Board:   [fsxNet] fsx General
Subject: Re: Quitting the smartphone
From:    Arelor(21:2/138)
Date:    Tue Aug 25, 2026 10:35

  Re: Re: Quitting the smartphone
  By: Mortar M. to Atreyu on Tue Aug 18 2026 02:05 pm

 >
 > I'm just the opposite.  I hate voice calls.  Texting gets my attention a lot
 > quicker.

I like being the grumpy weird guy of the bunch.

Texting is cheap. When somebody sends you a text he is likely not putting much effort on it. I am not in a hurry to check texts.

Making a phone call costs money and requires a little bit of a bigger social investment, therefore if I get a call I am likely to pay attention to it because it has a high chance of being important. It also has a chance of being a South American trying to sell insurance to you but since I put the call down instantaneously the moment I realize it is telemarketing I have not been taking a lot of those as of late.

Most people are like that whether they want to admit it or not. I typically text only when my message does not require immediate action - and, very often, it gets ignored. I am talking messages for things that require action in 48 hours and you still have to phone in later because the message got ignored.


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