The very definition of suppression of free speech; liberals will love it.

Oh come on slowburn lighten up. There's a place for political discussion, and that place is not a technology website

I had a boss I would have loved to use this on, control freak king, and as Forward Thinker said, Oh come on slowburn, lighten up,

Just cover your ears when you want to talk so it won't affect you. Doh!

You can create the same effect by listening to an old reel-to-reel tape recorder in action and listening to the "record" and not the "monitor". It's not difficult to ignore.
Otherwise a pair of noise cancelling earbuds would cancel it out.
A complete waste of time.

where was this thing when i was married?

In the era of ubiquitous cell phones and the oblivious people who have those glued to their ears, this would be heavenly. Although there is a free, low-tech way of dealing with such people, if you're game. If they won't stop jabbering on the phone, join the conversation. Listen in and talk to the caller. He or she can't talk to both you and the person on the other end of the call and should soon hang up, especially if you're a stranger.

The perfect tool for a political year. Can you imagine one in every hand and shutting the incessant yapping from politicians while the rest of us actually go to work? Wow, the possibilities.

It didn't seem to work, they kept talking after it was fired just sounding even more annoying and stupid.

Yeah the out of phase effect just rattles the brain - if you have ever gone on talk back radio with the 2 second delay - and heard yourself speak 2 seconds out of phase with what you are saying into the phone.....
"Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz my mind is faltering"