You can set your horn in Forza Horizon 5 and 6 to be this during multiplayer races, and you can honk it and see in real-time as you cause other racers’ brains to instantly freak out.
Devious that they added it.
Related: did you know that the Outlook calendar notification sound is based on one of the developer’s kids singing “time to get up!” to them in the morning.
To be clear: I don’t condone violence towards children, but if a kid did that to me it would trigger my fight-or-flight response.
ptsd noises
OMFG 😂
You mean the Skype ringtone?
Damn, beat me to it
Pavlovian priming at its finest. “Heckssake who’s calling me at… eight PM, never mind, must be the TV then”
I am the same way with the Slack “tick tick tick” notification in their commercials.
Who still uses slack?
Anyone who calls me on teams can send me an email like a civilized fucking human and I’ll respond when I’m good and ready.
Or a teams message.
But I’m not a savage answering a telephone like it’s 1965.
One of the streamers I watch has it as a gag alert and he likes to mess with his chat.
not even kidding when I say this, I would stop watching that streamer
Bom bom buwip bip bom bom.
I’ve probably done something correctly in my life since I can’t say I even know what that sounds like. I think I’ve done one video call ever when I was getting my permit for hot work. I don’t remember what app I used for that.
Try setting up an elderly parent with Teams.
Work Related Pavlovian Trauma.
Honestly I sometimes hear it, and my laptop’s not even on.
PSA: Never, NEVER, use your favourite song or sound as your ringtone or message sound, especially if your employer has your phone number. It destroyed “Bob Marley-Three Little Birds” and that “Metal Gear - you’ve been discovered” for me.
