Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 days agoHow did a simple phone call become so problematic?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square199fedilinkarrow-up1863arrow-down122
arrow-up1841arrow-down1imageHow did a simple phone call become so problematic?lemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square199fedilink
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down6·7 days agoI check my texts. I check my email. I check my DM. When I want to. YOU choose when the call happens.
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoWell yeah, because I need to talk to you People have been doing this without problems for decades, why is it a problem now if it wasn’t 10-20 years ago?
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoWhen better options arise, people can start to dislike the old options. Why do I not like washing dishes by hand? It wasn’t a problem 30 years ago. For example. Now you’ll say it WAS a problem and they invented dishwashers to fix it. And I’ll say they invented texting to fix phone calls.
minus-squareGerprimus@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·7 days agoAnd ignoring the call or turn DND on isn’t an option? No judgement, just curious.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·7 days agoThat would be the mitigation to the problem, yes. But I’m describing why it’s a problem in the first place. You can’t say “calls aren’t that bad because you can do everything possibly to avoid them.”. I’m avoiding them because they’re that bad.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoBecause I don’t pick when it happens. And I have bad ADHD so being interrupted is a problem for me.
I check my texts. I check my email. I check my DM. When I want to.
YOU choose when the call happens.
Well yeah, because I need to talk to you
People have been doing this without problems for decades, why is it a problem now if it wasn’t 10-20 years ago?
When better options arise, people can start to dislike the old options.
Why do I not like washing dishes by hand? It wasn’t a problem 30 years ago. For example.
Now you’ll say it WAS a problem and they invented dishwashers to fix it. And I’ll say they invented texting to fix phone calls.
And ignoring the call or turn DND on isn’t an option? No judgement, just curious.
That would be the mitigation to the problem, yes. But I’m describing why it’s a problem in the first place.
You can’t say “calls aren’t that bad because you can do everything possibly to avoid them.”. I’m avoiding them because they’re that bad.
So then why are calls that bad?
Because I don’t pick when it happens. And I have bad ADHD so being interrupted is a problem for me.