• curiousaur@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    Or just want to talk to someone? Why are we simultaneously normalizing anti-social behavior and wondering why the young people are so unhappy?

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      1 year ago

      Unless you know for sure that the other person is legitimately bored, sitting around not doing anything, imposing yourself on someone like this is rude.

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      1 year ago

      So when you “just want to talk” you call someone out of the blue and just expect them to stop what they’re doing and have a little chat? I had a friend like that and I hated it because they always called at the worst moments so I wouldn’t pick up and then they assumed I disliked them and played the victim by a mutual friend. That’s when I actually started disliking them. So don’t randomly call people please thank you.

      Also texting someone instead of talking isn’t antisocial behaviour. You can say as much in a text as you can say in a call and the other person can reply to your text and continue doing what they’re doing at the same time.

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      1 year ago

      Maybe this is just me and my circle but if someone just wants to talk I’d typically expect that more over discord or something like that rather than phone call unless they’re older.

      Other than that phone call is for urgent stuff or something that’s going to have a lot of back and forth and is quicker pver phone.

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        Sure, my work uses discord, and I know friends that use it. But my family doesn’t. Plus, if you do sales, or job searching, or anything that involves talking to people for work who don’t directly work for your company then Discord is a little awkward. A phone or zoom call is better.

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        1 year ago

        Discord, that’s a good one. That’s a gaming communication app.

        You’ll be screwed in 4-5 years when it goes belly up.

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          No, Discord is a communication app that is mainly used for gaming.

          That is like calling Whatsapp a family communication app.