Unless you know for sure that the other person is legitimately bored, sitting around not doing anything, imposing yourself on someone like this is rude.
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Also almost 40. Fuck synchronous communications. Inferior in every possible way.
This so much. Text/email/slack leaves a permanent, searchable record. Synchronous communication is complete garbage and there are very few scenarios where it should be tolerated, much less encouraged.
Honestly, I'm at the point where if someone insists on calling, I assume they are up to something and are intentionally trying to not go "on the record"
If someone doesn't write back it must not have been that important. I'm pretty much never just going to drop what I'm doing and answer the phone to have a conversation about an unknown topic which will take an unknown amount of time.
As far as I can tell I've read way more Lenin than your average lemmy tankie
I'll share a different story then. Over the past several years, I've participated in a movement to get bus rapid transit lanes which is moving forward. I started as a citizen advocate, then represented the bus company (as an advocate) through several phases of studies, then led a community engagement team in which I personally talked to over a thousand local residents and gave more than a dozen presentations to the community and stakeholders. I've sparred with NIMBYs and congresspersons alike. And now the project is moving forward and will dedicate over a third of a major roadway exclusively to bus service.
Cynicism is crack for slacktivists and keyboard warriors.
Ok I firebombed a power plant but now the warden says I'm not allowed to call my senator (or anyone else) and two thirds of the public associates climate activism with terrorism, what next?
To be fair, the same shit happens when you call them. Some intern answers and you don't even get the platitudes. You might just be a tally mark on a list if they feel like it.
I like emailing my senator/CP because it does create a paper trail. One day maybe I'll run against them and read all the emails I sent them, in public.
And some guy in Italy has a lot of rules about it
Jokes on gran I'm into that shit
Thanks for waking me up from the one nap I've gotten this year.