "Listen! Lemme tell you to shut the fuck up!"
He said "lemme call you back later" hung up and shrunk down on his seat as the whole bus clapped.
i love how cory doctorow is consistently right about literally everything
i imagine he'd be first to warn you that is insane thinking
He spends his entire life curating information sources. Selecting the absolute best and burning the rest with holy fire.
He's a living spam filter.
Basically you take what's left after the bullshit filter and you end up with a lot of his writing.
It's truly a gift.
Seconded.
A lot of people blame this on people losing their social skills during COVID, but I remember people doing it when I was in high school in the mid-2010s.
This is why the removal of 3.5mm jacks is bullshit.
I can't just forcibly attach headphones to someone's phone and silence them anymore.
I don't get why anyone who rides public transportation doesn't wear headphones themselves. Big obvious ones are best so people don't talk to you.
I do find that the more righteous I feel about someone's actions the more annoying it becomes to me. Despite how rude it is, and you're absolutely right about that, try to not give a fuck. It really helps to consider their obliviousness as a disorder. They're pathetic.
If nothing else, hopefully it'll keep you from actually pulling the trigger one day.
I almost never wear headphones in public. I prefer the situational awareness and being able to hear "This train is skipping union square" announcements.
I'm also a guy so I don't need the "don't talk to me" signal they provide.
Not everyone can wear headphones all the time.
Me, for example. I can wear headphones for maybe 45 minutes before the pain gets too intense and I need to take a 10 minute break.
Not who you replied to but I'm sure you don't blast music or other audio on transit when you need the break.
I don't. But I have to listen to others doing it.
I misread, I thought they said anyone listening while on transit not just anyone period. Makes more sense now.
Shooting them is a kindness. They could be reported to the RIAA for violating public performance copyright.
I think most people are opposed to torture on moral grounds.
I had to listen to someone blast Tiktok and parts of some yelling bro-y podcast in the dentist's office.
I am already on edge whenever I go there, but this put me on a different level, as I was ridiculously overstimulated by the time I was in the chair. They almost did not continue because my blood pressure was alarmingly high.
