I am at my most eloquent when texting. Talk to me and I’m an idiot.

  • Broadfern@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Am I the only one who prefers face-to-face over everything else?

    It’s the only form of comms where I have all the information/cues to interpret, and no bullshit lag.

    1. In person - all cues, real time.

    2. Text - verbal comms, gives me a chance to read. No body language or tone to glean from though.

    3. I hate audio calls because I’m hard of hearing, sound quality is shit and I can’t lip read or respond on my own time.

    4. Video is somehow worse since now two sensory inputs are fucked due to awful stream quality/lag and my usual methods of trying to understand what’s said are shot. Worse, people expect it to be “better” because I can see now and it makes me angrier. 🙃

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      1 day ago

      Depends on the context for me. There are definitely times I’d rather be face to face, but there are also times I’d rather text.

    • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz
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      2 days ago

      I fucking hate people in general, and do all I can not to interact with people if I don’t have to. But if I have to talk to someone, I’d rather drive 20 minutes and talk face to face than deal with any type of phone or video interaction. That said, I’d much rather just have a quick chat or email to get the same thing done.