Aaaaaand it's over

Didn't expect to see memes making fun of mental illnesses on Lemmy

Imagine meeting the love of your life and then finding out they talk on the phone like this

I call this "pizza phone" because it looks like they are eating their phone like a slice of pizza.

I see a lot of kids/teens walking around doing this.

I think perhaps they don’t know how phones work as phones.

Man bun and v-neck weren't helping the case.

ITT a bunch of fucking losers claiming to have hearing problems and would rather be a dick in public than invest in proper headphones.

Note on the claim part, I don't believe a fraction of the assholes here, just trying to justify their assholery. People with legitimate hearing issues tend to accept the support technology that's readily available these days. I spend quite a bit of time around folks who are actually hard of hearing.

Wow I almost feel singled out by this. But I presume that this is supposed to be in public. Which by every account is a dick move.

However I do this in private, I.e. in my car or at home. And the reason I do it is because I can't hear a call without using the speaker phone. Hearing issues aren't fun.

However the easier solution is headphones, but calls over Bluetooth can make things worse, from battery life to sound quality.

Wired headphones are the preferable solution to this but we all know what happened to those.

TL:DR I do this because of my hearing issues. In public this is a dick move, but headphones aren't the solution they use to be.

In my defense, I've had a phone hang up or do weird stuff because it couldn't tell the difference between a fingertip and an earlobe way too many times. Like, a shitty phone has nearly altered the course of my life because of this, and that's not okay.

I do this when I'm on the phone and alone. Or I set my phone on my tits. But only when I am isolated. I don't want to bother people with my phone on speaker.

That's not the normal way to talk when you are alone in the room?

Guess no one will find out because I am alone.

I have to do this when my grandma calls. Not because I have loudspeaker mode on, but because SHE has, but still talks with it against her face so she comes out extremely loudly on my end.

I'm pleased I don't know anyone who's this shallow

Maybe I should be single, but this is my preferred way to speak on the phone when I'm not bothering anyone, and the enviornment is relatively quiet. It frees up my hands for a better range of motion if I'm doing anything else, and it removes my common accidental hang-up when my ear or face touches the display.

If the environment becomes noisy or people are around, I of course switch back to old-school DJ-gesture phone call mode.

but this is correct, that's where the mic is, it's more comfortable than holding it to my ear [especially the modern smartphone shape], and i like knowing i'm talking straight into the mic

What is worse is when people are wearing a Bluetooth headset and still holds their phone like this.

If the love of your life sports a man bun you have way bigger issues than how they use their phone, dude.

Imagine caring.

I feel attacked 😐

I don't get how they hear the other person, or are they on speaker mode?

Pizza eaters are rude as hell, too. I'd guarantee that there's significant overlap with the people who play music in public from their shitty phone speaker.

Well well well, I once again feel targeted by a meme

I do this a lot (not in public) because it’s way too easy to hang up with your ear and it fatigues my arm after like half an hour. It’s fine as long as you don’t shout into the phone.

What's wrong with this, exactly?

While driving

Once you survive couple of years in this world you find out this is just the beginning.

If it's loud enough, I'll put my phone on speaker and still hold it normally, because the regular speaker on my phone fucking sucks and I can never hear shit.

Pizza mode, activated!

https://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/36400000/L-image-l-36447038-761-578.jpg

I'm more concerned about that man bun tbh.

My wife does this, but there was a time that I was sidetalkin' on a Nokia N-Gage so we're square.

Related: Why exactly has every person >60 years old started wandering around in public having loud conversations on speaker phone?

Could be worse, they could speak into the part you stick to your ear

Not sure if it convinces anyone but my reason is that I start becoming conscious of my ears being squished on the smartphone surface and it starts paining 2 mins later. Slightly lifting the phone up makes the audio worse. So I put it on speaker and do this if I can't find a headphone or earphones.

Imagine giving up on someone because of a simple mannerism.

It's a bit harder when you started your relationship before smartphones (yes there are people that old)

I keep telling my wife not to do that and just talk normally because the microphone is designed for that ... instead, when I call her, I know she's holding the phone like this because it sounds like someone is shouting at me.

How do I use the phone and microphone to talk to people on my smartphone? ... simple ... I don't, ever.

Is this picture from black mirror?

I like doing this. I know they can't hear me better but it feels like it makes sense you know? It gives me a peace of mind when talking on the phone, even if many times I still need to put it to my ears

Well my first impression was that this person is looking over a ocean view while talking over phone which i totally can relate as I would do to not disturb the peace.

I wanna know their witch doctor because that guy is easily three times older than he looks. Everyone I know above 60 does this. Give me that fountain of youth and I’ll keep your secret.

Yup. Not sticking around

I'd be more concerned about the Rey Skywalker man-bun.

I knew there was a reason I loved them 💖

He might have bluetooth hearing aids?

The mic is at the bottom... And there is usually a speaker there too, makes total sense if not bothering those around you.

spinning shovel generator

Well, talking like this keeps the phone from radiating into the head from zero distance and angling it in this way puts your mouth closer to the microphone, so if it's over, I say, "Don't let the door hit you on the way out. "

good for reducing radiation

I always think it's funny seeing people driving holding their phone like a pop tart.

It's not hands free just because it's on speaker phone.

I talk like that when I'm alone on speakerphone. Especially if I need to look something up at the same time.