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I don't think it's obviously weird. Before the age of asynchronous telecommunication, interrupting each other's lives was the only way to communicate at all. Yo
by dTal 5y ago
I don't think it's obviously weird. Before the age of asynchronous telecommunication, interrupting each other's lives was the only way to communicate at all. You could equally consider it strange that nowadays everyone expects all social communication to be mediated by an electronic escrow service.
- tomjen3 5y agoNot really. Letters used to be delivered (at least around here) by sliding them through a slot in your front door. Letters are older than the phone.
- dTal 5y agoLetters are asynchronous telecommunication :) You wouldn't write a letter to someone in the same town, anyway. For most of human history, if you wanted to talk to someone, you went round to their house. Most people weren't even literate.