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submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 8 months ago (7 children)

At one point in college some friends and i made up a system for just explicitly state what sort of response you needed. Ok, "made up a system" is a little over stating it. Basically it was "Hey this is important can I have your undivided attention?" through the lens of stupid nerd jokes. Like, "setPriority(10) i'm locked out of my apartment do you have a spare key?" vs "setPriority(0) i am so mad that fallout3 requires GFWL"

Now i'd probably just say "hey this is important do you have a few minutes?" in normal words.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If you used setPriority, does that mean all subsequent messages have the same priority? Or is this a dsl that implicitly takes the message as the second parameter?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The priority would stay as set until explicitly changed, or it was set back to the default after a period of inactivity.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Pretty good protocol. I like it.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

setPriority(4) Hmmm actually I like this

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 8 months ago

Wait.. some people immediately text back, over and over? Huh.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago (7 children)

So what's her excuse when it's the other way around?

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You have my undivided attention… while I queue for the next game.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like Battlefield, COD or any battle royale game. 25-35 minute average on all those

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

1 turn in Civilization (it's late game and there are 15 other players).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

And Ghandi got his nukes. So time is very limited before world destruction begins.

[–] [email protected] 239 points 8 months ago (12 children)

Unpopular (?) opinion - text/IM systems are asynchronous messaging systems, and in most cases it's totally reasonable to not immediately jump on your phone and answer a message as soon as you get the notification.

One of my friends is the sort of person who will stop mid sentence when their phone pings so they can answer whatever they've been sent and it drives me nuts

[–] [email protected] 49 points 8 months ago (10 children)

My wife is like that, and it kills me. I might leave your text unread for hours because if it was important, you'd call. I have priorities! Like the next round of Helldivers.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago

I'll never call. But I also understand that not everyone looks at their phone at all times.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Don't forget to take breaks... If you want to be remembered as a coward!

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Can't remember the last time I had my phone off silent.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah my phone gets attention when i want, not when it wants.

I have all notifications off for all apps too, i don't need an app saying hey we haven't fed you crap for an hour come look

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

My phone used to be on vibrate until i accidentally cut the motor during a repair. My phone suddenly became a healthier part of my life where i look at it when i feel like. I also miss every urgent message from everyone.

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