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> that can actually, imagine this, make and, to complicate matters even further, even take calls

Showing how different different people are. I've probably made... 20? ish? phone calls in the last decade. (I'm 46.)

Holy moly, you must have very different life than most people I guess. I am from the younger generation which supposedly avoids making old-style phone calls as much as possible and I don't think I know anyone who has made less than 100 calls in the last decade.

I always wonder why your generation avoids such calls... Voice calls are so much more efficient to get the things you want from the person you call...

I think those very total attention expected during phone calls, and the speed at which it happens, contributes to a higher level of anxiety compared to texting. The younger generation hate these elevated stresses and prefer more async communication

Same for me, I am 50 and would happily carry a phone sized tablet without call caps at all. I never need to call or receive call; send me an email or hit me up on a chat channel.

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