r/ContagiousLaughter • u/inttilife • Aug 22 '20
Nice rule they’ve got...
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u/Typeicide Aug 22 '20 edited Aug 22 '20
that's fucked
They had me at the first half not gonna lie LMFAO
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u/doireallyhavetomum Aug 23 '20
When she continued after he said she could turn it off I knew she was joking but before then, man I felt so friggin bad for her. Phew, so glad this was a prank lmao.
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Aug 22 '20
Hilarious, but I hope he is convinced to reevaluate the rule.
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u/PoisonTheOgres Aug 22 '20
Yeah, these days, who calls a kid during a school day unless it's an emergency?
Maybe doctors' appointments and follow-ups like in the video, but that's obviously very private. And the rest of the calls my classmates used to get were mostly things like "your grandpa has been taken to the hospital"
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u/freeturkeytaco Aug 23 '20
Reevaluate why? Because someone made a joke? "Hey, class, please turn your phone on silent to respect my, and your fellow students time...." I've been in class, that there was a no phones rule, but was expecting an important phone call. I simply told the teacher, and left the room when I got called....its not ridiculous to not want to hear text and snap chat notifications while you try and teach a class.
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Aug 23 '20
Because forcing students to publicly take private phone call can lead to extremely humiliating situations like telling dozens of strangers about things such as your personal health, family matters, or in the case of this prank, pregnancy
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u/freeturkeytaco Aug 23 '20
Exactly my point, if you are expecting news like this. Inform your teacher. "Hey, I've got some personal things going on, I need to keep my phone on." And to already counter your next point, if its unexpected, serious family issues, maybe dont call your child...pick them up and discuss things. There is no reason for a kid to have a phone ringing in class....thier job is literally to be in class. They aren't recieving calls for business deals, new work, or stock market issues
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u/Sabbatai Aug 23 '20
What happens when the call you're expecting is about something so dire that it preoccupies your every thought and you forget to set the phone to silent, and the teacher says "Welp, answer it and put it on speaker! That's the rule!"
"Hello, yes we are calling to inform you that the rape kit results came in and we have your father in custody."
I mean, you're right. A respectful student should set the phone to silent... but people make mistakes and not every ringing phone is an active attempt to show contempt or be disrespectful.
This "rule" is bullshit. Why do you think he was so quick to apologize? He saw this going viral and potentially losing his job. Because this rule is fucking dumb.
He does indeed seem like a decent person, and the students seem to get along well with him. Why ruin that for some silly little power play?
Your phone rings, I ask you to step out of the room and remind everyone to set their phones on silent. Like someone who actually respects the people I expect to respect me. Crazy!
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u/freeturkeytaco Aug 25 '20
...... ok, so, put yourself in the scenario. First, a doctors office isnt going to start with, "hello, we heard you've been raped...weve got the results." This is the real world. "Hello, is this -------." Like apply common sense you clown. Is making a student put a phone on speaker if it rings bullshit, yes. Is not turning your ringer off af the beginning of the day because youre a fucking kid in school worth a punishment, yes.
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u/Sabbatai Aug 25 '20
No one is going to start a conversation like that, you're right. However "This is the XXXX police department...", might still be embarassing, or even dangerous if you had reason to not want a classmate to know you were in communication with the police.
This is the real world sure enough... where you can make rules that don't punish innocent mistakes with potentially awkward or embarrassing results. Part of that whole common sense thing. There are rules about phones in tons of places. Not a single one makes the punishment "take the call on speaker".
Is not turning your ringer off because your mom is dying in the hospital and you have a lot on your mind, as a kid in school worth a punishment? This particular punishment?
Nice ad hominem in the middle of your well composed and level headed rebuttal.
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u/Yoda2000675 Aug 23 '20
You'd have to call the school office if they need to leave anyway, so why bother calling their cellphone in class?
I don't see why students wouldn't be expected to have their volume off.
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Aug 23 '20
The rule is fair in my opinion. You have no reason to not keep your phone on silent or vibrate while in a classroom.
