That sounds like a fun thing to do. I would recommend doing it at the baby sitter's house. If you have to do it at home because baby sitter is a meanie, you should wait until 4am do to it. Even better would be to do it behind the dryer, but you have to use a quarter instead.
Why anyone would have one of those devices in their home just baffles me. They are listening to everything you say. At my sister's home, I was speaking and "Alexa" chimed in and said "that' not true". Amazon hears everything. Welcome to 1984 comrade.
10 years old is WAY to old to be discovering that putting things onto half inserted electrical plugs is dangerous. This is a failure of the parenting process. The parent(s) need to show the child what happens by doing the challenge in front of the child before the child does.
NO Alexa is just freakin' stupid. We use a version to call others on a video link. One of my wife's relatives has a name that has another slang meaning, (butch lesbian, rhymes with 'bike'). So when she says, 'Alexa, call xx yy', the freakin' software repeats the first name and then automatically bleeps out the second one - like Alexa can't bring itself to repeat that 'bad' word, even though the listener just said it. It's the dumbest 'woke' thing I have ever seen.
My wife and two older daughters have "smart" phones. That's more than enough recording for me. I do not, nor will I ever, own a "smart" speaker. My wife floated the idea about a year ago. I told her straight up that I will not live in a house with one of those damned things. A bit of forced laughter slipped out and she said she was "joking." I replied "good, because I was not." -Just A Chemist
There is a better method. Stick a paper clip into the left hand slot. If nothing happens, the receptacle is wired backwards and is a fire hazard. For safety's sake, you should test every wall socket in your home.
Sabre22, I managed to learn not to let my finger brush across the prongs by age 6 (the hard way, of course).
Aggie, my daughter's first husband's last name was Dykes. Once when she was still married to him, my wife went to restaurant with her and had to wait for a table. Naturally the hostess stepped into the waiting area when a table became available and called out "Dykes, party of two dykes". My wife was so embarrassed at the looks they got. Of course this was 25 years ago.
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That sounds like a fun thing to do. I would recommend doing it at the baby sitter's house. If you have to do it at home because baby sitter is a meanie, you should wait until 4am do to it. Even better would be to do it behind the dryer, but you have to use a quarter instead.
ReplyDeleteWhy anyone would have one of those devices in their home just baffles me. They are listening to everything you say. At my sister's home, I was speaking and "Alexa" chimed in and said "that' not true". Amazon hears everything. Welcome to 1984 comrade.
ReplyDeleteBaffles me too. Total, unthinking, or uncaring idiots own those stinking things.
DeleteAnd our smart phones monitor every word spoken, and not just by us.
ReplyDelete"Alexa, what is the dumbest thing I can do?".
ReplyDelete"Vote for Joe."
Rotflmfao, truer words have never been spoken
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10 years old is WAY to old to be discovering that putting things onto half inserted electrical plugs is dangerous. This is a failure of the parenting process. The parent(s) need to show the child what happens by doing the challenge in front of the child before the child does.
ReplyDeleteNO Alexa is just freakin' stupid. We use a version to call others on a video link. One of my wife's relatives has a name that has another slang meaning, (butch lesbian, rhymes with 'bike'). So when she says, 'Alexa, call xx yy', the freakin' software repeats the first name and then automatically bleeps out the second one - like Alexa can't bring itself to repeat that 'bad' word, even though the listener just said it. It's the dumbest 'woke' thing I have ever seen.
ReplyDeleteMy wife and two older daughters have "smart" phones. That's more than enough recording for me. I do not, nor will I ever, own a "smart" speaker. My wife floated the idea about a year ago. I told her straight up that I will not live in a house with one of those damned things. A bit of forced laughter slipped out and she said she was "joking." I replied "good, because I was not."
ReplyDelete-Just A Chemist
There is a better method. Stick a paper clip into the left hand slot. If nothing happens, the receptacle is wired backwards and is a fire hazard. For safety's sake, you should test every wall socket in your home.
ReplyDeleteSabre22, I managed to learn not to let my finger brush across the prongs by age 6 (the hard way, of course).
ReplyDeleteAggie, my daughter's first husband's last name was Dykes. Once when she was still married to him, my wife went to restaurant with her and had to wait for a table. Naturally the hostess stepped into the waiting area when a table became available and called out "Dykes, party of two dykes". My wife was so embarrassed at the looks they got. Of course this was 25 years ago.