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"God, please end poverty in the world" "I'm sorry, I didn't get that. I'm sorry, I didn't catch that."

• emodendroket 9y ago
  Does taking potshots at the OP's religion add anything at all to the discussion?
  • mediaman 9y ago
    Huh? It's an amusing joke. How is it taking a "potshot" at his religion? Imagine being in church, praying to God for the betterment of humanity, and then you hear Him answer you back, filling the church with His voice, but...it's just Cortana with an inane canned response. It's funny, and not in an insulting way, except perhaps if you're on the team working on one of these products.
    • emodendroket 9y ago
      I guess I could see how you might be amused by that reading, but the way I imagined it was more like ridiculing someone who attends church with a joke about how prayer is futile.
• a_e_k 9y ago
  "For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good."
• nfoz 9y ago
  Heh. To be fair the conversation in question was a lot more personal than that -- matters of crime, addiction, forgiveness, and personal change. The "nothing to hide" arguments are irrelevant here -- people absolutely do have things to hide. This is where people seek advice about lawbreaking before they are ready or able to discuss with authorities. We can't have even the pretense that something could be listening in on these convos. It's appropriate to blame the church for having the listening device.... but as technologists we know that off-the-shelf products don't give them much choice without technical proficiency/awareness to reconfigure the defaults. Edit: and I think I interpreted your joke as you intended; no offense taken.