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by robotmlg 2948 days ago
> As it is I hate how I can't talk ABOUT "ok google" around my phone... because it always goes off.

On several tech podcasts I listen to (http://atp.fm, https://daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/) they use fillers like "Yo, dingus!" to talk about alexa/hey siri/ok google

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"My lady in the tube did this weird thing today" is something I've heard
It is interesting. But, how long before Alexa knows that is how people refer to her alternatively?
It seems to me that once she knows _that_, it shouldn't be too hard for her to understand when she's not being referred to.
But will she like it, and what will she do about it?
Best not mess with someone who knows where you live and has your credit card. If she's in a good mood, you might be hit with just a pizza prank. Hope she doesn't realize she can swat you without moving a finger.
Mine will sometimes / often go off when I say "ok, cool". It's simultaneously amusing and annoying.
"Cocaine poodle"
I was really hoping you were joking about that, but I can indeed get Google Assistant to pop up reliably by saying "cocaine poodle".
Well that's just great. How am I supposed to talk about my cocaine poodle now
I mean, that's an ambiguous term to begin with, and you'd confuse even humans with it.

Like, are you referring to a sculpture made of cocaine in the image of a poodle, or are you talking about a poodle train in the ways of a St. Bernard rescue dog, capable of relaying quantities of said substance, or perhaps something else entirely?

I was referring to the poodle I snort my cocaine off the back of. You guys are crazy.
I like how you went with the at Bernard analogy rather than day a traditional police drug dog.
[Google plays David Bowie, Klaus Nomi, and Joey Arias performing TVC15 on SNL]

https://youtu.be/ogUJ7JwkLNs?t=3m7s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVC_15

>The track was inspired by an episode in which Iggy Pop, during a drug-fueled period at Bowie’s LA home, hallucinated and believed the television set was swallowing his girlfriend. Bowie developed a story of a holographic television, TVC 15. In the song, the narrator's girlfriend crawls into the television and afterwards, the narrator desires to crawl in himself to find her.

Haha nice, I've used "Okay poodle" a lot before.
I like this a lot! It seems to work reliably for me, and is a lot easier to say than "ok google". Thanks :)
"OK Poop Hole"
Another convention seems to be 'Alexo' when you want to talk about Alexa but not to Alexa.
We just call her "you know who" (a.k.a. the thing who's name we are too afraid to mention)
Why not just call her Lord Voldemort then?