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The dreaded ring (by Pedro Arizpe) (i0.wp.com)

submitted 1 year ago by EfreetSK@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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Source: https://portsherry.com/comic/the-dreaded-ring/

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[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So why call in the first place? And how will I ever know what the call was about? Unless you text, of course, so why not just do that in the first place?

You may not intent for it to be a demand, but unless you have your phone on silent, it will keep ringing and making noise until you do something about it. It demands an action, and tries to get your attention as much as possible.

Which is why it's designated to emergencies. This makes calling more useful as well, because now you know calls are more important, and can actually treat them with more urgency. Otherwise you're just gonna end up ignoring what may be an actual emergency, because you treat every phone call the same.

[–] Spendrill@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gen X here, only had a smartphone 5 years as before I was avoiding it. Typing is painful. Just answer the phone and we'll get that query sorted in less time than I would take to type the initial question. Don't be a big baby about it.

[–] Ataraxia@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hate typing too but having to answer a phone call triggers PTSD. NOPE.

[–] Spendrill@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

If it's genuine PTSD then you have my every sympathy and I hope that you can get some peace from it.

Nobody I'm calling have anything worse than lazyitis.