#9614118 - 07/25/19 03:49 AM
Fuck you Amber alert
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BroKe
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Loc: Markham, Ontario
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Got woken up again. Didn't even read the alert. Now I can't go back to sleep. Have a huge day today and I'm pissed. No one fucking cares about some dumb kid. I have a land line in my room and for the last 25 years I opened it and cut the ringer so it never rings. Gonna have to start turning off my phone at night now. There's something wrong with this country.
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#9614136 - 07/25/19 07:01 AM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
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BroKe
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Loc: Markham, Ontario
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I got both and have it turned off on my phone
I'm over it now. Lol. But fuck, that shit is annoying though. Coffee sales must be going up today
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#9614155 - 07/25/19 08:08 AM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
[Re: Cee_mon]
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phoenixrage
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Android lets you turn off the notification
the level of alert that is sent out is "higher" priority and bypasses all those settings.
If it was my kid, I still would not expect every Ontario resident to wake up in the middle of the night to help.
the real kicker of the story is, the kid was in custody by 4am, and reports say the police spent over an hour negotiating with the father for the safe release.
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#9614413 - 07/25/19 12:44 PM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
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BroKe
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Loc: Markham, Ontario
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I don't understand how a bioligal parent can "kidnap" their own kid. Obvious custody dispute. These Amber alerts are a waste of time. No one cares, no one is out looking. There isn't even enough Info in the alert to do anything. Leave it up to the cops and turn that shit off. Anyone who says what if it was your kid. Get over yourself lol it's my right to care or not and quite frankly I don't. Boo hoo. These alerts are so ass backwards. I didn't even read the got damn thing. Just turned it off. Good thing it wasn't a real emergency or I'd be fucked. So now I won't get any real emergencies cause my phone will be off. They should make people sign up for these alerts and see who really cares or just running their mouth.
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#9614517 - 07/25/19 02:43 PM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
[Re: titty sprinkles]
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BroKe
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Loc: Markham, Ontario
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I sleep with my windows closed so I don't hear any outside noise. I do that on purpose. What makes my sleep so special to me is that it's mine. Just like yours is yours. If you want to wake up in the middle of the night be my guest. I don't and don't think I should have to for someone else's kid. Foh with that shit. To be honest even if i got the alert and saw the kid I still probably wouldn't do anything. Said this before. You can't force someone to give a shit about what you care about and I don't expect that from anyone either.
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#9614612 - 07/25/19 05:08 PM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
[Re: phoenixrage]
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Cee_mon
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Android lets you turn off the notification the level of alert that is sent out is "higher" priority and bypasses all those settings. If it was my kid, I still would not expect every Ontario resident to wake up in the middle of the night to help. the real kicker of the story is, the kid was in custody by 4am, and reports say the police spent over an hour negotiating with the father for the safe release.
My phone will still show the amber alert but will not make a sound. s10 here
Edited by Cee_mon (07/25/19 05:09 PM)
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#9614639 - 07/25/19 05:49 PM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
[Re: titty sprinkles]
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BroKe
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Loc: Markham, Ontario
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I sleep with my windows closed so I don't hear any outside noise. I do that on purpose. What makes my sleep so special to me is that it's mine. Just like yours is yours. If you want to wake up in the middle of the night be my guest. I don't and don't think I should have to for someone else's kid. Foh with that shit. To be honest even if i got the alert and saw the kid I still probably wouldn't do anything. Said this before. You can't force someone to give a shit about what you care about and I don't expect that from anyone either. damn, that's pretty shitty of you. don't forget to call 911 to complain. hope someone doesn't wake you up incase your house is on fire or something or God forbid something happened to a loved one. alot of people including OP rag on emergency services until they need them. BTW i sleep during the day so please stfu and don't interrupt MY sleep.
If people o much about kids they don't know, go protest Trump taking kids away from their families at the border. You may think I'm a shitty person and that's fine by me. I'm not here to please anyone. Alot of people need to get off of their high horse. Let's face it. You ain't doing shit about Amber alert. U went back to sleep. I also don't care if people call 911 to complain. There's a reason people are doing. Fix the system or live with the consequences. FYI I haven't called 911 to complain. I sent an email to the crtc or whoever is in charge the first time shit shit happened
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#9614641 - 07/25/19 05:52 PM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
[Re: BroKe]
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BroKe
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Loc: Markham, Ontario
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Not everyone has kids or wants them. Lol ppl with kids always trying to force that shit on everyone else. No one cares about yer kids. If you can't keep your kids safe that's on you. Harsh but that's just reality. Not everyone cares about that shit
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#9614702 - 07/25/19 07:05 PM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
[Re: BroKe]
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Risky Business
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#9614745 - 07/25/19 07:59 PM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
[Re: 4Three]
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phoenixrage
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There are a lot of considerations made before this "intrusive" Amber alert is sent out. For every Amber alert you receive, there are probably a thousand missing kid incidents that did not result in an Amber alert. Did you know that kids often go on vacation with the family without informing the school and generally the schools treat these cases as missing children which then require police to investigate, and they have to treat it as such until proven otherwise? How the fuck does the police find a kid that's gone to Cuba for the week with the entire family?
