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[CoccoBill]

Boomers. I use my phone for everything, except for phone calls. Obviously at home my pc is the primary device, but when on the move. I wouldn't watch a movie on it at home, but I've watched several when traveling.

[Poopadoop]

Boomers. I use my phone for everything, except for phone calls. Obviously at home my pc is the primary device, but when on the move. I wouldn't watch a movie on it at home, but I've watched several when traveling.

I was born in '68, boomers were '45 to '65 afaik. Not sure what my generation is called. I would go with the cool kids myself, but maybe that's just me.

Watching a movie on a phone is torture imo. I'd rather stare out the window of a train than do that.

Phone calls are the last resort. The levels of aggression when seeking someone's attention go like this:

1. Email. Please respond when you have the time. Tomorrow or the day after are fine too.
2. IM. Please respond asap. I can wait a couple hours.
3. Phone call. Respond NOW. Drop everything you're doing, I'm your priority.

There's something to this, but at the same time the phone is just a much more efficient way of communicating. You can get tone of voice, immediate feedback and clarification etc.. It's also more personal.

And, a text or email can be just as annoying as phone call, even more if they come over and over with the same thing. Ask any of the students I have who email me, then email me again an hour later because I haven't responded yet. Tbf, they'd be even more annoying if they were phoning me over and over too, but they never seem to cross that boundary.

[Poopadoop]

Also, people in my experience (talking mainly about strangers here), are a lot more willing to be obnoxious on email than in person or on the phone.

It's also a lot easier to unintentionally come across as a cunt on email than it is in person or on the phone. One of our Heads of Dept. from several years ago actually was made to take an email awareness workshop because he was routinely coming across as a cunt on emails, enough so that multiple people complained to his superior (though tbh there's a good chance he was always a cunt, but he figured he could get away with it because it was email).

[CoccoBill]

It's also a lot easier to unintentionally come across as a cunt on email than it is in person or on the phone.

Yeah absolutely. Missing the visual cues (expressions) is one thing, also missing the auditory ones (tone of voice) just makes it worse. There's emojis to remedy this but they only go so far and are mad easy to misinterpret. Like chatting on a forum. In a business setting these are less prevalent but routinely still lead to issues. I'm sure there's been murders and divorces that started from misunderstandings over chat tones.

[Poopadoop]

Like chatting on a forum.

I have no idea what you're talking about.

[CoccoBill]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

What? That wasn't in reference to anything. At all.

[Poopadoop]

What? That wasn't in reference to anything. At all.

I was joking.

[CoccoBill]

Facial expressions and audible voice are physical phenomena btw so I guess we're on topic.

[CoccoBill]

Not sure what my generation is called.

X like me, I think it's like '65-'80. I'm '74.