I like the calls, because they highlight the shortcomings of the telephony protocol that has been strapped to the side of communications technologies with box t

I like the calls, because they highlight the shortcomings of the telephony protocol that has been strapped to the side of communications technologies with box tape and is a bunch of legacy system compatibility layers glued together. Telephone numbers are stupid. An arbitrary sequence of digits, area codes, they only really serve as unique identifiers like a social security number, I can easily be contacted by anyone even if I don't want to be. They're technically inferior. I only need one because other people I don't really care to interact with need me to need one. The only reason I even have one is because it comes free with my mobile data plan. Who are these people that answer the phone for numbers not in their contacts anyway? Or check voicemail? If someone wants to get a hold of you via your phone number and you actually want to speak to them, they'll SMS. I don't even like that, but at least it's better. Just ask me for a fucking email address so I can communicate asynchronously, I also have a few other contact mechanisms and if I want to talk to you I'll give you information you need to contact me that way.