This is exactly the kind of thing that could be easily addressed via a text message. "Hey do you have a wrench I can borrow?" That's a Yes/No question. Nothing to go back and forth over. If you want to chit chat you can do so when they bring it over.

Sure you could text, but for god sakes man, where’s your humanity?

Where's your humanity? By calling someone you are demanding their attention NOW. Even if they don't intend to answer, their phone ringing for 30 seconds is annoying and distracting. Just hearing the damn thing go off elevates my stress level. As opposed to a text or e-mail they can respond to at their convenience and only gives them a simple notification. Expecting someone to drop everything to address your needs instantly is more anti-social than respecting that they may be busy right now and send a text instead. I was raised to be respectful of others' time when asking someone for something.

I can’t help but think that inherently something is wrong.

There is. Talking on the phone has been turned into a miserable experience 90% of the time. We're sick and tired of dealing with people's bullshit at our shitty jobs all day and then getting spam calls when we're at home. Having to drop everything to deal with a phone call is annoying and we don't want more of it. There's nothing "inhuman" about being stressed out and tired. There's about 6 people on this planet I enjoy speaking to and the odds that it's one of them calling when my phone rings are next to 0.

[–] NoFun4You@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Idk man. Sounds like you're projecting quite a lot lol.

I for one will continue the tried and true act of comradery amongst my fellow peers and continue to recognize that we live in a society with many facets of living. You can do whatever you want, but I like the idea of spontaneously sparking up conversations with strangers and neighbours and friends and family. It might be the worst thing ever to you, but using the phone to call people in the real world is no big deal lol.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not projecting, I'm giving you my perspective. You can ignore it if you wish but there's a subset of people who your behavior is pissing off. Spontaneous conversation isn't as fun a time for everyone as you seem to think it is.

[–] NoFun4You@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And my perspective is that if you're going to get pissed off about things like this then you should probably have a long hard look at yourself in the mirror lol.

Also in my experience it's not that hard to play the field and figure out when people you are talking to want to talk or want to just get straight to the point. 🤷🏻

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And just why should I change? I'm not asking anything of anyone other than to be left alone. It's broadly accepted that no one wants to hear their fucking phone ring unless it's something very important. I don't know of a single person in my friend group that doesn't agree on this. Maybe it's you that needs to get with the times.

We haven't even touched on the fact that I can type faster and more clearly than I can speak and read faster than anyone I know can talk. Then there's the paper trail aspect where you can refer back to what was said in a text or email vs. having to also take notes in a written conversation which if there ends up being a conflict about what was said later is now a he said she said situation.

[–] NoFun4You@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago