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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by sigmar on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @01:45AM (#12545711)
I've seen tons of people video chatting throughout public spaces in NYC, usually with headphones on so they can hear the other person. None of those people looked "like an asshole"
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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by flukus on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @01:52AM (#12545737)
I always think they're assholes, annoying me with their boring conversations.

At least put the speakerphone on so we can hear both sides of the conversation.

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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by obmelvin on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @01:58AM (#12545760)
How is it any different from talking on the phone? Something that probably millions do daily in NYC.
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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by flukus on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @02:06AM (#12545794)
It isn't. I think your an asshole if you use your phone on public transport.
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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by netrus on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @03:34AM (#12546110)
How is it different from having a conversation with the person next to you? Wait, are those assholes too? Or just when you can understand one of them, but not the other? Oh the misanthropy ...
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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by orangecat on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @09:47AM (#12548093)
It really is more distracting to hear only one side of a conversation compared to both, e.g. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal....
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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by flukus on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @03:42AM (#12546158)
The phone is generally a lot louder, and filled with a lot more "SORRY I MISSED THAT, I'M GOING THROUGH A TUNNEL".
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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by wutbrodo on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @03:44AM (#12546172)
So your problem is with "loud conversations", but you decided to use the very fuzzy proxy of "phone conversations" because........?
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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by flukus on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @04:06AM (#12546274)
Because it's the because subset of loud conversations I'm subjected too. I also find it much more distracting when you can only hear one side of the conversation.
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