Bluetooth does not work. Feat Zoe Kravitz
Summary
Zoe Kravitz has strong opinions about Bluetooth, and they're not positive. She argues the technology fundamentally fails because working means it functions "100% of the time," not just occasionally. Kareem pushes back, insisting Bluetooth does work, at least partially. Zoe paints vivid scenarios of the technology's failures: trying to set a romantic mood on a date only to have to "forget the network," or pulling over on the highway just to start a playlist. She's not buying the convenience argument either. A wire isn't annoying enough to justify technology that works "like 42% of the time." Kareem concedes the tech hasn't been perfected. Zoe's verdict? Bluetooth is "medium rare" and needs to go back in the oven.
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So, what's your take? Bluetooth does not work.
100% disagree. What?
Bluetooth does work. Do you know what the definition of work is?
What? It means it works 100% of the time.
That's true. But it— Think—hold on. Think about—think about the amount of times that you have tried to like sign on to a Bluetooth thing and you have to forget the network. You have to remember the thing. You have to do the thing. You have to turn it on. Like, that's not working, and it's ruining important moments. Imagine the amount of times that you're like with someone, you're on a date, you're trying to set a vibe, and then you have to forget the network on a date, you're about to put in the moves, and then you have to forget the network. You're in the car, you have to pull the car over to play a song. That's not working.
It works a little bit. Okay. So if they're like, "Here, like, here's a car, like buy it. It works a little bit."
No, I wouldn't like that. I can agree with you that the technology has not yet been perfected. It is still pink in the middle. Put it back in the oven.
It's medium rare. No, it's medium rare.
It is pink in the middle. They got super stoked. Some guy was like, "Dude, check this out." Mr. Yeah, Mr. Bluetooth. They were like, "This is great. Let's put it out." He's like, "Well, it only works like 40% of the time." They're like, "We don't care. Back in the oven."
There are pros, though. Like not having a wire attached to your body. A wire isn't so inconvenient that I'm like down for it to work like 42% of the time. So you don't do it at all for the fashion or aesthetic?
No. And especially in a car, it's like not that annoying to plug your phone in in a car. You want to pull over on the side of a highway to put on a playlist, dog.
I mean, I'm rarely— Do you know what Bluetooth is? A really good idea.