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[+] 26 points 1 year ago (8 children)
  • [–] [S] 10 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    I get that but even if you were to sprint away from your phone at full speed you'd still hear the ringtone and be maybe 1 foot away. I'm literal when I mean "call back right away". Like if I'm working and I see a phone call, and I go to hit "answer" but the call ends just before. And then I call them back within 5 seconds. There's no way your phone is on a table and you're 10 yards away.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    What kind of sociopath has their phone ringer on in 2025?

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Decompressing from the idea of making a call

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Even for family members?

    Relatable

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Especially for family members

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  • If I indulged my terrible impulses, I'd probably be laughing to myself and saying "Yeah, how do you like it?"

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  • [+] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    If somebody doesn't leave a message why would I call them back?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Alternately why bother leaving a message when they just ask you why you called when they do call back?

    Then again I'm old enough to have had to use a rotary phone so that could be a factor in my personal experience

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    If you're like me and old enough to have used one of those phones then I don't understand your perspective at all. I didn't know who called me if I missed a call back then. So I couldn't return it. Answering machines didn't come till much later. And then again if they didn't leave a message I wouldn't know so therefore wouldn't return the call.

    If someone calls me and doesn't leave a message, or then doesn't send a text, I assume they didn't mean to call or that it wasn't that important and I just let it go. Not worth my time.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    If I called, it was an emergency, and I can't answer the phone because I'm elbow-deep in emergency.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    I didn't want a talk to you in the first place but was obligated to try.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Driving or going to the bathroom.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    You had your chance and lost it.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    Butt dialing with a silenced phone?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Depends on the person, an ass could pass for face id.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    You've never seen someone put their phone in their pocket or purse, without turning off the screen first?
    I've seen lots of people do that. A couple times I pointed out why it's not a good idea. But people who do it, just don't seem to care. My mother has done this exact thing to me several times. She calls me back later, when she sees that I called her, wondering what I wanted.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago*

    Ignoring my phone because I prefer to text anyway, so you not answering was a massive relief to me. Chances are if you text instead I'll respond, or can leave a voice mail, but honestly if I didn't leave a message or send a text about it, it wasn't important enough/mission critical in the first place so don't worry about it

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