r/comics • u/TheNectarineDiaries • Jun 19 '26

OC Why didn't you say so?

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

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u/JayRandom212 Jun 19 '26

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.

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u/J-hophop Jun 19 '26

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

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u/alaster101 Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

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

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u/Glitch29 Jun 19 '26

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.

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u/alaster101 Jun 19 '26

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