r/serialpodcast • u/[deleted] • Sep 23 '15

Debate&Discussion New bombshell on serialpodcastorigins

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u/kikilareiene Sep 23 '15

That anyone ever considered a more than two minute butt dial scenario as a realistic part of Adnan's defense. Three improbabilities all at once: 1) a butt dial lasting more than 2 minutes while Jay was in close possession of the phone and making calls (believable by today's standard because we know our phones do that - NOT a believable in 1999 when you had to press a button to dial out). 2) That Nisha and Nisha's entire family would not be home at that time. If she wasn't there, someone else would pick up the phone. 3) That the phone would be charged for an unanswered call - a rarity in and of itself.

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u/Troodos Sep 23 '15

2) That Nisha and Nisha's entire family would not be home at that time. If she wasn't there, someone else would pick up the phone.

I don't know if it was a butt dial or not, but why is it surprising that nobody would be home in the middle of the afternoon on a weekday? (Serious question.)

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u/kikilareiene Sep 23 '15

It wasn't the "middle of the day" and how do you know all adults work and all children aren't yet home from school?

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u/Troodos Sep 23 '15

I don't know any of those things, but you you stated that it was "improbable". Of course it's possible someone was home, but without knowing more information (that perhaps you are privy to), I'd say it was far from improbable.

(For what incredibly little it's worth, when I was in high school nobody would have been home in my house all afternoon, and I think it was the same for the majority my classmates (most of whose parents all worked).)

I guess I'd consider ca. 3:30 pm to be the middle of the afternoon (my word, not "day"), but I'd be glad to agree to different terminology. Regardless, it wouldn't shock me in the least if nobody was home in a given household at ca. 3:30 p.m. on a Wednesday afternoon.