• Obinice@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Nobody is actually this terrified of a phone call right? Besides the usual social anxiety anyway.

    My father’s phone doesn’t even have internet, hell, they barely built a computer that could beat Nazi encryption back when he was born, he didn’t even see his first computer in person until he was what, 50?

    He struggles at testing, no way could he navigate a modern phone haha. So, phone calls are normal for us :-)

    • orangeboats@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      This is probably family dependent. My family is similar to OP’s, we usually text if we want to have casual conversations. Voice calls are limited to serious topics only… unless I text them “hey, let’s have a call” or something like that first.

  • MajorHavoc@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, this can be a generational cultural difference.

    I mourned the death of my grandfather three separate times when my mother texted me “please call”. Each time when I called back I learned something different:

    1. We had to change our lunch plans.
    2. There was an alarming local news article about driving conditions.
    3. My grandfather had died.