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They're actually on your side, not just selling you something. And in that spirit, I want to say that this week's question, for us, it's been one of our favorites. I'm always looking for question of the year. It's my Oscars. And in February, when I heard this one, I thought, this might be it. Hi, Eric. How are you? I'm good. Big fan of your work. Oh, thank you. I appreciate your Costco hoodie.
Kirkland Signature. Well, thank you. The question came from this listener, Eric, a man with impeccable taste. And his question had to do with one particular feature on the iPhone, the audio message. Some people call these voice messages or voice notes. I switch in between all three. But it's where you can send someone a recording of your voice rather than a text message. Well, normally you can.
But Eric had learned of an anomaly. One specific phrase, which if you said it into your iPhone, the message would refuse to go through. And the phrase in question was a surprising one.
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