Board:   [fsxNet] fsx General
Subject: Re: Quitting the smartphone
From:    Nightfox(21:1/137)
Date:    Thu Aug 20, 2026 09:38

  Re: Re: Quitting the smartphone
  By: Adept to Atreyu on Thu Aug 20 2026 08:37 am

 Ad> I hate voice calls for a variety of reasons, and like text for a variety
 Ad> of reasons.

 Ad> Voice calls:
 Ad> Cause me anxiety
 Ad> Require immediate shifting to call
 Ad> May be something I'm unprepared for
 Ad> May come with a video component that I'm unprepared for Have a greater
 Ad> chance that I mis-state something

I know what you mean; these days, I feel like voice calls can be something I'm unprepared for too and might not be in a great place to take a call - but I grew up before it was common to have cell phones, so I was used to occasional phone calls. I don't get many phone calls though (at least, not many from family & friends - I do sometimes get calls from job recruiters & such, as well as spam calls).

 Ad> Text:
 Ad> Is what I grew up with

You must be younger than me.  :) I didn't grow up with text, and I didn't get my own cell phone until I was 21..  But since then, I've always found texting to be very convenient.

 Ad> Allows for time shifting
 Ad> Can be edited to make it better
 Ad> Gives me time to think through the topic
 Ad> Lowers the chance that I'm mis-stating something

 Ad> Mind you, you don't get verbal tone with text, and lots of people read
 Ad> extra tone into text when it isn't there. So I know it's not all positive.

Yeah, there are times when I prefer texting myself, for the same reasons.

Nightfox
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