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Dad Waiting for Lull at Christmas Dinner to Rant About Woke Mind Virus (thehardtimes.net)

submitted 11 months ago by Dankry@lemmy.world to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Sorry, I'm a little confused... Can you elaborate on what you mean by 'phoning it in'? I've never heard that before (but I'm guessing it's like 'phoning a friend' when you're stuck in a quiz or similar?)

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Completing the task with little effort in a disengaged fashion. In this case the task would be writing a satire article.

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Thanks - so like most of my team WFH then... Fuckers!

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

I've heard it for many decades in the acting world, usually when an actor isn't trying hard in a performance and merely reciting the lines to get to the end of the show.

The idea being you're not actually there doing the work (metaphorically), you're in bed at home phoning it in instead.

[–] DroneRights@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

It means giving a bare minimum of effort. Like when there's an important meeting at work and you attend on the phone so you don't have to get dressed or go anywhere. The term came about back when phones were low quality but still convenient, so phoning it in was easy, but frustrating to everyone else.