# Test...Can you hear me now?

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**Created:** [January 10, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-can-you-hear-me-now/678484 "2014-01-10T23:45:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-can-you-hear-me-now/678484/1 "2014-01-10T23:45:57Z")

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Weird happenings with my account pre-hack. Test to see what’s up.

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**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-can-you-hear-me-now/678484/2 "2014-01-11T02:24:30Z")

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> [@D.E.S.K.Top668](#):
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> Weird happenings with my account pre-hack. Test to see what’s up.

Nope. I can’t hear you. Then again, I have my speakers muted.

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**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-can-you-hear-me-now/678484/3 "2014-01-11T04:15:24Z")

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I think I hear you shouting…but you seem to be cutting in and out…

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**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-can-you-hear-me-now/678484/4 "2014-01-11T14:50:56Z")

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Hmm. Maybe try posting closer to a window, to see if you get better reception?

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-can-you-hear-me-now/678484/5 "2014-01-11T15:06:49Z")

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> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#):
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> Hmm. Maybe try posting closer to a window, to see if you get better reception?

I usually just wrap tinfoil around the antennae.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-can-you-hear-me-now/678484/6 "2014-01-11T15:11:46Z")

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Hear.  
You keep using that word.  
I do not think it means what you think it means.