Subj : Re: Epilogue
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : k9zw
Date : Wed May 22 2024 07:23:41

On 21 May 2024, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...
 
 pF> There's a movement of younger people rejecting smart phones and moving
 pF> back to flip phones, candy bar phones, and other "dumb" phones. It's in
 pF> part due to the data mining of apps, and due to wanting to be more in
 pF> the moment.

Have been seeing young folks with non-mainstream "alterntaive OS" phones as well.  I think was F2?

 pF> I've tried explaining to my son (who has decent phone skills) that while
 pF> his generation may prefer texting, the people with the jobs and
 pF> opportunities are my generation, and we grew up with voicemail greetings
 pF> with your name in it. When you leave a message, ask for a call back and
 pF> leave your number.

Is the texting preference as much about avoiding human contact?  Or does it just look that way?

 pF> "Why leave a number, it's on their phone?"

This is because they run through life self-impoverished have only one phone number (or maybe two if they have seperate personal & work cell numbers).

They also seem to think that every phone number is able to take texts.

As a good portion of them are passengers of life, they also think you have the ability to deal with texts 24/7 when it is troublesome at best if driving.

Because they are underacheivers they don't understand that it you a piloting you own plane, your cell isn't in airplane mode like their limited passenger-mode air time.

 pF> "Because we grew up with phones without caller ID, and if you want to
 pF> make it easy for someone to reach you, it's what you do..."
 pF> 

And because if you have to return the call from another line you may have minimal access to the data side.  

Anyone else tend to rotate through communication options "just because?"  I might text back a response to a voicemail, or make a phone call following up an email, just to freshen things up.  In the day I would include FAX in the rotation.

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