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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I hate phones because of the modern expectation that you're always immediately accessible.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

that's not the phones fault though. a lot of people don't expect that. it's a personal choice and i consider people who expect it toxic

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Very true, in my family I get a lot of shit for trying to avoid using my phone. Apparently XMPP just isn't good enough for some people, gotta use horrendous compromised standards like sms/mms/rcs voip and cellular networks instead.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Why not both? 🤷

[–] Steve@startrek.website 3 points 3 months ago

I has ti turn off predictive text be ause it kept making ridicukous substitutions, now spelling is hard 😞

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I hate them for both reasons, you and i are not the same