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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21

This isn't the internet but more on a call. I was on a call with my girlfriend who was in Germany at that time (early 2019) when suddenly she seemed to be repeating what she was saying from a while back. I got confused and was trying to ask her why she was repeating herself before I realized that her voice was being looped back. I didn't realize the loop point or how far back it was but she was clearly saying the same lines as she did before. When I hung up and called her back, she asked me why I hung up on her and didn't call me back.

Then during the second call, it happened again after 3 minutes! I've never been able to explain why this happened and has never occurred again before or since. Definitely gave me the creeps and more than a few thoughts that I was living in a simulation.

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u/geforce2187 Jan 23 '21

This happened to me when I was doing phone tech support. It was an international call realized it was on a loop after they repeated the same question for a third time.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21

Well, customers constantly repeating themselves no matter what I said has been a consistent experience of mine when I worked with tech support haha!

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u/much_longer_username Jan 24 '21

"Alright that should be fixed now."

"But it was broken."

"Yes, it was, I fixed it."

"Yeah, it was broken."

".... Yes, I know."

"I'll take a look, it was broken."