Don't Call Me. Ever.

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• Gullible@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Text- respond whenever

  Call- attention now

  It’s a call to responsibility, and I hate those

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  • Gonzako@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What do you fear?

    That you’re not up to the task?

    That you’ll dissapoint your peers?

    Pick up that phone and face your fears

    For you will never miss

    the paths you failed on

    but the ones you never dared to tread.

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  • TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    In what world do you live that time sensitivity is never a thing? Also it’s just a helluva lot easier sometimes to talk for one minute instead of write for 10 and still get the wrong tone.

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    • Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      If you take 10 minutes to write, there is something wrong ig

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    • Gullible@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Never a thing? It seems like you’re conflating what I have to do with what I want to do. I want freedom to answer at the time of my choosing. Doesn’t mean I’ll always get it, but that’s what I prefer

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  • protist@retrofed.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Can always decline the call and text “I’ll call you back in x minutes,” giving you full control over your own life

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    • Bluewing@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      But that requires a commitment! Can’t be put into that box!

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    • Gullible@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I guess, but if it’s a friend, I feel rude treating them like a part of my workload

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    • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Except if I’m taking a two hour nap for sleep I desperately need. They can deal with voicemail.

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• jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I used to make fun of people who didn’t answer unknown numbers. Like they had something to hide. Like bill collectors were after them or something.

  Then my number got into some kind of spammer / scammer database. Sometimes I was getting 10 calls a day from the same assholes spoofing different numbers.

  Now pretty much all unknown callers go to voicemail. I have missed a couple of slightly important calls because of this. And those idiots didn’t leave a voicemail or follow up text. Like if you are a stranger making a legit call, then leave a fucking voicemail? What makes you think you are so important I will risk letting scammers know they have an active number? That YOU can’t be bothered to leave a voicemail to verify your identity? The world is all backwards now. Get off my lawn.

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• Saapas@piefed.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I need your immediate answer. If I knew you’d answer straight away to a message I’d be fine with that, but I can’t be waiting for the zoomer on the other end to muscle up courage to check my message and maybe answer it at some point

  Tbh you have the same issue with people in general with emails.

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  • Stinkywizzleteats@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    weird I’m an elder millennial and you just sound unprepared. do I need to hold your hand? why can’t you find the information you need yourself with the resources everyone else uses? why are you always in this state on immediacy? why is your failing someone else’s fault because they didn’t answer “immediately”? why do you sound like my abusive father? it’s almost like you don’t think ahead and blame others for your shortcomings. I have a shit memory and ADHD and I don’t need to “get someone on the horn”.

    git gud n00b

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    • errer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Boy a lot of projection going on here, lol.

      There are many many pieces of information that you can’t just Google/LLM bro. Sometimes (though usually not often), that info needs to be known urgently. Expectation of many jobs.

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    • Saapas@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I should’ve brought my laptop to the bottom of the dig and studied a whole ass different profession so someone who has actually studied and works to provide the info I need doesn’t have to answer the scary phone lol

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  • wols@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Tap for spoiler

    we’re apparently all just painting hypotheticals/anecdotes so here’s mine

    You probably didn’t need an immediate answer, but you wanted one. You also pressured me into making a quick decision based on 2 paragraphs of new information you just dumped on me, expecting me to not only remember all of it, but immediately understand and integrate it into my decision making process.

    I’ll probably remember half of your info dump at best and the likelihood of you getting the answer you were hoping for just went down hard because I feel slighted by your ambush and because I don’t feel informed enough to give you a “yes”.
    If I did say “yes” we might be in bigger trouble though, since I likely misunderstood or forgot something.

    Put it in writing and make both our lives easier.
    You can still call if I didn’t reply after 10 minutes.
    You can even include your deadline in the message if you have one.

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  • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What is that saying, ‘lack of planning on your part doesn’t constitute an emergency on my part’ or something.

    My friends know that they only call me if their house is actively on fire, they are being robbed at gunpoint, or they just won the lottery and want to split the winnings. Family also includes lunch/dinner plans. Only exception is when we have planned a call for a date and time, otherwise you’re greeting my voicemail. Landlines is the exact same situation. I might be taking a shower, asleep, taking a dump, getting freaky with a friend; it doesn’t matter. Leave a text message and I’ll get back as soon as I’m done crying from taco tuesday, or finishing waking up the neighbors with moans and screams, or whatever else.

    Email is ‘sometime today’ communication, and gets handled at the beginning or end of the day, or whenever I’m on the can. Anyone expecting a rapid response via email is a proper dunce.

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    • Saapas@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      These emergencies come up because the planners (the people I’m trying to urgently reach) haven’t planned properly. Everything is fine if the situation on the ground is the same as they think in the city office or the consulting firm, but once something unexpected comes up that hasn’t been accounted for, I need to reach certain people, quick. We could make decisions on our own but the that’s often specifically not allowed without consulting those certain people…

      So plan better or be around to pick up the phone.

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  • teslekova@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Sounds like a you problem.

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    • Saapas@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It’s potentially an issue for everyone if the work is delayed. Me, others working the site, people living there, the city if they don’t want the delay etc.

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• Bluewing@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  God I hate text messaging. Instead of pissing away half a day or more sending text messages back and forth, call me and I will solve the problem you texted me about in less than a 1 minute. 5 minutes if you require a technical explanation.

  Fookin’ waste of my time and day.

