Amazon Echo Is Magical. It’s Also Turning My Kid into an Asshole

Re:Amazon Echo Is Magical. It’s Also Turning My Kid into an ... by 6stringmerc on Monday April 18, 2016 @09:28AM (#11519708)

"When people cease to use manners in everyday social interactions, they are essentially throwing sand into the workings of a machine that has low tolerances for friction in the first place." - Paraphrased, can not recall who said/wrote it.

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Re:Amazon Echo Is Magical. It’s Also Turning My Kid into an ... by Nullabillity on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @03:05PM (#11529330)

Alternately, when people overuse words like please they lose all meaning.

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Re:Amazon Echo Is Magical. It’s Also Turning My Kid into an ... by arantius on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @04:29PM (#11530076)

See a recent episode of The Allusionist ( http://www.theallusionist.org/allusionist/please ) discussing the difference between American and British English, when it comes to the word "please". Brits use it way more than we do. We both think the other is weird (rude, condescending, hoity-toity, etc.) as a result of the difference.

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