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> no one under 40 uses that method except under extreme duress You live in a tiny bubble if you honestly believe that.
by dymk 3y ago
> no one under 40 uses that method except under extreme duress
You live in a tiny bubble if you honestly believe that.
- coldpie 3y agoOK you're right. It's not an age thing, no one answers unknown calls now. "Eight-in-ten Americans say they don’t generally answer their cellphone when an unknown number calls" https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/12/14/most-americans-dont-answer-cellphone-calls-from-unknown-numbers/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/12/14/most-amer... And that study is from 3 years ago, it's surely a higher percentage now than it was then.
- dymk 3y ago20%, guess I am right I don’t know why this is the hill you’ve chosen to die on
- coldpie 3y agoYou stated it's not a solution. It clearly is if it works for more than 80% of people.
- dymk 3y agoIt’s not a solution if it doesn’t work for 1/5 users of a system used by millions.
- asah 3y agoI've been on-call for decades and 24x7 caregiver and it's not an issue, even in emergencies: 1. For non-emergencies, just use social media or email, which have better anti-spam filtration. 2. For most true emergencies, "hang up and call 911" just like every doctor's office recording says. 3. For urgent non-emergencies, either accept the consequences of waiting until your can reach the person via option #1 above, or get creative. Contact friends of the person and ask if they can get ahold of them... or someone IRL near them to get their real-world attention. 4. Consider what happens if you lose or break your phone. Responsible people let a reasonable group of people know how to reach them, and the rest contact a member of that group.