• MajorHavoc@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 years 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.
    • Ataraxia@lemm.ee
      1·
      2 years ago

      I’m 40. I don’t even answer the phone if it rings. If it’s important they can leave a message.

  • ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works
    11·
    2 years ago

    This is something that idk if I’ll ever get used to about lemmy

    It’s a meme. It’s a joke. It’s deliberately blown out of proportion.

    Y’all need to calm tf down.

  • AnanasMarko@lemmy.world
    0·
    2 years ago

    To me it feels texting takes longer. Call someone up and it’s done in less than a minute. Why write some long ass message?

    Most folks don’t even bother writing back… Message seen? Best forget about it.

    Edit: typo

      • socsa@lemmy.ml
        1·
        2 years ago

        This so much. Text/email/slack leaves a permanent, searchable record. Synchronous communication is complete garbage and there are very few scenarios where it should be tolerated, much less encouraged.

        Honestly, I’m at the point where if someone insists on calling, I assume they are up to something and are intentionally trying to not go “on the record”