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  • PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    ♪ Feeling unknown and you’re all alone
    Flesh and bone by the telephone
    Lift up the receiver, I’ll make you a believer ♪

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• ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I like the phone. I was born in the wrong time. I miss hanging out in the kitchen, twirling the curly phone cord, just chattin’.

  Come on, y’all, buck up. The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear!

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  • BigPotato@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I got a buddy who texts me “Give me a call when you get a chance”

    Always allows me to finish up my work and call them when the time suits me.

    Meanwhile, coworkers just call me a minute before I’m supposed to go into a meeting and expect to have my attention for a half hour. It’s on the calendar you dipshit.

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  • Gammelfisch@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Indeed, but only with a rotary dial.

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    • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Hell yeah.

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• unknown@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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  • Tikiporch@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Macaroni is calling.

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    • expatriado@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      every time i am trying to fast

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• dropped_the_chief@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  People afraid to talk over the phone, but also complaining about being lonely. Time to step up the social game or become grass-eaters.

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  • Minizarbi@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I downvote cause I feel concerned about this.

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• keiko@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Hi, I know this is just a shitpost, but I feel the need to say something serious about it for a sec. I find the image unsettling. Deliberately violating a child's personal space boundaries like that, where they can't escape the situation, for a pic and a laugh at their expense, I see as a form of child abuse. Like, if you look at the kid's face, you should be able to see it. Right? It just feels bad to see a pic like that being used as a meme template. And I'm not saying anyone is a bad person for using or enjoying the meme/template. I'm just asking and hoping that you please think on it and reconsider how you feel about it.

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  • LurkingLuddite@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Aww c’mon, what’s the worst that could happen?! He gets bit by a camel? Man dies of camel bite in Ahmedabad … oh wait

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  • ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    He just wants to know what day it is

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  • teslekova@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You think the person taking a pic deliberately lured the donkey/camel in there?

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    • keiko@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I hadn't considered that, but it's possible. The vehicle is parked with the window open while the person in the driver's seat is taking pics of the child hiding from the large animal whose head is entirely inside the vehicle. So yeah, I can see how the driver could have also intentionally lured the animal to approach in the first place. But regardless, they seem to be intentionally abusing that child. Otherwise, why leave the car parked with the window open as a large animal approaches, and why take pics of the child instead of helping them? Like, if it somehow happened so quickly that they couldn't have prevented it, why start taking pics instead of pushing the animal back out? Why not drive away?

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• diaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Fuck cell phones and cell towers, unironically. Fundamentally incompatible with both software freedom and privacy.

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• FeatherConstrictor@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’ve slowly gone from being in this meme to being the person that starts calling especially for things that are even a little time sensitive or spontaneous. I will generally only do it with my closest friends except for the rare occasion, and family and no longer feel that way if they call me back. If they don’t pick up I of course don’t take it personally and respect my friends that have said they just prefer texting, but I’ve found since making this change I feel closer to people and have looked forward to chatting with them and hearing their voice.

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• FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I got a call today from Ireland

  I immediately knew that it was a scam, especially when the guy on the other end was speaking Chinese

  I just repeatedly burped into the phone until he got pissed off enough to hang up on me

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  • xylol@leminal.space ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    For a while I kept getting a phone call around like 8am while I was at work id just let it ring because it was so bizarre. Finally one time I decided to just one word text back saying they had the wrong number at like around 4am and finally got a response saying it was some uncle my mom had given my number to for him to get in contact with her for some reason

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  • TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That’s hilarious

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• Seimhe@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  We never knew who might be calling. Now the phones tell you who is calling before you answer and still some people are freaked out. I don’t get it, but I think I’m becoming that way myself.

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  • chewables@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    if somebody calls me and I have their number saved in my phone: 50/50 if I pick up, depending on how social vs anxious I’m feeling. if somebody calls me and I don’t have their number saved in my phone: block, forget, move on.

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• DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Presumably, if they call, you’re in some sort of personal relationship with the person, so whether or not you answer says something about how much you value that relationship. No? You trust that they only call if it’s something important.

  I only refuse calls from unknown numbers, never from someone in my contacts.

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• Malyca@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Autism and crippling shyness, yeah

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• melfie@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  You just need the right soundboard. This is a personal favorite: soundboard.com/sb/angryblackguy1.

  Don’t caaall my fuckin’ house

  🏆

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• BrickEater@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I call people as much as possible. Texting takes too long. And I NEVER open my email. Email is fake and gay

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• Telodzrum@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  lol pathetic

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• Professorozone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Yeah, can’t wait to text someone a question and wait for an answer.

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  • CyberTheProtogen@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Most of the time you call someone they don’t answer. Texts will almost always get a response

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• Dyskolos@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  There’s a solution for that: do-not-disturb. Wifey can reach me, for the of the world the phone is silent. Same for texts too. But those I can read when I want to. And also not on WhatsApp, so most “normal” people couldn’t even try.

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• jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’d love to know the story behind this picture if it wasn’t AI.

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• nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  How do you feel about voice notes?

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• flop_leash_973@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  If it isn’t my mother, wife, daughter or place of business I already have the number for in my contact list it goes to voicemail and is never listened to, period.

  Everyone else of note already knows to send me a message on whatever app we already regularly talk on.

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  • sploder@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This has burned me a few times, so I at least now listen to my voicemails or peep the transcript. For example someone calling me that I know, from someone else’s phone during a tense moment and me not listening to the voicemail and not getting their text because it goes to spam.

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• mr_sunburn@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Hello, I realize you’re joking, but have you considered I am very serious?

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• Simulation6@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  In fact, don’t do either.

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