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  • FoxSlayer

    Banned
    BANNED!!!
    Sep 8, 2020
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    How retarted could they be to send a alert like that to cell phones at 430am. Everyone is just going to turn off the alerts now. Should have been on radio stations if they wanted it to be effective
     

    -Z/28-

    I wanna go fast
    Dec 6, 2011
    10,649
    Harford Co
    Mine was off but apparently one of the recent Android updates must have turned it back on. Pissed me the f*ck off this morning.
     

    Norton

    NRA Endowment Member, Rifleman
    Staff member
    Admin
    Moderator
    May 22, 2005
    122,853
    The only time that should be used at that hour is in the event of a national emergency like a nuclear attack, tsunami, sharknado.

    You start sending those amber alerts at that hour and you are going to condition people to not look at their phones.
     

    willtill

    The Dude Abides
    MDS Supporter
    May 15, 2007
    24,318
    The only time that should be used at that hour is in the event of a national emergency like a nuclear attack, tsunami, sharknado.

    You start sending those amber alerts at that hour and you are going to condition people to not look at their phones.

    Yea, definitely if a Sharknado event. I don't need to be surprised by a shark flying at me while I'm taking a piss in the backyard in the wee hours of the morning... :nono:
     

    whistlersmother

    Peace through strength
    Jan 29, 2013
    8,948
    Fulton, MD
    Yes you can. Mine is off. Wife’s wasn’t off but will be today.


    Got to love crap like that when you work 80-100 hours/week

    Exactly this - only my wife handed the phone to me at 4:30a and told me to turn off the alerts. Googling Android settings across 5 different versions in a sleep stupor is not something I would like to repeat...

    Although, it might be good for some reparations -or- more ammo. Decisions, decisions....
     

    toppkatt

    Ultimate Member
    Apr 22, 2017
    1,185
    The only time that should be used at that hour is in the event of a national emergency like a nuclear attack, tsunami, sharknado.

    You start sending those amber alerts at that hour and you are going to condition people to not look at their phones.

    The boy who cried 'wolf' comes to mind.
     

    Skipjacks

    Ultimate Member
    I have been awake since 4:30 this morning because of things and now I am less effective at my job

    What idiot approved this?

    The end result is that I didn't help find the missing kid because amazingly the kidnapper wasn't hiding him in my bedroom at 4:30am and now my alerts are shut off so I won't even know about the next one

    Morons
     

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    babalou

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    Aug 12, 2013
    16,019
    Glenelg
    yup

    Yes you can. Mine is off. Wife’s wasn’t off but will be today.


    Got to love crap like that when you work 80-100 hours/week

    scared the eff out of me. I use my phone as my alarm. Because of the time, I thought some major disaster or some other thing was happening.
     

    babalou

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    Aug 12, 2013
    16,019
    Glenelg
    hahahaha

    Yea, definitely if a Sharknado event. I don't need to be surprised by a shark flying at me while I'm taking a piss in the backyard in the wee hours of the morning... :nono:

    I may have done that at some point hahaha
     

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