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    Emma CarmichaelJ.K. Trotter
    8/09/16 1:35pm

    NO SIR NOT READIN’ THIS

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      Wile_EEmma Carmichael
      8/09/16 1:47pm

      Pro-Tip: All you really need to do is read the first sentence of each paragraph to get the basic idea of the article. Any article if it is well written.

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      PoodletimeEmma Carmichael
      8/09/16 2:21pm

      I liked it. I’m not an idiot by any means, but I’ve searched for or or two the damn things for way too long, and deciding that where it sounds like it’s coming from doesn’t matter, and to just start looking systematically, is a strategy Ihad not considered.

      I am going to try it next time. Also, based on this article, I am going to make a map of where all of the active smoke detectors in the house are located, so that I can use it as a checklist next time...

      Bravo!

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    wheres_my_burritoJ.K. Trotter
    8/09/16 1:40pm

    The situation’s weirdness quickly deepened. Each of my three roommates were aware of the noise, they told me, but had been stumped as to where it was coming from. When I asked how long it had been beeping, one of them responded: “Six months. Maybe longer.” They’d simply grown accustomed to the sound.

    Ok. Timeout. I’m sorry. I really don’t know how to respond to this part. Maybe I’m assuming too much in people to expect that adults who have lived in homes/apartments/condos/flats their whole lives would at SOME POINT encounter what a beeping smoke detector would sound like. MAYBE I’m assuming too much there.

    Having said that, how long did they look for this sound before giving up? An hour? A day? They’d rather just live with this annoying sound than to solve the problem?

    I was going to dismiss this article at first, but after reading this anecdote I realized THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO NEED THIS KIND OF HELP.

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      J.K. Trotterwheres_my_burrito
      8/09/16 3:50pm

      I think that’s the issue, though. They did not consider it a “problem.” Which is not entirely strange! People are tolerant of different things.

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      sui_generiswheres_my_burrito
      8/15/16 1:41am

      Yeah, that line was where I stopped reading.

      Skipped to the graphic of the text message, and then to the comments.

      Saved me precious seconds in life.

      #LifeHack!

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    Sparky PolastryJ.K. Trotter
    8/09/16 1:42pm

    But is a beeping smoke alarm really that difficult to locate? I mean, they’re LOUD AS FUCK

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      J.K. TrotterSparky Polastry
      8/09/16 3:49pm

      If they’re beeping due to a dead battery, they’re not as loud. And the beep only happens every 60 seconds.

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      Sparky PolastryJ.K. Trotter
      8/09/16 3:51pm

      Could you speak up, please?

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    Sam BiddleJ.K. Trotter
    8/09/16 2:22pm

    this is the most insane thing i’ve ever read on the web including essays by madmen and criminals/ISIS captains

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      J.K. TrotterSam Biddle
      8/09/16 3:46pm

      thanks sam

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    punxsutawneyphilJ.K. Trotter
    8/09/16 2:04pm

    Keenan, if for whatever reason the Gawker auction goes sideways, I hope you will bring your probing curiosity into other fields. Science, religion and philosophy would all benefit from the type of mind that is willing to confront and transcend the mind-bending complexity of the simplest solution. If you can find the beep, then I’m sure there’s no limit to what you might discover nestled in the creases of the numinal border.

    In the meantime, what is Jim Vandehei’s new post-Politico venture he’s forcing people to sign an NDA to interview for? I can hear it beeping.

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      J.K. Trotterpunxsutawneyphil
      8/09/16 3:48pm

      Aw thank you.

      And good question!

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    AFSJ.K. Trotter
    8/09/16 1:41pm

    Protip: it’s usually on the ceiling. ;-)

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      butcherbakertoiletrymakerAFS
      8/09/16 1:45pm

      Mine are hardwired. Batteries are for amateurs.

      Also: in my last house, we had battery-powered detectors. One of them went to shit while my wife and I were at work, and the constant beeping made our dog go to shit...all over the fucking house.

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      Tyrant BigglesAFS
      8/09/16 2:10pm

      I regularly toss the sound mechanism of musical greeting cards in drop ceilings. I’m very popular.

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    Tyrant BigglesJ.K. Trotter
    8/09/16 2:04pm

    The place was perfectly decent. It had four tenants

    Awesome bro I see the culprit in the couch

    It was in the cabinet beneath the sink, toward the very back, obscured by a rather large canvas bag of sand.

    You need to move. Now.

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      J.K. TrotterTyrant Biggles
      8/09/16 3:49pm

      Well, I already did.

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    FowlTemptress (aka hercules q. einstein)J.K. Trotter
    8/09/16 1:40pm

    I went insane for about a month after I moved into a new place - there was something beeping and I couldn’t find it anywhere and it sounded like it was coming from inside a wall, which didn’t make sense. I finally completely lost my mind at 3am one morning and busted a hole into the wall and found a fucking digital watch that was programmed to have the alarm go off every three hours. The apartment had been recently renovated and my theory is that one of the workers didn’t like the owner and decided to mess with him. Since I already had a hammer in my hand from breaking the wall, I had a good time smashing that little bastard into a million pieces.

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      J.K. TrotterFowlTemptress (aka hercules q. einstein)
      8/09/16 3:49pm

      Wow

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    Sid and FinancyJ.K. Trotter
    8/09/16 1:35pm

    Is this how we’re breaking the news that Thought Catalog bought Gawker?

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      NefertittiesSid and Financy
      8/09/16 2:09pm

      I thought it was a good post and that’s all that really matters. Little does Trotter know that sometimes finding the source can be the most maddening part of all.

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    Ned FreyJ.K. Trotter
    8/09/16 2:07pm

    Why doesn’t this story have the “Senior Week” logo on it?

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      Ned FreyNed Frey
      8/09/16 2:15pm

      I just noticed that it has a “Senior Week” tag. It’s just missing the special logo in the graphic.

      Maybe Gawker hid the logo somewhere in this post for us to find! That would be very meta.

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      liz.lemonadeNed Frey
      8/09/16 3:39pm

      I suspect that instead of (17-18 year old) “Senior Week”, J.K Trotter actually meant (65-90 year old) “Senior Week”.

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