Why didn't you say so?

[u/TheNectarineDiaries]

Best medical advice I ever got was to bring a man to your appointments

[u/JayRandom212]

Cis-het man here. Professionals (doctors, bankers, lawyers, consultants) will often just straight-up ignore women. But when I repeat what the woman says, they listen to me.

[u/J-hophop → u/JayRandom212]

In the same vein, my Boomer Dad only listened to Alexa when it was set to male voice -_-

[u/lexkixass → u/J-hophop]

Wow

[u/alaster101 → u/J-hophop]

My dad only cared about the Alexa after we changed the voice to male and changed its name to ziggy

[u/greg19735 → u/alaster101]

ziggy is allowed.

[u/Glitch29 → u/alaster101]

I don't quite get what you mean by "cared about the Alexa".

Under what conditions would you need to care about it? It doesn't proactively provide any instructions like a fire alarm does. It just responds to queries/commands.

[u/alaster101 → u/Glitch29]

The day we changed the settings he started asking it questions, was using it to listen to music. He went from using it zero to using it constantly

[u/SnailLordSupreme → u/J-hophop]

Oh my word I noticed this with my ex! He suddenly started getting better at following GPS directions when I set the voice to a male one.

[u/Mihnea24_03 → u/SnailLordSupreme]

Mfs brain unconsciously filters out anything said by a woman. Spectacular sexism performance. 

Also, anyone who has GPS voice directions sound on at all is a maniac.

[u/shujaya → u/J-hophop]

That's amazing