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    41 year ago

    I feel like it’s sort of simple minded to make rules for oneself like people in this thread seem to have done. Context is key.

    Am I excited to answer a call from my landlord? Absolutely not, but I’d rather do that and talk for 5 minutes than text for a couple hours about when the repairman is coming or whatever. Calls can be much more convenient than these people with their rules seem to know…

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        11 year ago

        Because texting is a particularly shitty way to communicate with people who aren’t good at it. Which is 99% of the world. Why be intentionally obtuse? If you’ve ever texted more than 3 people you absolutely know what I’m talking about.

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          11 year ago

          I’ve texted and exclusively used text-based chat programs almost exclusively for over a decade, yes it’s a skill that needs to be practiced to become better at, but it’s not like it’s impossible.

          For work for instance, I have had people be like, “can I just call you because it’d be easier to explain,” no sorry I’m busy, they then write out like two sentences and I can answer in one. Nah fam, it’s not that hard to just put your thoughts or question in text.

          The biggest issue I see is tone is hard to control in text if you’re just very terse with your writing style, but people have that issue with talking too sometimes lol