Post AnQDKyK0T0es0Aoc3U by SolusSpider@linuxrocks.online
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 (DIR) Post #AnMEK13BZhM4QIkzyK by landley@mstdn.jp
       2024-10-25T01:06:54Z
       
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       I've taken to answering the phone "Potato" instead of "Hello", because a human will go "what?" and a robocall will fail to determine what language it should start its script in.
       
 (DIR) Post #AnQDKyK0T0es0Aoc3U by SolusSpider@linuxrocks.online
       2024-10-26T23:58:57Z
       
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       @landley What does "answering the phone" mean? *grin*
       
 (DIR) Post #AnQDOpbeoPmq87uaFU by shriramk@mastodon.social
       2024-10-26T21:42:38Z
       
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       @landley I too grunt (like @robpike), but when I'm in a more friendly mood, I instead go "Ahoy, ahoy!", because that's how Alexander Graham Bell answered the phone. It serves the same purpose as a grunt or "potato" but has the added edge of letting you pass on an anecdote to your caller if they're a good person to hear it.