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Comment by jimbob45

16 days ago

Y’all forgot that the only reason we’re on Discord was because MS actively killed Skype. Skype was much better software circa 2012 before MS let vulnerabilities run rampant, degraded the UI, and moved off the remarkably robust P2P calling system.

I never had a Skype call work properly on the first try, even before Microsoft broke it

  • I too remember Skype's universal salute: "do you hear me?"

    • That's known as the millennial pause. Older generations like millennials want to ensure a communication is working before committing information, while GenZ and Alpha just start talking.

      It's named after the pause after pressing the record button while you check it changes shape, but "can you hear me?" is the same thing.

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