[pseudosavant]

I've recently become a convert to this kind of thinking. The person invited the public to join in when they decided to have a public speakerphone call. If they don't want my responses or laughter, they get annoyed and stop the behavior I was finding annoying in the first place.

I don't even have to act like I'm bothered by it, or that I find their behavior offensive. They change their behavior because they are bothered by mine.

[onethought]

How is that different than two people talking in person? Do you interrupt them as well?

[itishappy]

Yup. Online too! I have no qualms about adding my two cents to any loud public conversations.

[stavros]

Do you think having your conversation on speakerphone in public is the same as talking to someone?

[mezyt]

A half conversation is a lot more disruptive because your brain try to fill in the gap of information.

[lxgr]

If their voices sounded shrill/unnaturally amplified/too loud, definitely. Listening to an annoying conversation on speakerphone is 10x more annoying than when it's face-to-face.