• snek_boi@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    I’m sure this is a quality shitpost, but I don’t get it 😅 Can someone explain the context for this?

    • Zammy95@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      I don’t know if I agree with the content necessarily but do find it funny if I’m following right.

      When on the phone with an automated system, many of them will bypass to a real person if they hear certain phrases, “representative” being a very commonly used one. I think it’s saying the way you say representative reflects your true self, whether you just calmly repeat “representative”, or yell “REPRESENTATIVE” at the robot until someone picks up lol

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      7 months ago

      I asked chatgpt to explain it…surprisingly not bad:

      This is humorous because it suggests that speaking to an automated phone system in a certain way—often out of frustration when trying to reach a human operator—reveals one’s true character. It’s a playful take on how technology can sometimes bring out unexpected sides of us, especially when it doesn’t work as smoothly as we’d like.

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        7 months ago

        But it doesn’t provide an explanatory context. It still assumes everyone knows what the hell these words mean, mainly “representative” in this context.