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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

blaring phone alarms

You get covid alarms on your phone? I turned off emergency alerts, maybe that's why I don't see them.

[–]bobbobbybob 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

In NZ, they got us twice, at 10.30pm and 6.30am (waking my kids up), to let us know that they were 'changing the loickdown status' of auckland. After a massive push to tell us already that day.

So I now have mine turned off, too.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

The amber and silver alerts got me. Honestly they should just show up in the notification bar quietly instead of blaring. My phone suddenly blares a warning tone and it better be ww3 and nukes are in their air. Flash flood warning is also acceptable. My phone can violently grab my attention if not looking at my phone might cause me to die. Otherwise it can fuck the hell right off.

[–]bobbobbybob 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

disasters better be disasters

absolutely. Incoming Tsunami or nukes, and I don't mind, but the government abusing the system destroyed it. I'd rather drown that put up with that psychological abuse

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    [–]bobbobbybob 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    blaring noises, flashing lights, and "auckland is going into level 4 lockdown". yawn.