Don’t hang up. Instead, enable airplane mode for increased verisimilitude.
Thanks for showing me a new word! “Verisimilitude” seems useful.
For those like me…
noun: The quality of appearing to be true or real. synonym: truth.
Context implied it but still…Nice word!
I’m glad you like it! I like how it’s made up of three common and easily-identifiable components: it uses the same root as verify meaning true, the same root as similar meaning “like”, with tude being a common suffix like -ness. Basically “true-likeness”.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/*were-o-
https://www.etymonline.com/word/*sem-#etymonline_v_52581
https://www.etymonline.com/word/-tude#etymonline_v_18793There really needs to be a word of the day community on here!
So many better, easier options than a simple toggle in your settings. Drop it down a sewer grate, pry out the battery, drop it in a faraday cage.
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,.
Tried this at work the other day. Apparently this doesn’t work in call centers… anyone hiring?
“My wireless bluetooth headset is about to die…”
Look for those “call before you dig” signs, then do the opposite.
Where are the rest of the tips? Asking for a friend.
My phone’s about to die, but I’ll start typing the rest of the tips for your friend:
- Never, in ANY circumstance
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.
Never start a phone call.
I’ll wait with you in awkward silence.
And don’t just press the red button. Turn on airplane mode so it says connection timeout instead of call ended.
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!
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.
Skeletor is always there for us. Thank you, Skeletor! 💯 🙏
Unless they have you on the Find My app with an iPhone then they can see your battery.
iPhone users’ brains work different
Why would you willingly let someone else track you?
If you are a cellphone user I have bad news for you
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
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.
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.
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?
It’s called marriage. It isn’t so bad once you get used to it.
That’s toxic AF
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.
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.
You are a shit introvert if you are letting people track your phone. Start listening to Skeletor more.
Haha Find My Network goes [Turned Off]
IM SO HAPPY SKELETOR MADE IT TO LENNY SAFE AND SOUND!!! AND IT’S BACK! made my day
“My phones is about to di…” click
My phone is about to d
This is less introvert and more “crippling anxiety”.
or you can just not answer to begin with??
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)
That’s horrific.
Do your device not do voicemail transcripts?
I only listen to a voicemail is the transcript is so bad it’s unreadable, which hasn’t happened in a very long time
Thanks
I would like to subscribe to Skeletor, please!
Legend has it that someone’s phone is still “about to die” to this day
