• belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org
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    1 month ago

    Spam has destroyed the phonecall. I screen everything and people know to text me first.

    Besides its rude to think you can just interrupt someone in the middle of what they are doing without asking via text first anyway.

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      I view phoning someone like popping over to their house and knocking on the door to chat with no prior warning. No one likes that.

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      I’ve been nervous of phoning people since long before cellphones were invented, precisely because it always seemed rude to make someone’s phone ring and demand a conversation when they’re in the middle of whatever they’re doing. It’s interesting to see more people coming to see it like this.

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        I would flat out ignore the pony express rider when he came galloping up with all that noise and dust. Who does he think he is?