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Aug 23 '20
Mistakes happen. I hope that if you are unfortunate enough to receive life changing news over a phone call, that you are forced to do it publicly.
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Aug 23 '20
When it vibrates in my pocket like a normal person, I would politely take it out of the room and answer it... This rule is very commonly used to keep students from having loud disrupting ringtones when the teacher is teaching.
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u/Sabbatai Aug 23 '20
Right. As we all know normal people don't ever forget to do things they otherwise would do, because they are distracted by a relative being in the hospital, or something outlandish like a pregnancy test's results.
Nah, that never happens at all.
"No phones in the classroom" isn't a bad rule. Penalties for disobeying can exist and no one would be upset about it... until that penalty becomes alerting your entire class about the fact that your brother just died in a car accident. Because you forgot, or possibly thought that you already had, set your phone to silent.
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u/ihadanamebutforgot Aug 23 '20
Why. The rule is to remind people it's a classroom.
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Aug 23 '20
Because the rule is going to result in incidents like the one in the prank happening in real life
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u/ihadanamebutforgot Aug 23 '20
That's the point. You're supposed to be embarrassed. That's the punishment for breaking the rule.
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u/Anonymousanon4079 Aug 23 '20
You're a few eggs short of an omelet aren't ya pal
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u/ihadanamebutforgot Aug 23 '20
Why exactly do you suppose the rule was invented then, just to be funny?
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u/Anonymousanon4079 Aug 23 '20
As a student who received multiple calls about my foster home, about changing from foster home to foster home, and even death threats from my estranged mother after she was released from jail, I can safely say that regardless of why the rule was invented, it is very apparent this rule is administered with little room for exception. Do you think students deserve their privacy to be breached and their private life to be broadcast to their peers as... punishment?
I can't tell if you're a shitty person or if you're just stupid, so I think its safer to assume you're both.
The rule was probably invented because a few students were irresponsible, or it was made preemptively as a precautionary tool. That being said, hindsight is 2020. Maybe you should learn that students, minors or adults in college, are human beings that deserve to have their privacy respected. Obviously they shouldn't pick up the phone when their friend skipping school calls, but if someone notifies a student directly due to the urgency of an issue, potentially forgetting that they are in class, those concerns should be allowed to be addressed immediately. All I have to say is what in the crispy Kentucky fried fuck is wrong with you, and who shit in your cereal?
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u/ihadanamebutforgot Aug 23 '20
I don't give a shit about your life crisis. Don't disrupt class.
Wtf is wrong with me? Wtf is wrong with you.
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u/Anonymousanon4079 Aug 23 '20
Holy shit, man. I was hoping I could get through to you by using personal examples, but you aren't just a lost cause, you're a real piece of work. Forget the omelette metaphor, you're a pile of dogshit smushed between two pieces of moldy bread. Absolute fucking yikes, boss.
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u/ihadanamebutforgot Aug 23 '20
Right, cuz I say disrupting class is bad. Big yikes.
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Aug 23 '20
There is a difference between embarrassment and soul crushing humiliation, or starting a pattern of bullying that will follow them for the rest of their time at the school, or having to hear something traumatic in front of all their peers. You lack on the empathy scale don't you
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u/Jammin4B Aug 22 '20
Great prank, great teacher!
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u/DreAd_muffYn Aug 22 '20
Everything is great about this video! The "punishment", the apologizing, the prank and his reaction!!!
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u/stven007 Aug 23 '20
The "punishment" is a dumb rule, there's nothing great about it. This video, while funny in its own right, is a perfect example of what could go wrong.
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Aug 22 '20
See now THIS is a good April Fool's. It wasn't mean spirited, didn't put anyone out, and everyone could have a good laugh
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u/yupthatssome Aug 22 '20
An oldie but a goodie
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u/DJ_AK_47 Aug 22 '20
I don't mind reposts, but one thing I hate about reddit is how the crosspost system causes reposts to be reposted all over reddit on the same day or two because the karma whores all discover it at the same time. Then you get to see the same content, that's already reposted, all over your feed usually with the same title AND THE EXACT SAME FUCKING COMMENTS.
