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[-] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 76 points 1 year ago

We used to pick up every call back then because 9.8/10, it wasn't some scam call

Seriously. People make up all kinds of explanations for why no one actually uses phones but few seem to have noticed that it's because we got to a point where a majority of our calls were shit we didn't want.

Kinda the same thing with the mail. My letter carrier gets irritated that I don't empty my box everyday, but he's the one stuffing it with two pounds of trash every day. I get like two letters a week they are actually relevant and the rest is garbage or actual dangerous Identity theft risk they I have to destroy.

[-] Misconduct@startrek.website 12 points 1 year ago

Well, that and I never really liked being held hostage on the phone by family I'm not even super close with. They stay safely tucked away and out of my business on Facebook now lol

[-] m3t00@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I moved the house landline to a Google Voice account 15 years ago. Set it to DND so all calls go to voicemail. G transcribes any actual words and emails me. spammers leave a few seconds of silence usually. I mark them as spam but they call everyday from different numbers so fuck me, no text transcribed, ignore. if a person leave a silent voicemail, must not have been that important. house phone never rings. bliss

[-] masquenox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

because we got to a point where a majority of our calls were shit we didn’t want.

Holy crap... so much this. I despise cellphones for this very reason.

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