All you selfish fucks need to shut your damn phones off if you're so concerned about your beauty sleep.
And to answer the question "who kidnaps their biological kid?". Well, who does anything bad their biological kid? It's not common, but it happens. The fact that this ended in a negotiation obviously means there was a bit of push back from the parent. Get a clue and stop being so obtuse.
That said, I hope no one here ever has to deal with a second of thinking their kid has gone missing. It'll turn your life upside down.
yes, but at the same time, don't we live in a free society where I should have the choice to opt out? Which, I don't even want to opt out, I just want to be able to turn down the alarm or at least choose a different tone, maybe an air raid siren would be more acceptable to my ears?
I'm not denying the system for the most part works as intended, but at the same time, you should be allowed to re-evaluate the process itself to find ways to improve it.
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#9614749 - 07/25/19 08:01 PM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
[Re: phoenixrage]
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Risky Business
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...or you know you can just turn off your phone.
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#9614756 - 07/25/19 08:05 PM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
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phoenixrage
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...or you know you can just turn off your phone.
What about those people who have to keep their phone on, in case of family emergencies, or work emergencies? I have to be able to be reached in case there alarm goes off at my work.
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#9614783 - 07/25/19 08:58 PM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
[Re: phoenixrage]
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Raocorp
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Android lets you turn off the notification the level of alert that is sent out is "higher" priority and bypasses all those settings. If it was my kid, I still would not expect every Ontario resident to wake up in the middle of the night to help. the real kicker of the story is, the kid was in custody by 4am, and reports say the police spent over an hour negotiating with the father for the safe release.
+1 for OnePlus lol. I have them turned off on my 5T and had no clue there was even an alert.
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#9614790 - 07/25/19 09:15 PM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
[Re: Simon_the_Pieman]
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phoenixrage
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if you complain about amber alerts i hope i never meet you
so you are saying the current system is perfect... and because its about kids its free from criticism and does not need to be improved?
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#9614946 - 07/26/19 05:41 AM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
[Re: phoenixrage]
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Risky Business
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...or you know you can just turn off your phone. What about those people who have to keep their phone on, in case of family emergencies, or work emergencies? I have to be able to be reached in case there alarm goes off at my work.
You prioritize non life threatening work emergencies over human life, the rest of the world doesn't. Turn off your phone, or don't bitch about it.
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#9614956 - 07/26/19 06:29 AM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
[Re: phoenixrage]
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furball
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Loc: Toronto, ON
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Why was there no Amber Alert for Ding Ding?
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#9614958 - 07/26/19 06:45 AM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
[Re: phoenixrage]
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lol ok whatever, its called having responsibilities, and where did I ever say that I prioritize it over human life?
what about doctors? they have work emergencies that are about saving lives when they are on call?
Some of you really need to stop being so ignorant about it. Admit it that the system is not perfect and CAN be improved. That is my point. Some of you really can't comprehend this for some reason. And personally, I don't blindly accept things for how it is when there is clearly room for improvement.
There's already been more than one case where the system has been misused due to the slow reaction. Why can't the person who hits the button to transmit do a last minute check on the situation?
Are we not allowed to look back and review and look for ways to improve the system to make it even more effective? Especially when we all know the technology is there? Someone at some point has technically put a price tag on saving lives.
Not one person has said the system is perfect. Not one person has said the system has no room for improvement.
These are your own blanket assumptions about everyone that doesn't agree with you.
While the system is imperfect, we ALL have the ability to mute it by turning off our phones, which is within our means and control. That said, I am not interested in strawmen arguments or discussing the outliers of 1% of people who are on call and cannot turn of their phones.
For 99% of the population, the net/net impact of this imperfect system is far more positive than negative.
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#9614997 - 07/26/19 08:22 AM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
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BroKe
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Loc: Markham, Ontario
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I should have put a poll on who thinks it should be stopped until they have an option to opt out or mute and who thinks it should be forced on everyone
People think with their hearts more than their brain way too much in this country.
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#9615006 - 07/26/19 08:43 AM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
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phoenixrage
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Loc: People's Republic of Ontario
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lol ok whatever, its called having responsibilities, and where did I ever say that I prioritize it over human life?
what about doctors? they have work emergencies that are about saving lives when they are on call?
Some of you really need to stop being so ignorant about it. Admit it that the system is not perfect and CAN be improved. That is my point. Some of you really can't comprehend this for some reason. And personally, I don't blindly accept things for how it is when there is clearly room for improvement.
There's already been more than one case where the system has been misused due to the slow reaction. Why can't the person who hits the button to transmit do a last minute check on the situation?
Are we not allowed to look back and review and look for ways to improve the system to make it even more effective? Especially when we all know the technology is there? Someone at some point has technically put a price tag on saving lives. Not one person has said the system is perfect. Not one person has said the system has no room for improvement. These are your own blanket assumptions about everyone that doesn't agree with you. While the system is imperfect, we ALL have the ability to mute it by turning off our phones, which is within our means and control. That said, I am not interested in strawmen arguments or discussing the outliers of 1% of people who are on call and cannot turn of their phones. For 99% of the population, the net/net impact of this imperfect system is far more positive than negative.