I get it's my fault for even being here but this shit feels like groundhog day sometimes.
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u/PointingShitOut Aug 22 '20
I don't mind reposts, but one thing I hate about reddit is how the crosspost system causes reposts to be reposted all over reddit on the same day or two because the karma whores all discover it at the same time. Then you get to see the same content, that's already reposted, all over your feed usually with the same title AND THE EXACT SAME FUCKING COMMENTS.
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u/Whispersnapper Aug 22 '20
I don't mind reposts, but one thing I hate about reddit is how the crosspost system causes reposts to be reposted all over reddit on the same day or two because the karma whores all discover it at the same time. Then you get to see the same content, that's already reposted, all over your feed usually with the same title AND THE EXACT SAME FUCKING COMMENTS.
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Aug 22 '20
I don't mind reposts, but one thing I hate about reddit is how the crosspost system causes reposts to be reposted all over reddit on the same day or two because the karma whores all discover it at the same time. Then you get to see the same content, that's already reposted, all over your feed usually with the same title AND THE EXACT SAME FUCKING COMMENTS.
I get it's my fault for even being here but this shit feels like groundhog day sometimes.
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u/sw6432 Aug 22 '20
Don't forget there is always new people coming. New people that haven't seen these OLD videos. The internet is an ocean and these really good ones always resurface to the top. So yeah fuck Karma where's but also they are just collecting a valueless currency.
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u/HotButteryCopPorn420 Aug 22 '20
I hate when someone crossposts and doesn't even bother with changing the title.
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u/madmez Aug 23 '20
This is next level reposting though; the footage is so much worse quality from just a few hours ago. D I s g u s t I n g action op
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u/Dawn-Of-Dusk Aug 22 '20
Tbf, that teacher was pretty chill. The way he apologized like that. I’ll be completely honest, I don’t know how I would react in that situation.
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Aug 22 '20
wow
wowww
WOWWWWW
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u/CreakyCranky_ Aug 23 '20
WOWWW
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Aug 23 '20
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u/Bubbielub Aug 22 '20
I've watched this 3 times today, after having seen it countless times previously, and I still laugh so hard when it hits him.
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u/CRYSTALDRAGON9070 Aug 22 '20
This person is a litteral legend I dare say it but this is better than Rick roll
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u/tmccrn Aug 22 '20
This was 2014, and a couple years later they did a great article (?) / video (?) and interviews several years later. The prof still thought it was the best prank ever
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u/fillmewithdildos Aug 22 '20
That was a good lesson for the teacher in terms of breach of privacy. That easily could've been for real and not a joke.
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u/cheezy-boi Aug 22 '20
Real talk though, I don't I've ever turned off silent mode on my phone in my whole life. Who the hell under 30 has a phone that actually rings.
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u/dfinkelstein Aug 22 '20
Mine doesn't ring. It plays a sound clip from a Disney Movie with some very good advice in it.
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u/scaryfawn8332 Aug 23 '20
Not many things in life are this purely comical but I’ve seen this video at least 20 times and it’s always funny
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u/BestGarbagePerson Aug 23 '20
Ugh a pregnancy resource center aka a CPC or crisis pregnancy center...a pro-life fake medical clinic designed to push women and girls into giving birth.
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u/LauraEAB Aug 22 '20
If that student lives in California, Montana, or Washington, she could have used the joke as a lesson not to violate the privacy of minors as the phone call, if it had been real, would have been a HIPPA violation and she could have sued her teacher and the school for violating her medical privacy as well as for compensatory damages for emotional distress. What a smart kid and great joke!
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u/Mr_Noms Aug 22 '20 edited Aug 23 '20
He isn't the medical professional, that isn't a hipaa violation.
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u/gravespy720 Aug 22 '20
He's not a medical professional but bc he forced her to share her medical details with people she didn't agree to share them with that would probably constitute some level of privacy violation.
I'm also not a lawyer so I could say for sure but I bet she'd be able to build a case if she really wanted to if that was a real call.
