# My TV just scolded me **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 20, 2023, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-just-scolded-me/985809 "2023-06-20T03:41:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-just-scolded-me/985809/21 "2023-06-20T13:34:52Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > > [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > > > Alexa and Google are both much more tolerant of foul language. > > We had an Alexa $2 add-on that gave us Samuel L Jackson in place of Alexa. It was pretty funny, but we stopped using it due to an **embarrassing misuse** that happened. - Be real. That’s why you bought the add-on in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-just-scolded-me/985809/22 "2023-06-20T13:40:36Z")
Heh, me yes. My gf was embarrassed supremely. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-just-scolded-me/985809/23 "2023-06-20T14:22:24Z")
> [@slicedalone](#): > > It says to me (seriously) “Although I am an artificial intelligence here to fulfill your requests, your words still have meaning. Please try to keep a civil tone.” Apparently you didn’t hear the part that it muttered under its breath. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-just-scolded-me/985809/24 "2023-06-20T14:28:20Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > > [@slicedalone](#): > > > > It says to me (seriously) “Although I am an artificial intelligence here to fulfill your requests, your words still have meaning. Please try to keep a civil tone.” > > Apparently you didn’t hear the part that it muttered under its breath. - It’s electronic, it doesn’t breathe. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-just-scolded-me/985809/25 "2023-06-20T14:37:48Z")
I achieved the near-impossible feat yesterday of grabbing up my supermarket purchases and receipt from the automated check-out machine at Kroger before Robot Rhonda could urge me to do so. And though I was several feet away by then and headed for the exit, there was still a voice reminder to take my receipt. Tough luck Rhonda, I’m outta here. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-just-scolded-me/985809/26 "2023-06-20T14:46:05Z")
Wait until you call tech support and it says, “If you loved us, you’d know what was wrong.” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-just-scolded-me/985809/27 "2023-06-20T15:30:05Z")
“Marge! Marge, look! The doll’s trying to kill me and the toaster’s been laughing at me!” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-just-scolded-me/985809/28 "2023-06-20T16:47:56Z")
Ok, I will. @discobot display help ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-just-scolded-me/985809/29 "2023-06-20T16:47:58Z")
I currently know how to do the following things: `@discobot start {name-of-tutorial}` > Starts an interactive tutorial just for you, in a personal message. `{name-of-tutorial}` can be one of: `tutorial, advanced tutorial`. `@discobot roll 2d6` > 🎲 3, 6 `@discobot quote` > 🗨 _Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking._ — Marcus Aurelius `@discobot fortune` > 🔮 You may rely on it ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-just-scolded-me/985809/30 "2023-06-20T16:49:40Z")
Oh, ok. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-just-scolded-me/985809/31 "2023-06-20T16:58:44Z")
Why is it called Discobot if it can’t even dance? Sheesh 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-just-scolded-me/985809/32 "2023-06-20T21:25:55Z")
@discobot, can you dance? @discobot fortune ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-just-scolded-me/985809/33 "2023-06-20T21:25:57Z")
> 🔮 Ask again later ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-just-scolded-me/985809/34 "2023-06-20T21:37:38Z")
A few years ago I bought a FireTV and have studiously ignored every attempt it has made to get me to talk to it. Every so often something will pop up on the screen suggesting that I say something like “Alexa, please show me mystery shows.” I already have a cat who ignores me when I ask it questions. I don’t need my TV telling me what to watch, much less commenting on my language. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-just-scolded-me/985809/35 "2023-06-20T21:57:29Z")
Sometimes when I change channels on the remote, the TV screen flashes a message, “Next time, just say XXX.” Screw you TV, you’re not the boss of me. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-just-scolded-me/985809/36 "2023-06-20T22:21:49Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I’ve heard of this sort of response before on these voice-activated devices. They’ve never seemed like a good idea. If you are actually mad enough to curse out your “assistant,” changes are such a response would just make you more angry. Surely it would better to ignore it. Or hell, just program it to say “sorry.” It’s a marketing ploy. The manufacturer already has your money… and if the thing irritates you enough to want to smash it, you’ll need to buy a replacement. Might be their brand (in which case, PROFIT$$%), or another brand, in which case they’re no worse off than they were before. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-just-scolded-me/985809/37 "2023-06-20T22:35:33Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I once asked, “hey Siri, do you love me?” Now that I can dance? ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-just-scolded-me/985809/38 "2023-06-20T22:54:41Z")
Unless, of course, your goal is to sell more TVs. Crazy like a fox… ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-just-scolded-me/985809/39 "2023-06-20T23:57:59Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > We had an Alexa $2 add-on that gave us Samuel L Jackson in place of Alexa. It was pretty funny, but we stopped using it due to an embarrassing misuse that happened. > Say ‘Rewind’ _ONE MO’ TIME, mothafuka…!_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-just-scolded-me/985809.md?page=1)