All the best to you and your family and loved ones.
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#9615334 - 07/26/19 02:43 PM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
[Re: BroKe]
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titty sprinkles
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Loc: Toronto,Ontario
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I sleep with my windows closed so I don't hear any outside noise. I do that on purpose. What makes my sleep so special to me is that it's mine. Just like yours is yours. If you want to wake up in the middle of the night be my guest. I don't and don't think I should have to for someone else's kid. Foh with that shit. To be honest even if i got the alert and saw the kid I still probably wouldn't do anything. Said this before. You can't force someone to give a shit about what you care about and I don't expect that from anyone either. damn, that's pretty shitty of you. don't forget to call 911 to complain. hope someone doesn't wake you up incase your house is on fire or something or God forbid something happened to a loved one. alot of people including OP rag on emergency services until they need them. BTW i sleep during the day so please stfu and don't interrupt MY sleep. If people o much about kids they don't know, go protest Trump taking kids away from their families at the border. You may think I'm a shitty person and that's fine by me. I'm not here to please anyone. Alot of people need to get off of their high horse. Let's face it. You ain't doing shit about Amber alert. U went back to sleep. I also don't care if people call 911 to complain. There's a reason people are doing. Fix the system or live with the consequences. FYI I haven't called 911 to complain. I sent an email to the crtc or whoever is in charge the first time shit shit happened
so because of an alert of a missing child in my home country i'm supposed to go protest another country's issue? your argument makes no sense.
lets get this straight, nobody is forcing you to care. its an alert on your phone, i'd hate to tell you how to do simplistic things in life but silencing your phone, turning it off, keeping it in a different room are all options if you don't want to be woken up by an alert; did you write the CRTC to tell them about a chinese telemarketing call or a duct cleaning call? perhaps we should call 911 if there's a test of the emergency broadcast system because it's disrupting me watching fresh prince of belair?
you're right, i did go back to sleep, however for the previous amber alert where the child died, i was on my way home after a shift at 11pm and did keep an eye out for the civic on the 401-400 that was sought after the same route i take home, and look how that ended up but point being, that's what the alert is intended to do.
i don't understand or recall anyone asking you specifically to go out and LOOK for the child. maybe you should get off your high horse and realize that a childs life is more important than you getting your beauty sleep.
if you don't see anything wrong with people calling 911 to complain then i pray that you don't require EMS/fire/police and end up getting a busy signal, the system is not perfect, but it's also not terrible.
it's this kind of cry baby attitude that turns society to shit.
Edited by titty sprinkles (07/26/19 02:52 PM)
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#9615478 - 07/26/19 08:09 PM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
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titty sprinkles
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#9615506 - 07/26/19 10:00 PM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
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Is the OPs pussy still agitated?
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#9617417 - 07/30/19 03:14 PM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
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BroKe
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Loc: Markham, Ontario
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people with kids getting extra heated lmao. no logic. Let's start sending alerts for people's dogs next. Or hey let's start sending them out for every missing person. Just because it's a kid everyone is so extra.
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#9617424 - 07/30/19 03:20 PM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
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BroKe
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Loc: Markham, Ontario
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I sleep with my windows closed so I don't hear any outside noise. I do that on purpose. What makes my sleep so special to me is that it's mine. Just like yours is yours. If you want to wake up in the middle of the night be my guest. I don't and don't think I should have to for someone else's kid. Foh with that shit. To be honest even if i got the alert and saw the kid I still probably wouldn't do anything. Said this before. You can't force someone to give a shit about what you care about and I don't expect that from anyone either. if this was my kid and you did nothing...but i found out about it...lol well then... Lol boohoo
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#9618178 - 07/31/19 12:08 PM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
[Re: titty sprinkles]
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BroKe
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Registered: 09/15/01
Posts: 3835
Loc: Markham, Ontario
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No worries. I don't set my phone to alert me for things like that. Only real emergencies
Happy belated tho
Edited by BroKe (07/31/19 12:08 PM)
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#9618606 - 07/31/19 08:40 PM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
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The Postman
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The wife helped deliver a baby that later was an Amber Alert so its a touchy subject around here. But fuck getting woke up at 3am for an alert from some city 200kms away lol.
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#9620640 - 08/04/19 10:01 AM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
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Hatorade
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oh iPhone, just apply Do Not Disturb. Nothing gets through.
My wife’s phone is scheduled daily to go DND and the alert still comes through but quieter. My phone is always on silent via the switch and it didn’t come through. Why is there so much inconsistency?
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#9620755 - 08/04/19 12:15 PM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
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phoenixrage
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oh iPhone, just apply Do Not Disturb. Nothing gets through. My wife’s phone is scheduled daily to go DND and the alert still comes through but quieter. My phone is always on silent via the switch and it didn’t come through. Why is there so much inconsistency?
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#9621085 - 08/05/19 06:01 AM
Re: Fuck you Amber alert
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Risky Business
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whining about it on the internet =! doing something about it
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