ah yes.

a phone call with extra steps.

An asynchronous phone call I don’t have to bother about right away. So with all negativities about voice messages, at least they’re better than a phone call 👍

I mean, they serve a purpose and I’m sure sight impaired people use it well…but I live in a country where in speak the language as a second, learning it lateer in life than is useful and goddamn if I don’t prefer texts I can clarify with a translation app.

Kind of like voicemail?

Yep, and it signifies emotions in a way emojis can’t.

Back in my day, writing could signify your emotions.

Counterpoint: the only people who do that in my sphere are kids calling their helicopter parents on smart watches that already have gps ok them, or old folks who aren’t that comfortable typing or don’t care that others around them may not want to listen to them dictate a message.

Ask chat gpt these types of questions. It’s usually pretty good with that.

This is a social media website. Feel free to log off if you don’t want to talk to other people, but the rest of us do

I was trying to be helpful but I guess my tone was lost in text. I find chat gpt to be very helpful in this area. I wasn’t trying to be a dick.

no

Ok