[em-bee]

Start making phonecalls and it will get better

possibly, though the reality is that i grew up before the internet and i was making phonecalls just fine then. somehow it got worse. either bad experiences, or something changed when i discovered the ability to communicate with written short messages instead. i have no idea.

but look around on hackernews. i am not the only one who dislikes phone calls. one potential reason i explained here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41345469

i like to take the time to think before i answer, and that just doesn't work on the phone.

but the real point here is that you tell me i should be able to switch away from a method to communicate that i don't like but use another one that i like even less. that doesn't make any sense. why would i do that? (and i haven't even touched on the fact how much i hate giving people my phonenumber, on most messengers at least i can ignore people if they bother me)