Comment on Edison

• Glowstick@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  To me it sounds like OP’s opener is exactly for people who aren’t contacts saved in his phone. It sounds perfect to me

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  • bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Am I the inky person who occasionally gets a text or phone call from an unknown number that is actually valid? Like has your bank never called you? Or insurance? Or a friend of a friend?

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    • acetanilide@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      20 years ago, yes

      These days, the only people who call me are creditors (who aren’t supposed to) and scammers

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    • Glowstick@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If you just add "hi’ to the beginning then it’s a perfect middle. “Hello, who is this?”

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      • sqw@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        i dispense with pleasantries when my expectation is not neutral :-)

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• jarfil@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The only folk who have trouble identifying themselves when calling my private phone, are spammers.

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