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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2023 20:40:44 GMT
You mustn't know many yanks.
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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on Aug 10, 2023 20:43:08 GMT
It...expects you to visit,share a coffee and just say hi. I'd better start saving up some money then! |
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Post by oh oooh on Aug 10, 2023 20:55:01 GMT
You seem to misunderstand the idea behind telephones Johnny. Phones? Texting, social media, taking photos. Get with the programme, daddy-o! |
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Post by adamcoan on Aug 10, 2023 21:25:03 GMT
You seem to misunderstand the idea behind telephones Johnny. Phones? Texting, social media, taking photos. Get with the programme, daddy-o! Read my words, look at my fabulous life , watch my pretty birdies. Don't fucking try talking to me. Get with the programming, square. |
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Aug 10, 2023 23:43:16 GMT
It seems to be an impulse to control your life to such a degree that you won't let any random thing happen to you. Its insular and unhealthy.
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Post by oh oooh on Aug 11, 2023 0:35:10 GMT
Do you like being poked in the ribs while you're eating?
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Post by tory on Aug 11, 2023 6:31:06 GMT
Ralf Hutter once said that a "phone call is alarming - you don't know who is calling and it forces you to answer". I get that, just as much as the other side of the argument. My sister rings sometimes and I know that I'm going to be talking to her for am hour at least - so sometimes I go straight to voicemail as I might be busy or whatever, and then I'll call her back at a more convenient time. There is obviously something of a churn going on with regard to how actual conversations are viewed by generations.
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Post by tory on Aug 11, 2023 6:32:14 GMT
It seems to be an impulse to control your life to such a degree that you won't let any random thing happen to you. Its insular and unhealthy. I think it's farcical to think that it is "unhealthy" to not want an unsolicited phone call . |
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Aug 11, 2023 6:39:35 GMT
It seems to be an impulse to control your life to such a degree that you won't let any random thing happen to you. Its insular and unhealthy. I think it's farcical to think that it is "unhealthy" to not want an unsolicited phone call . I think it's unhealthy to regard a friend or family member ringing you as rude and unwarranted. Ironically I'm not a great lover of speaking on the phone myself, but this has been an effective form of communication for a hundred years, why develop a social stigma about it? |
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Post by oh oooh on Aug 11, 2023 6:48:46 GMT
There's no social stigma - don't be ridiculous. It's seen by many as an unwelcome intrusion, that's all.
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Post by adamcoan on Aug 11, 2023 7:47:02 GMT
Do you like being poked in the ribs while you're eating? I don't think unsolicited dinner guests are a thing. |
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Aug 11, 2023 8:13:50 GMT
I don't like out-of-the-blue phone calls and associate them with bad news.
I don't have phone conversations with mates at all but we use whatsapp quite a bit. We've also started recording small voice messages for each other. Mostly daft 3 second stuff.
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Post by cousinlou on Aug 11, 2023 8:26:45 GMT
I completely understand people who dislike being called on the phone. In fact it already looks like a crazy idea - expecting someone to drop everything they're doing at precisely the moment you decide to call them? Fuck that for a lark. Texting someone rather than calling them out of the blue (because it nearly always IS out of the blue) clearly shows more sensitivity. It's basic courtesy. Well, one could always say they are busy and will call back later. Personally I am hesitant to believe people are that crazy busy all the time. |
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Post by tory on Aug 11, 2023 8:36:48 GMT
Yeah phone calls out of the blue for me are "oh god what now". Plus I also associate them with having to speak to parents about their son's lack of progress or bad behaviour.
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Post by rayge on Aug 11, 2023 8:51:23 GMT
This thread reads as weird to me, but then again I don't have a personal phone or any device that does SMS. I generally use my landline only to call mates I want to chat to, but have no problem leaving a voicemail. my landline also shows caller identity, so I just ignore anyone I don't want to speak to, and I'm perfectly happy to give coldcallers a mouthful, hang up on them or so on. I used to keep a police whistle by the phone and give them a blast of that, but in my mellow dotage I don't think that's proportionate.
And back in the eighties, before I had an answerphone, and 1471 wasn't a thing, I would just ignore a ringing phone if I was doing something else - having a conversation, watching something on TV. If it was important, they would ring again, I reasoned. It would usually be someone wanting to come and score anyway.
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