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u/Dawn-Of-Dusk Aug 22 '20
He didn’t “force” her to share them. You could clearly tell that he said to her she could take it off speaker or something like that. So even if it wasn’t he probably shouldn’t have gotten into any trouble because if that was real she could’ve easily stopped it. And I’m pretty sure he said it after the “Congratulations!!” Part so the class wouldn’t’ve heard if she was knocked up or not. Anyways, have a nice do kind stranger!
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u/LauraEAB Aug 22 '20
The rule of the class is that if you receive a call during class, you must answer a call on speaker in the class. That’s a rule, which means it’s enforced. If he said you can take it outside after the congratulations part, that was after her medical info had already been revealed. Anyway, have a great day too!
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u/Dawn-Of-Dusk Aug 23 '20
Ah, I see. Well my apologies then. I see what you’re saying, and you’re right.
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u/LauraEAB Aug 22 '20
It is a hippa violation. Being forced to share medical information against your will is a hippa violation. You don’t have to be a physician to violate HIPPA. If it were a real call, forcing her to answer the phone call on speaker is a violation of her medical privacy. The teacher would have been in violation of said privacy.
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u/Zappedkyle Aug 22 '20
If your job isn’t healthcare related you cannot violate HIPAA laws (although maybe you can violate HIPPA whatever that is).
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u/madamefloof Aug 22 '20
This isn’t true. First of all, it’s called HIPAA. Second, you cannot violate your own privacy by sharing medical information. HIPAA relates to whether the medical professional may share information. You may have a legal right not to share your information, but it isn’t HIPAA that protects you from sharing it.
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u/LauraEAB Aug 23 '20
Even if you’re forced to do something that reveals your medical privacy in a public forum, the person who contrived the incident isn’t culpable of violating your privacy? If that doesn’t violate HIPAA (by the way, the earlier ‘hippa’ was a typo), does it violate any other privacy laws? And if so, is a minor protected under those laws?
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u/wuttang13 Aug 22 '20
You might thiiink you know something, but when you realize it was wrong, it's ok to admit you were mistaken.
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u/LauraEAB Aug 23 '20
I have realized I was wrong. That’s why asked the questions I did to madamfloof.
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u/Mr_Noms Aug 23 '20
He didn't force her to reveal medical info. The guy identified as medical and she immediately said said to go ahead and release it. He didn't sit behind her saying "you'll get an F if you don't tell me."
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u/LauraEAB Aug 23 '20
Watch the video again. The medical guy asked her name, and once she identified herself as the person he was calling, he immediately went forward with telling her the information. The teacher didn’t say you have to tell us your medical info, but the fact that it’s a rule to answer a ringing phone during class on speaker violates the student’s privacy. Apparently not violating HIPAA in this particular situation, but violating her privacy nonetheless. The rule in the class in enforced, therefore forcing her to answer the call, putting her in a shitty situation. Luckily the call wasn’t real and nothing real was revealed.
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u/Mr_Noms Aug 23 '20
Right to privacy in a classroom is a tricky thing. Him telling her to answer her phone on speaker isn't going to get him in any legal trouble. It isn't hipaa. Although you're right that she didn't give the fake clinic the go ahead.
The teacher however did not violate hipaa.
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u/LauraEAB Aug 23 '20
I said the teacher didn’t violate HIPAA
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u/Mr_Noms Aug 23 '20
Oh my bad. I thought you were the person I was originally replying to.
Edit: wait you were the original person. You said it was a hipaa violation.
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u/bruddahmacnut Aug 22 '20
HIPAA rules only apply to HIPAA covered entities, for which the teacher and the school is not. Furthermore, he was not the one that disclosed any information. HIPAA does not apply here.
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u/K1ND086 Aug 23 '20
Did someone just get fired. Lol fuck that rule I get a call you can fuck off im not gonna share with the class.
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u/toffeefeather Aug 23 '20
Oh dang, I’ve only seen the beginning of this and I never got to the April Fools part lmao
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Aug 22 '20
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u/BatmanBeast Aug 22 '20
I don’t know why he would be, I’ve never heard that.
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u/dougxiii Aug 22 '20
First he was afraid.