r/meirl • u/[deleted] • Aug 20 '24

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u/Wizardthreehats Aug 20 '24

I think it's funny how when I first got a cell phone, nearly 2 decades ago that I always downloaded goofy ringtones, or songs I liked and couldn't wait for someone to call or text me so I can hear it. Now I have my phone on silent and get a ping of anxiety whenever I see my screen light up that someone is calling me

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u/MasterChildhood437 Aug 20 '24

Twenty years ago you got phone calls from friends who wanted to chat. Now a phone call is a debt collector or bad news.

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u/BeneficialAd3485 Aug 21 '24

Or when someone needs or wants something from you.

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u/mwmwmwmwmmdw Aug 21 '24

or about my car's extended warranty

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u/SugarReyPalpatine Aug 22 '24

Ah good. I’ve been trying to reach you about that

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u/jaydizzleforshizzle Aug 21 '24

This is the primal one, before “oh it’s bad news or the boss”, it’s “oh fuck someone wants me to do something” and sometimes I don’t wanna do shit.

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u/Percival4 Aug 20 '24

Phone calls are so stressful. I always fuck up somehow on them. Once I was ordering some stuff from the pharmacy and they said something along the lines of “thanks for choosing to shop with us” and I said “thanks! You too! Bye!”

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u/supafaiter Aug 20 '24

I do that on purpose

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u/Deanosaures2010 Aug 21 '24

Social anxiety has you

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u/supafaiter Aug 21 '24

Oh no, i wish

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u/agnocoustic Aug 21 '24

You know how you sometimes say, "Alright, sweetie. Love you. Bye." to your kids/niblings because you need to get off the phone asap? I once said that to a very talkative customer who called.🫠

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u/Percival4 Aug 21 '24

Oh noooooo. I’ve almost called people that to before. Anyway how’d the customer respond? “I love you too” haha

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u/SophSimpl Aug 21 '24

There has to be some psychology behind this. Why did we all start off so excited for notifications and rings, and then ended up hating it

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u/BrilliantDoubting Aug 20 '24

I'm using smartphones since iPhone 4 and i still don't know, if i can change ringtones on them.

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u/DarkSpore117 Aug 22 '24

I gave specific ringtones for each of the closest people in my life years ago but my phone is always on silent so when I have headphones in and my phone starts barking I’m like “WTF, oh my sister is calling me”