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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

"Get ready to not freak out. On Wednesday, October 4 at 2:20 p.m. ET, every TV, radio and cellphone in the United States should blare out the distinctive, jarring electronic warning tone of an emergency alert."

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[-] wahming@monyet.cc 53 points 1 year ago

Maybe include the country in the title...

[-] TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world 78 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well, Rule 4 says, "4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source." And the source didn't put the country in the title.

[-] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 72 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This indeed raises an important issue with our current rules. I will be discussing a potential change to those rules with other mods to make it more clear that, if the article isn't very clear, you are allowed to alter the title (within reason).

If you could edit the title to make clear this is about the US, that would be great (:

Sorry for the confusion.

[-] TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago

I added a [USA] tag. I hope that works.

[-] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Yes, thank you very much.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

The rule should probably be that it's required to be as descriptive or more as the title of the article. If you want to edit out click-bait, that should be allowed. As long as it's still just as descriptive it should be fine. (I understand this would be hard to enforce though.)

[-] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Can you put something in the sidebar to clarify whether this community is primarily for US news? We do have the worldnews community explicitly for non-US news.

[-] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

This community is for all news at the moment, not primarily for US news.

[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

There's the rules and there's courtesy.

[-] ech@lemm.ee 25 points 1 year ago

I mean, the website is usatoday.com

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[-] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 year ago

Perfect. I have a 1-on-1 meeting with my manager during that time.

[-] MelodiousFunk@kbin.social 24 points 1 year ago

Stare them dead in the eye and growl, "What did you DO?!?"

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

"That must be the President of the United States calling me."

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

No, it's not a national conspiracy to infect people with nanoparticles.

Lol

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

The fact that even needed to be said is concerning.

[-] TheRealLinga@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Of course not! This is how the Greys mind control us. Then they go back into their hollow Earth!

[-] HerrLewakaas@feddit.de 18 points 1 year ago
[-] morphballganon@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

usatoday.com source...

[-] synceDD@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Noo usatoday cant have us articles, I'm inbred please be understanding

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Cool. Another alert that will make it more likely that I'll ignore an actual alert.

My phone keeps sending me amber alert/silver alert messages from the other side of the state. I live in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. I get these alerts from El Paso. El Paso is closer to San Diego than it is to me. Las Cruces, just on the other side of the TX/NM border from El Paso, won't get an alert but I will.

[-] fred-kowalski@artemis.camp 14 points 1 year ago

I’ll be in a status meeting with my Canadian colleagues. I sense an opportunity to mess with them, here.

[-] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

"Whoot was that eh?"

"The American call to arms. It has been a pleasure to know all of you in times of peace. I hope you all fair well and survive the battles to come. I suggest you surrender your petroleum products to the embassy before the conquest reaches here, that is your best chance at survival."

And just walk out of the room whistling The Star-Spangled Banner.

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

We test the same system in Canada a couple of times a year. They'll be familiar with it.

[-] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Ours is a lot different in sound and use, but those who live near the border will also be very familiar with the American EAS.

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Everyone in Canada who has cable TV knows what the American EAS broadcast warning sounds like.

Nice try, guvernment

you can't fool me with your 5g rays

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[-] finthechat@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

Alright, the missiles aren't gonna hit Hawaii, got it

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

No, but they will hit California. Last time was a test for this time.

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Did anyone else read it as 4:20 for a second and think it was a joke at first? Just me? Okay.

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[-] Steveanonymous@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Good. Now I can bring a pair of pants that day because I shit myself where ever that annoying noise goes off

[-] witx 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

kwel. News communities over on lemmy are becoming as on Reddit: US news

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