seriously, never pick up the phone unless you know the caller. every stranger who calls you is trying to waste your time in some way even 'legit' businesses th

seriously, never pick up the phone unless you know the caller. every stranger who calls you is trying to waste your time in some way even 'legit' businesses that call you from random numbers are basically a spam channel / are training you to get phished -- for example health insurance and credit card. every time I call back on their official # to ask what they want, it's 10-20 minutes to figure out what they wanted (if they even know!) we somehow aren't a society that can legislate to prevent spammers from using the phones. at this point let's pivot and punish legit businesses who use the phones to waste my time