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"I heard that smoke detector beep, Jackson. I'm tired of pretending we are peers."

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stricture @bog_beef Adam Carolla invented the smoke alarm bit. A huge amount of loveline callers had smoke alarms going off. They would stop talking to them and time the smoke alarm. Their explanation was ppl that aren't driven crazy by them must have grown up around bad things they tuned out 11:13 AM Jun 6, 2023 · 388.2K Views 186 Retweets 23 Quotes 2,856 Likes

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Smoke Detector Beeping

stricture @bog_beef Adam Carolla invented the smoke alarm bit. A huge amount of loveline callers had smoke alarms going off. They would stop talking to them and time the smoke alarm. Their explanation was ppl that aren't driven crazy by them must have grown up around bad things they tuned out 11:13 AM Jun 6, 2023 · 388.2K Views 186 Retweets 23 Quotes 2,856 Likes

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The Sound of Urban Poverty - 2013 Blog

The Sound of Urban Poverty Mon, 11/03/2013 - 12:00am Over the years I have visited many Baltimore inner city homes to interview the residents about their life and work, their hopes and dreams. They are members of the urban poor: the un- and underemployed, as well as those who despite the fact that they work full time and then some - do not make a living wage and struggle to make ends meet. It doesn't matter what time of the month or year I visit, whether it's the East side or West side, public or private housing, upon entering each residence, I am always greeted by the same persistent sound: the plaintive chirp of a smoke detector whose batteries need replacing. It accompanies us as we settle down for our interview and whimpers throughout, often acting as punctuation to a particularly illuminating point the interviewee has made. It is not something my hosts apologize for or even feel the need to explain. It's just part of the soundtrack of their lives. And a barely perceptible one at that. They are much more likely to notice the sounds just outside their door: gunfire at all hours, wailing police sirens, bottles breaking in the back alley, junkies hanging out on the front stoop. It's not that my hosts are not concerned about their family's safety. They are. It's just that they do not perceive a house fire as their biggest threat. When I mention the dysfunctional smoke detector, it's as if they themselves are hearing its appeal for the first time. "Oh that? Yeah. It always does that."

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Im glad the "black people fire alarm" discourse has started because I remember being at a black kids house when I was like 12 and i kept thinking there were sneakers squeaking somewhere just behind me and slowly being driven insane by it

HowlingMutant @Howlingmutant Im glad the "black people fire alarm" discourse has started because I remember being at a black kids house when I was like 12 and i kept thinking there were sneakers squeaking somewhere just behind me and slowly being driven insane by it 6:41 AM Jun 6, 2023 112.4K Views

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beep >dat beep annoyin

—— ■— —— Anonymous ID: Du7kuJdB Tue 06 Jun 2023 09:42:00 No.429616803 Quoted By: >>429624325 *beep* >dat beep annoyin >oh, it gone now *beep* >dat beep annoyin >oh, it gone now *beep* >dat beep annoyin ... >oh, it gone now

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I had no idea this dead smoke detector battery thing has been a known phenomenon for probably decades. 2013 blog:

Fausto Rindón @Metarapist I had no idea this dead smoke detector battery thing has been a known phenomenon for probably decades. 2013 blog: The Sound of Urban Poverty. Posted on March 11, 2013 by caroline center : Over the years I have visited many Baltimore inner city homes to interview the residents about their life and work, their hopes and dreams. They are members of the urban poor: the un- and underemployed, as well as those who - despite the fact that they work full time and then some - do not make a living wage and struggle to make ends meet. It doesn't matter what time of the month or year I visit, whether it's the East side or West side, public or private housing, upon entering each residence, I am always greeted by the same persister sound: the plaintive chirp of a smoke detector whose batteries need replacing. It accompanies us as we settle 3:52 AM Jun 6, 2023 19.7K Views

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Jordan Peele's "Beep:

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When DC public schools moved to 'online learning? teachers heard so many smoke alarms chirping in students' homes that the DC Fire Department launched a public outreach initiative to residents showing them how to change the batteries

ReStation @St1Station Can't believe I missed this, from 2020. When DC public schools moved to 'online learning, teachers heard so many smoke alarms chirping in students' homes that the DC Fire Department launched a public outreach initiative to residents showing them how to change the batteries. And while the teachers heard it, the parents and students at the homes seemed so accustomed to the incessant noise that they didn't notice it. America's Most Vaunted @AmericaVaunted 3h Smoke detectors in our nation's capital ground education to a halt during the pandemic. washingtonpost.com/local/educatio... Show this thread 8:50 PM - Jun 5, 2023 222.3K Views ***

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Do black folks know about the smoke alarm meme?

D--- Supremacy @DagoSupremacy Do black folks know about the smoke alarm meme? Feels like an APB would go out to change the batteries. 11:54 PM . May 30, 2023 12.8K Views

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Joy Reid is worth $21MM yet what’s that noise at 8 seconds?! LMFAOOO😂🤣😭💀

David Santa Carla @TheOnlyDSC Joy Reid is worth $21MM yet what's that noise at 8 seconds?! LMFAOOO 6:56 PM. May 30, 2023 88.5K Views : J Tik Tok @fredchristianiafpiciet P

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"The sound, it... soothes them.."

HowlingMutant @Howlingmutant Getting cornered by a group of aggressive black teens on the train and almost getting my ass kicked but holding my phone high above my head and playing a recording of a low battery smoke alarm chirp and explaining to the passenger next to me that "The sound, it... soothes them.." 1:38 PM - May 18, 2023 123.7K Views .

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I Promise You That I Won't

Please don't change the smoke alarm batteries... DON'T WORRY. I PROMISE YOU THAT I WON'T. OKAY. ass Shops

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