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Arlo and Janis: Creepy Cellphone Behavior
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Lynn McGuire
2024-08-09 20:11:46 UTC
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Arlo and Janis: Creepy Cellphone Behavior
https://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2024/08/09

Yup, many people have noticed this behavior. And it is creepy, very
creepy. My cell phone sleeps in the kitchen, not my bedroom.

Lynn
D
2024-08-09 20:47:46 UTC
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Arlo and Janis: Creepy Cellphone Behavior
https://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2024/08/09
Yup, many people have noticed this behavior. And it is creepy, very creepy.
My cell phone sleeps in the kitchen, not my bedroom.
Lynn
This is the truth! Although I think it is related to browsing habits and
possibly in store visits, which of course is mirrored in conversation, or
conversation which leads to action.

In my case, I do not own a smart phone, so these things are very alien to
me. In addition, my phone automatically is turned off at 23:00 every day
and is turned on at 09:05 when I open my office.

That way I only need to charge my phone every 1-2 weeks during work times,
and every 2-3 weeks during holidays! =)
Paul S Person
2024-08-10 15:55:08 UTC
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Post by Lynn McGuire
Arlo and Janis: Creepy Cellphone Behavior
https://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2024/08/09
Yup, many people have noticed this behavior. And it is creepy, very creepy.
My cell phone sleeps in the kitchen, not my bedroom.
Lynn
This is the truth! Although I think it is related to browsing habits and
possibly in store visits, which of course is mirrored in conversation, or
conversation which leads to action.
In my case, I do not own a smart phone, so these things are very alien to
me. In addition, my phone automatically is turned off at 23:00 every day
and is turned on at 09:05 when I open my office.
That way I only need to charge my phone every 1-2 weeks during work times,
and every 2-3 weeks during holidays! =)
I don't need a cellphone (smart or not) for /that/ to happen.

Just visiting Amazon or even using Bing is enough to produce endless
ads about whatever I was looking at/asking for. As I'm sure everyone
is aware.

But at least /something/ is listening to her. Arlo, clearly, is not.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"
D
2024-08-10 21:24:34 UTC
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Post by Lynn McGuire
Arlo and Janis: Creepy Cellphone Behavior
https://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2024/08/09
Yup, many people have noticed this behavior. And it is creepy, very creepy.
My cell phone sleeps in the kitchen, not my bedroom.
Lynn
This is the truth! Although I think it is related to browsing habits and
possibly in store visits, which of course is mirrored in conversation, or
conversation which leads to action.
In my case, I do not own a smart phone, so these things are very alien to
me. In addition, my phone automatically is turned off at 23:00 every day
and is turned on at 09:05 when I open my office.
That way I only need to charge my phone every 1-2 weeks during work times,
and every 2-3 weeks during holidays! =)
I don't need a cellphone (smart or not) for /that/ to happen.
Just visiting Amazon or even using Bing is enough to produce endless
ads about whatever I was looking at/asking for. As I'm sure everyone
is aware.
But at least /something/ is listening to her. Arlo, clearly, is not.
Bing I only use indirectly through duckduckgo, and my adblockers block
99+% of all ads online, so I almost never see any.

Amazon I use very seldom, and if I do, it seems to enjoy recommending
books to me I already own or already bought from them, so I don't really
understand why they would make their recommendation engine so bad. ;)

The main advertising I have to endure comes from billboards in town and
when I read the newspaper in pdf format.

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