Yeah, that’s where he brags that despite his imperfect life, at least his cell phone makes a “ringing” sound.<\/p>\n
I’ve known several people who’ve made that exact complaint.<\/p>\n
I wonder if these same people also eschew alarm clock radios.<\/p>\n
Because, like phones, alarm clocks are a thing that once could only sound their alarm through ringing a bell. Then alarm clock radios became a thing, so you could wake up to an annoying buzzer or to the (even more annoying depending on station) radio coming on.<\/p>\n
I mean, yeah, we associate a ringing phone with a bell-like ringing sound because that’s really the only sound phones made for the longest time. Even when phones didn’t have so much a bell, but still made a tone that mimicked ringing. Then phones decided, screw it, we’re not bound by a bell anymore, so instead of a bell sound we’ll play “Oops I Did It Again” when someone calls.<\/p>\n
Which, of course, scared some people. “Oh noes, phones aren’t making a ringing sound like they’re supposed to, run for your lives! ahhh!”<\/p>\n
So… yeah.<\/p>\n
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