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The dreaded ring (by Pedro Arizpe) (i0.wp.com)

submitted 2 years ago by EfreetSK@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] Royal_Bitch_Pudding@lemmy.world 99 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Young people don't call unless it's serious business.

Why she reacted like that while also knowing her dad still calls people? No idea

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[–] WaltJRimmer@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago

Not just young people. I've seen this kind of behavior in surprisingly old people such as Gen X and even Baby Boomers, but I've seen it in a LOT of millennials, the youngest of whom are now in their early thirties and the oldest are in their forties.

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[–] Psyduck_world@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Not just young people. I am 48, and if I get a call from my mom I would’ve thought something happened to my dad.

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[–] IonAddis@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Yep. Basically any generation that grew up with texting and chat kinda leans this way... so millennials and younger. But also some gen x.

Phone calls are for things that can't wait and need the other person to drop what they're doing, and things urgent like that tend to be medical or work stuff. Or things time sensitive in another way.

Demanding the other person stop what they're doing to attend to you immediately is considered kinda rude for minor topics when such an easy and less pushy alternative is available.

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[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago

That's funny, because my mom loses her shit if I don't respond to her text message within 15 minutes. Then she rants on how her family abandoned her and she may as well be dead.

Every damn time.

She doesn't call anymore though.

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[–] mr_sifl@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Yep same. I text and Snapchat with my mom daily. If she calls, shit went down.

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[–] Ataraxia@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

That's funny because my mom just asked me when she can call me this morning and I'm going oh fucking he'll I just started my vacation this better be something fucking stupid like if I can order her a grout cleaner. We usually texts. She knows I don't answer calls and if it's really important she can call twice. My job has been on the phone since I was in college so the last thing I want to do is talk on the phone.

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[–] SolarNialamide@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

And, was it just a grout cleaner?

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[–] AnonStoleMyPants@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 years ago

Lmao this thread is so weird to read. My parents call me all the time to ask how I am. I also call them. And my friend from time to time and he calls me. Samesies for my fiancée. Normal stuff.

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[–] snor10@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Hmm, I wonder if it could a cultural thing?

I'm a millennial in Sweden and I have not experienced this phenomenon unless the person suffers social anxiety, though I must admit I have little contact with people under 25.

To me a call is convenient when I'm biking or working with my hands, and I can't tell you how many times a simple phonecall spared me endless back and forth over text or e-mail.

Maybe I'm desensitized since I constantly receive and make calls at work.

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