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Voicemail should be banned
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I get voicemail from blocked numbers
Then the person sends you a 2 minute long audio over whatsapp
At least I can get a transcript and speed it up a bit
That's actually really smart lol
The True Crime here is an 11 year old child with a (I suppose) Smartphone.
Whatever you say Grandpa
Ok, brainrot
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I would totally understand if it was in a place where your kids can take a walk or public transport to school or other places on their own. I would also want them to have means to call you.
EDIT: my bad, I ignored the 'smart' bit there. I just meant any phone.
Can be a normal phone which is what I would do if I where a parent and my kid would have to bike 12 km to school every day.
Sounds perfectly reasonable to me. I'd just like to mention that it was perfectly normal for kids to go on 12km without a phone not so long ago, and I don't think there's anything wrong with it now. Parents worry too much. I mean, it's a biological impulse that makes a lot of sense, but it's often over done.
I think a lot more kids got napped in the States before cellphones were common
Well yeah, but it is always good to carry a phone with you especially when you bike through somewhere where there isn't a lot of other traffic or it is off your unusual route. There is nothing wrong with carrying a Nokia 3310 or something
Ye, I think it's fine either way, nokia or no phone at all. I cycled 17km to school from age 12 to 17 and only got my first phone when I was 18 and moved out. Of course I did get a flat tire a couple of times, but then I'd just walk or sat at the back of the bicycke of a friend.
And what if you fell while you where alone and broke a leg making it impossible for you to walk? Or you friend fell and hit his head open on the road being able to call for help is actually pretty handy.
Like it might sound absurd, but shit happens
I suppose living in the Netherlands, a pretty crowded place, assures you that you're rarely ever alone in the middle of nowhere for very long. But yes that is handy and I can totally understand parents feeling comfortable with their kids being able to call for help if anything ever happens to them.
Normal Phone would be fine :)
Since about 2006 my voicemail message has been "for a faster response send me a text message." When I started my business I added my business name and rerecorded the rest. If a client can't send a text instead of call then I'm going to charge them more.
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My kid can make 100 push ups, when Nobody's watching.
I love that meme! I can see this one being real though
ya if the child is old enough to know what a phone call is, they are old enough to understand how pointless voicemails are
See, for me, if you call me and don't leave a voicemail, I'm going to assume it was unimportant (or spam) and I won't call back. Businesses, which are most likely going to an unknown number, should leave a voicemail if they want any action on my part. I mostly don't want businesses texting me because they tend to spam the fuck out of you. And I'm sure as fuck never going to pick up the phone for an unknown number.
Recently, I've been getting calls I'm pretty sure are spam. They are all from different numbers, but all of the area codes are from where I got my phone number, which is quite far from where I live now. Additionally, they all do leave voicemails, but each and every one is exactly thirty seconds of silence.
Spam or not, I can't figure out the point.
They spoof a number close to your number to increase the chance you pickup, they don't know you moved.
I'd bet the silence calls are to determine if a phone number is active.
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Probably a bot waiting for a voice in order to start. It waits until it hangs up.
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When I had a work mobile phone in Australia I had my voicemail saying I was on leave and to call the office.
The boss wasn't happy, but the customers actually called the service desk because of it.
Your boss would be breaking the law in Australia, now explicitly under the new right to disconnect legislation, if they said anything about it.
(Though, could have probably been argued in the past also as unpaid overtime in the past)
This was a decade ago. He was actually annoyed that I didn't change it after I got back from holidays.
So I was working, the customer would call and get the voicemail on my mobile, then call the main support line and got me.
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The absolute worst thing about voicemail is that you can't just listen to the one you just got. I have about 50 unheard voicemails at this point. You leave one? I have to work my way through 50 just to hear yours. And it doesn't even let me work from most recent. Nope. Just never going to happen.
Life must really suck when you're too dumb to know how things work.
As your dad proved when he couldn't figure out the condom
huh? Android lets you pick from a menu.
What? How do you set that up?
Most smartphones offer voicemail transcription now, I believe. Or at least Apple does. I don't have voicemail set up on my Android phone to check.
It is ridiculous that in 2025 you still don’t have random access voicemail.
I used to use an app called Hullomail which brought them into an app as voice clips you can see the caller and play or export.
It also showed you missed calls while your phone was off since they can just flag when a call was redirected to them. Super useful.
IIRC they got acquired and removed the free tier but you might still find them useful.
I'm an old guy, but I hate voice mail. Mine says "You can try to leave a message, but it's probably full, and I'll never listen to it anyway, so either send a text to this number, or send an email to XXX, and I'll get back to you ASAP."
I used to troll with mine and spell out my name, phone number, email address, website, all twice.
Most voice-mails I got were like "JESUS FUCKING CHRIST WHY IS YOUR MESSAGE SO LONG"
top kek
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Back in the day, I realized there wasn't really a voice-mail message length limit, so I had a 20 minute rant about why I don't want voicemails
But one could set up an Archer style voicemail prank!
Mine emails me an attachment with the recording. It's a lot easier than the old call up voicemail to listen to your messages etc. Lot of people prefer it to writing with their phones.
I don’t like voicemail typically, but I have some voicemails from family members who have passed away and I cherish listening to them.
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Voicemail is actually really nice, if people call you and don't leave a message, the call was not important or a spam call. Its like the perfect filter.
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here in chile we dont longer use voicemail, cant remember when was the last time i heard one... That said, a lot of people send whatsapp audios, i understand its easier for some folks, but, common!
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Brilliant. I'm stealing this.
Visual voicemail (voicemail transcribed to text) has been a godsend for me. The number of doctors offices that call with an unlisted number is staggering.
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