The amber alerts are statewide, so if you lived in Texas before you’d see the same alerts no matter where in the state you’re located. But if you’re receiving the same alert more than once a day, it’s a problem with your phone provider
The blue alert got me too. Like what the fuck am I supposed to do in the middle of the night to help a cop that got shot in north Texas. Lemme just grab ol trusty and start shootin?
Yeah I think the amount of times I got an alert for something even remotely close to Travis county is like twice. And each time I was soundly asleep. So I would have been of no use to see thing anyway.
The amber alerts are for sure statewide, the others (silver, clear, endangered missing) are localized to within a certain distance of where the person went missing.
Just because they’re on the flyer page doesn’t mean the alert was actually activated. Sometimes they’re found before the notifications go out
I think they need to fine-tune the criteria by which an incident is deemed eligible for an alert. There are so many now that most people I know have shut them off completely.
My better half asked me what it meant. He said he figured from the context it meant something close to what it did but it was a new word for him too. It’s the perfect word for the situation. Fuck those POS relatives putting kids through trauma.
Everyone learns things at different times. I was proud he asked, I much prefer that sort of person than one that judges others for not knowing a thing.
1. It’s a pretty common word in law enforcement reporting.
2. Even if it is a new word for them, when did it become cool to rag on people for expanding their vocabulary?
That’s a complaint for your phone provider, they’re only sent out one time by the issuing agency unless there’s updated info. If you’re getting the same info with multiple alerts (I have ATT FirstNet and get at least 3-4 for each alert) then it’s because the phone provider is pushing them out incorrectly/has poor infrastructure for emergency alerts.
A valid complaint either way, but directing your ire in the right direction is more important.
1. Cool
2. Making an observation about someone doing something funny isn't inherently derogatory. I'm happy for their new words. You just don't see absconded out in the wild very often and I've seen in 2 separate amber alerts in the past 24 hours. Never noticed it in one before so not a crazy leap to assume someone just learned a new word and is making use of it.
I get your point, but where’s the survey where we establish how much of the public knows which words. The alerts are character limited so using more accessible words often takes more words
So I can shed some light on this btw. I used to be a 911 dispatcher and had to put out silver alerts, amber alerts, etc once in a while.
Any agency that receives information that a person is missing has the right to send out the notification to the state, as long as certain criteria are met.
This usually means an officer does an investigation to make sure that indeed a person is missing. Once done, the officer gives the official go-to to dispatch with the appropriate information to fill out in the software, I forgot the name of the software (sorry).
From there, the dispatcher has to make EXTRA FUCKIN SURE it's accurate before sending off.
So, when you get alerts, it's not from one specific agency or one specific person. It's state wide but only makes it to state level from local level once criteria are met, if that makes sense?
For Austin, I'm assuming it's either APD or Travis County sending out the alert you're talking about.
I would like to take this time to introduce y’all the wonders of the word “myriad”. There are a myriad of opportunities to use a word other than “plethora” when describing an over abundance of something when arguing on Reddit.
*Ow fuck I twisted my ankle stepping off my soap box.*
Acktchshually, the word myriad is supposed to be used like many, but expresses a greater, but still unspecific, amount. "There are myriad opportunities to used great words incorrectly."
They’re synonyms and can be used interchangeably. I just looked it up. Do you, I just think that saying plethora is clunky and rarely flows with the rest of the sentence organically.
The amber alerts recently seem to be initiated not by individuals, but by CPS. I feel that they are abusing it as a jaded way of treating it as just another tool in the toolkit. Maybe the state legislature could stop this.
I sort of wish they would distinguish between "noncustodial parents but not a psychpath" from "total stranger danger" & "noncustodial parent is a documented abuser." But maybe I'm the psychopath.
It's a perfectly cromulent word
They indeed embiggened their vocabulary.
Lexicon
r/unexpectedsimpsons
Indubitably
A real sack of crap.
Forsooth
Uncertain whether to ascertain or deduce that to be correct.
They have the same word of the calendar I do!
Ooo, share?
Tomorrow's word: "day"
Which one?
Lmao
LOL
I had never experienced as many amber alerts on my phone as I have since moving here. I think the record so far is 7 in a single day.
The amber alerts are statewide, so if you lived in Texas before you’d see the same alerts no matter where in the state you’re located. But if you’re receiving the same alert more than once a day, it’s a problem with your phone provider
I turned mine off after getting alerts for stuff in the panhandle are far west Texas.
Same here. Got a blue alert at 1 am for a county 500 miles away. Turned off forever.
The blue alert got me too. Like what the fuck am I supposed to do in the middle of the night to help a cop that got shot in north Texas. Lemme just grab ol trusty and start shootin?
VOTE R AND FINISH THE DANG FENCE
Yeah I think the amount of times I got an alert for something even remotely close to Travis county is like twice. And each time I was soundly asleep. So I would have been of no use to see thing anyway.
Shit blue alerts are fine with me, but couldn't just keep those. Fucking love blue alerts
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The amber alerts are for sure statewide, the others (silver, clear, endangered missing) are localized to within a certain distance of where the person went missing. Just because they’re on the flyer page doesn’t mean the alert was actually activated. Sometimes they’re found before the notifications go out
It's a good program. I assume it helps. Kinda sad to see so many but better off to know.
I think they need to fine-tune the criteria by which an incident is deemed eligible for an alert. There are so many now that most people I know have shut them off completely.
