• Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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      1 year ago

      Because phonecalls are reserved for when you immediately with no delay need someone.

      Asking about a show is not one of those cases.

      • curiousaur@reddthat.com
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        1 year ago

        Or just want to talk to someone? Why are we simultaneously normalizing anti-social behavior and wondering why the young people are so unhappy?

        • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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          1 year ago

          Why not text ‘wanna talk sometime’? A call demands an immediate response, so reserve it for things that demand immediate responses.

          • LaurelRerun@lemmy.ml
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            No it doesn’t. Just don’t pick up the phone. If it’s important they’ll text you to pick up the phone. There’s a reason the terms “phone tag” and “screening calls” exist.

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              But you don’t know the relative importance of what they’re telling vs what you’re doing. A text gives more information than just seeing your receiving a call.

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                Damn dude, it’s not that big a deal. Just don’t pick up the phone. If it’s important they’ll find a way to let you know.

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          Unless you know for sure that the other person is legitimately bored, sitting around not doing anything, imposing yourself on someone like this is rude.

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          So when you “just want to talk” you call someone out of the blue and just expect them to stop what they’re doing and have a little chat? I had a friend like that and I hated it because they always called at the worst moments so I wouldn’t pick up and then they assumed I disliked them and played the victim by a mutual friend. That’s when I actually started disliking them. So don’t randomly call people please thank you.

          Also texting someone instead of talking isn’t antisocial behaviour. You can say as much in a text as you can say in a call and the other person can reply to your text and continue doing what they’re doing at the same time.

    • Royal_Bitch_Pudding@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Young people don’t call unless it’s serious business.

      Why she reacted like that while also knowing her dad still calls people? No idea

      • Walt J. Rimmer@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Not just young people. I’ve seen this kind of behavior in surprisingly old people such as Gen X and even Baby Boomers, but I’ve seen it in a LOT of millennials, the youngest of whom are now in their early thirties and the oldest are in their forties.

      • Psyduck_world@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Not just young people. I am 48, and if I get a call from my mom I would’ve thought something happened to my dad.