# What is your opinion on ringtones? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 30, 2009, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-on-ringtones/519447 "2009-11-30T06:57:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-on-ringtones/519447/41 "2009-12-03T19:36:38Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > I mean do you really need a different ring tone for each of your fifty best friends. Just look at your caller ID. Ringtones make that easier as well. If I’m busy, my ringtone tells me which calls I can safely ignore for a bit without stopping what I am doing to take my phone out of my pants pocket. ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-on-ringtones/519447/42 "2009-12-03T21:21:41Z")
Just changed mine yesterday. Same for everyone, and changed it from All my Exes live in Texas to Family Tradition. Because it plays for the person calling me as well I view it as a way to introduce my musically illiterate friends to country music. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-on-ringtones/519447/43 "2009-12-03T22:20:05Z")
> [@villa](#): > > Just changed mine yesterday. Same for everyone, and changed it from All my Exes live in Texas to Family Tradition. Because it plays for the person calling me as well I view it as a way to introduce my musically illiterate friends to country music. I would never call you. Text only for you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-on-ringtones/519447/44 "2009-12-03T22:30:51Z")
You forgot the most vital of options: Why on earth isn’t your phone on vibrate? ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-on-ringtones/519447/45 "2009-12-03T22:32:38Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > I would never call you. Text only for you. 😉 It is clearly people like you who need the help most! Walk towards the light. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-on-ringtones/519447/46 "2009-12-03T23:28:20Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > I have a few custom ringtones set on my iPhone; > > Basic ringtone; Klingon red alert siren > old college friend; TARDIS dematerializing sound > > I also rotate through some Mac startup chimes > > I refuse to use song snippets, all my ringtones have a “ring-ish” sound to them, I think of my ringtones as a sort of “inside jokes”, a Dr. Who fan, a Trek fan, or a fellow Mac user would get what my ringtone was, to someone not “in the know” they just sound like unusual rings > > and for the most part, the volume and sound profile of these ringtones (TARDIS excepted) are less annoying than a conventional ringtone I like your way of thinking. 😃 My current ringtone is the Doctor Who credits theme. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-on-ringtones/519447/47 "2009-12-04T18:46:59Z")
I have one ringtone. It’s Weird Al’s “Virus Alert!”. It annoys _me_ - it never fails to make me jump and swear when it goes off. But I paid 2.99 for it so I’m keeping it, doggonit. It’s poetic justice that Weird Al came up with [this gem](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvVDNvpIBWo)recently. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-on-ringtones/519447/48 "2009-12-04T20:20:04Z")
Audacity and a pc connector cable for your phone, I have around 50 ring and text tones I have custom made, for my boss its ZZ Top “Just got Paid Today” for work its the Dr. Who theme (absolutely impossible to mistake that thing for anything else) for some friends I have a custom tone. For texts I like to use little snippets of songs or spoken word from videos. a few I have are 2 notes from the Dexter theme, “I like turtles” from zombie kid (you tube it) one Silent tone that “rings” with no sound at all, its nice because I dont have to turn off the to truly shut it the hell up since there is no vibrate on this setting, Dick Proenneke from Alone in the wilderness (yeah I know its not actually his voice) from him I have a couple my Favorite is “I left his entrails for the birds” just remember Fun is not a crime. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-on-ringtones/519447.md?page=2)