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[–] Uprise42@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Tried this at work the other day. Apparently this doesn’t work in call centers… anyone hiring?

[–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don't hang up. Instead, enable airplane mode for increased verisimilitude.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For those like me.....

noun: The quality of appearing to be true or real. synonym: truth.

Context implied it but still....Nice word!

I'm glad you like it! I like how it's made up of three common and easily-identifiable components: it uses the same root as verify meaning true, the same root as similar meaning "like", with tude being a common suffix like -ness. Basically "true-likeness".

https://www.etymonline.com/word/*were-o-
https://www.etymonline.com/word/*sem-#etymonline_v_52581
https://www.etymonline.com/word/-tude#etymonline_v_18793

[–] ledditor@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for showing me a new word! “Verisimilitude” seems useful.

[–] DucktorZee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I would try this and say "I'm about to die" by accident and then spend five minutes explaining the mistake and five days thinking about it. No thanks,.

[–] Ascend910@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

And don't just press the red button. Turn on airplane mode so it says connection timeout instead of call ended.

[–] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Where are the rest of the tips? Asking for a friend.

[–] unagi@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

My phone’s about to die, but I’ll start typing the rest of the tips for your friend:

  • Never, in ANY circumstance

Here's one, set an alarm to go off in the middle of a date, pretend it's a phone call and if the date is going badly "take the call" and say you've got to leave. I could say my roommate has forgot their keys and accidentally locked themselves out for example.