Apple FaceTime

solefald · 02-28-2011, 01:51 PM

Do you guys use it?

I hate talking on a phone. It's a fucking torture, so all these shenanigans
about AT&T's dropped calls don't bother me.
95% of communication that I do is either SMS, Email or IM.
Why do you have to call someone to say "I'm on my way"?

Well, thanks Apple for fucking this up for me even more.
Now a friend of mine tries to call me via goddamn FaceTime 5 times a day,
while I am at work. And apparently he does that to every person with an iPhone he knows, including his GF. Both, her and I, are fucking sick and tired of trying to explain to him that this FaceTime shit at work in addition to being absolutely fucking pointless can get us in trouble. On top of that we talk on IM all the fucking time, so I don't understand why he has to call me to begin with. He just called me again via FaceTime to ask me if I have a battery charger because his bike wound not start this morning. Are you kidding me???

How do i make him stop???

sorry. had to vent.

Feyd · 02-28-2011, 01:53 PM

Stop responding... completely.

chinoxs203 · 02-28-2011, 01:55 PM

connect to facetime, show him your asshole /end

solefald · 02-28-2011, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Feyd

Stop responding... completely.

I don't respond! I send him to voicemail, and reply via IM "STOP CALLING ME AT WORK", but he still fucking calls! Even though no one at work cares about personal phone conversations, I have to tell him that we are not allowed to take personal phone calls at work.

This also goes for Skype. I used it before to talk to my friends back home, but that went to shit too.
They fail to realize 11 hour difference and then get shitfaced and call me when its 9am here and I am at work. Good bye, Skype

solefald · 02-28-2011, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by chinoxs203

connect to facetime, show him your asshole /end

WIN! I going to do that next time he calls!

Augenbrauezug · 02-28-2011, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by solefald

WIN! I going to do that next time he calls!

Your office doesn't care about personal calls, or showing someone your ass via facetime? Where can I submit my resume?

solefald · 02-28-2011, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Augenbrauezug

Your office doesn't care about personal calls, or showing someone your ass via facetime? Where can I submit my resume?

I work at a university. No one gives a shit about anything here

Feyd · 02-28-2011, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by solefald

I don't respond! I send him to voicemail, and reply via IM "STOP CALLING ME AT WORK"

Don't wanna get hung up on semantics or anything... but that's a response.

You missed the point I was trying to make when I said completely.

Completely as in, quit acknowledging his existance. No phone calls/texts/IMs/facebook posts/sign language/bird calls/smoke signals... nothing. With any luck in a week or so he'll move on to the next contact in his list.

solefald · 02-28-2011, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Feyd

Completely as in, quit acknowledging his existance. No phone calls/texts/IMs/facebook posts/sign language/bird calls/smoke signals... nothing. With any luck in a week or so he'll move on to the next contact in his list.

Except the fact that he is pretty much my best friend

BMWinNorthdakota · 02-28-2011, 02:45 PM

does the iphone have a BBM equivalent ?

solefald · 02-28-2011, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by BMWinNorthdakota

does the iphone have a BBM equivalent ?

Nope. I had BB's for 7+ years and haven't used it even once. Never saw a point, other than not needing to have an account on any IM networks.

There is a million of other ways to IM with an iPhone.

Feyd · 02-28-2011, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by solefald

Except the fact that he is pretty much my best friend

Pretty much doesn't equal..

My advise would be to find a new friend. If he was that good of a friend he'd have gotten the hint a long time ago.

Think about it. When shit gets tough and you need some help are you going to seriously call this guy? Do you think he'll have your back? He's clearly battling some serious narcissistic tendancies so do you think for one second he possess the social skills necessary to keep his mouth shut if you are in a jam...? Or the ability to offer an ounce of honest advice?

I don't.

I've got people I'm friends with and then I've got people I'd drop everything and fly around the world to help them out if they were in a jam.

"Best" friends should fall into the latter category IMO.... I clearly don't know him, but I don't think he fits into that category in the slightest.

In the mean time, you can shut facetime off in the settings menu under "phone".

JayKay335i · 02-28-2011, 03:05 PM

he just wants to watch you watch him fap

Quick6EF · 02-28-2011, 03:21 PM

fuck his gf

he wont call you anymore

persian54 · 02-28-2011, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by BMWinNorthdakota

does the iphone have a BBM equivalent ?

kind of

it's called Kik lol

But yeah just turn facetime off...

PsychoSlug · 02-28-2011, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by persian54

But yeah just turn facetime off...

This.

I played around with it a bit when I first got it, but that is about it. Facetime isn't really a useful feature unless you travel a lot and want to see your family/kids, rather than just talk to them, IMO.

JayKay335i · 02-28-2011, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by dpratt34

This.

I played around with it a bit when I first got it, but that is about it. Facetime isn't really a useful feature unless you travel a lot and want to see your family/kids, rather than just talk to them, IMO.

You are incredibly uncreative. Go back to using a razr.

persian54 · 02-28-2011, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by dpratt34

Facetime isn't really a useful feature unless you travel a lot and want to see your family/kids, rather than just talk to them, IMO.

Exactly

When I was in Dubai, all I had to do was connect to WiFi and I was able to FaceTime and talk to my girl in the US for free

I remember one time she was on some volunteer thing planting trees...and I was in Duabi... and we were able to FaceTime and talk (for free mind you)

Pretty crazy technology; I love FaceTime for moments like those

koreez88 · 02-28-2011, 05:33 PM

Skype works beautifully with your front camera on 3G network.

Kroy · 02-28-2011, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by solefald

Except the fact that he is pretty much my best friend

great! so he won't take it too personally when you tell him to STFU while you're at work.

why don't you just uninstall facetime? or set it to display some sort of wallpaper or something instead of camera. i don't have an iphone so don't know how it works.

Comet · 03-01-2011, 02:58 AM

I like the asshole solution

best IM for iPhone is Whatsapp.
Used FaceTime maybe once?
is there an app that can feed your camera to a picture like they used to do for chatroulette? Because that will open up a world for you... a different picture every day

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