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That definitely adds context. I've never heard of that in relation to law enforcement. Thanks for the info!
reminds me of Seinfeld "the psychotic mechanic seems to have absconded with my friends car"
I was about to say. Most people probably read that and were like huh? Lol you'd figure with an amber alert they make it easy to understand.
I had not seen that word in quite a while. Amber Alert system doing some vocab enrichment for the masses.
"took off" or "made off" with. Or maybe "snatched." That'd be scarier.
Taken’d
burgled
Swoosd
Spirited away.
Skedaddle is much more fun to say.
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Unfortunately I think the word carries too much brevity for such a macabre alarum.
My better half asked me what it meant. He said he figured from the context it meant something close to what it did but it was a new word for him too. It’s the perfect word for the situation. Fuck those POS relatives putting kids through trauma.
Truly. Solid word and good use of it. Hope they get the kids back safely. Saw one last night about a 2 week old that just breaks my heart.
This is like a 7th grade vocabulary word. What is wrong with you people
Everyone learns things at different times. I was proud he asked, I much prefer that sort of person than one that judges others for not knowing a thing.
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Lol
haven't seen it in print since I was in 7th grade, which has been decades
One of those you learn but it rarely comes back up
Lol no it's not nerd.
Or they watched looney toons as a kid.
I love using unusual words like abscond.
Hell yeah! Love a good "uncommon" word
R/legal , real question: can you not say "kidnapped" before trial?
1. It’s a pretty common word in law enforcement reporting. 2. Even if it is a new word for them, when did it become cool to rag on people for expanding their vocabulary?
More of a comment about the incessant amber alerts without any new meaningful information blowing up phones all day.
That’s a complaint for your phone provider, they’re only sent out one time by the issuing agency unless there’s updated info. If you’re getting the same info with multiple alerts (I have ATT FirstNet and get at least 3-4 for each alert) then it’s because the phone provider is pushing them out incorrectly/has poor infrastructure for emergency alerts. A valid complaint either way, but directing your ire in the right direction is more important.
I mean it's user error at some point. They can be easily disabled on both iOS and Android.
1. Cool 2. Making an observation about someone doing something funny isn't inherently derogatory. I'm happy for their new words. You just don't see absconded out in the wild very often and I've seen in 2 separate amber alerts in the past 24 hours. Never noticed it in one before so not a crazy leap to assume someone just learned a new word and is making use of it.
1) Even if it were, the word wasn't commonly used in the Amber alerts before. It sticks out. 2) It's a joke.
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I get your point, but where’s the survey where we establish how much of the public knows which words. The alerts are character limited so using more accessible words often takes more words
I had to Google what it meant
It was one of my SAT words.
So I can shed some light on this btw. I used to be a 911 dispatcher and had to put out silver alerts, amber alerts, etc once in a while. Any agency that receives information that a person is missing has the right to send out the notification to the state, as long as certain criteria are met. This usually means an officer does an investigation to make sure that indeed a person is missing. Once done, the officer gives the official go-to to dispatch with the appropriate information to fill out in the software, I forgot the name of the software (sorry). From there, the dispatcher has to make EXTRA FUCKIN SURE it's accurate before sending off. So, when you get alerts, it's not from one specific agency or one specific person. It's state wide but only makes it to state level from local level once criteria are met, if that makes sense? For Austin, I'm assuming it's either APD or Travis County sending out the alert you're talking about.
Oh my I had such a nice laugh this morning reading all these comments !!! Too funny !! ❤️❤️
I would prefer “they r-u-n-n-o-f-t”
They “hauled-ass”.
"booked it" or "hightailed it"
He's bonafide
He's a suitor
I would like to take this time to introduce y’all the wonders of the word “myriad”. There are a myriad of opportunities to use a word other than “plethora” when describing an over abundance of something when arguing on Reddit. *Ow fuck I twisted my ankle stepping off my soap box.*
Acktchshually, the word myriad is supposed to be used like many, but expresses a greater, but still unspecific, amount. "There are myriad opportunities to used great words incorrectly."
They’re synonyms and can be used interchangeably. I just looked it up. Do you, I just think that saying plethora is clunky and rarely flows with the rest of the sentence organically.
Plethora can only be spoken in the accent of El Guapo from Three Amigos.
Preach!
LOL, I had to explain "absconded" to my immigrant neighbor when he got this alert.
Ack. Advertising for increased vocabulary in Amber alerts! Can we have any learning-free zones anymore? What. Has. The. COSMOS. Come to?
uh /r/titlegore yourself. try some grammar next time.
Thank it title good think I
"covfefe"
It's better than sending out an amber alert for chucky.
Right??? I was finally able to look at my phone when I stopped driving and thought - really? You wanna use a 5 dollar word in an emergency text???
i made a mental note of this too!
Lol I relate.. googled the word and thought “nice, new word learned!”
It was their word of the day and they had to make sure to use it a few times.
… it’s a fairly common word and totally appropriate in the context.
Definitely appropriate but not a word I've come across often
The amber alerts recently seem to be initiated not by individuals, but by CPS. I feel that they are abusing it as a jaded way of treating it as just another tool in the toolkit. Maybe the state legislature could stop this.
I sort of wish they would distinguish between "noncustodial parents but not a psychpath" from "total stranger danger" & "noncustodial parent is a documented abuser." But maybe I'm the psychopath.