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    I'm basically the exact opposite. I had to deal with customer service/tech support over the phone for my laptop once or twice. I was practically ready to vomit from nervousness by the time we hung up.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alteran View Post
    I am exactly the same way. I've never been able to determine exactly why I feel that way, it's kind of puzzling.
    Cause a good chunk of communication is non-verbal thus making phone calls creepy and unnatural?

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    I think it's partly because it's something I pretty much never do.
    In fact, it occurs to me I'm generally fine calling my best friend, because I'm used to talking to him over the phone.
    Come to think of it, I guess it's insecurities. If there's any insecurity or worry or whatever I might have in connection with the person in question, it will automatically be worse over the phone than IRL.
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    Who likes short films about creepy dolls? Everyone that is who.
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    Oh, I found a cool little creepy animated short. Alma?

    You are not aiding my self-esteem any by showing up and getting accolades for something I found first while I was subsequently ignored, mon amie.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phase View Post
    You are not aiding my self-esteem any by showing up and getting accolades for something I found first while I was subsequently ignored, mon amie.
    I watched it when you posted it, Phase. I just didn't post a response for it because I was distracted (I've been like this the past couple of days).

    *sigh* Finally called him (my mind's telling me "See? That wasn't so hard, was it?", and yet it will be just as difficult to call him the next time I do). One thing that I've noticed is that I always seem to trip over my own words at the start of the conversation, but once it gets going I'm fine. I guess all of the anxiety that I build up before the call messes with my speech.

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    You are not aiding my self-esteem any by showing up and getting accolades for something I found first while I was subsequently ignored, mon amie.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fostire View Post
    Cause a good chunk of communication is non-verbal thus making phone calls creepy and unnatural?
    Not as bad as communicating solely via text, since with phone calls we at least still have tones and inflections and such to give some indication asto how we feel and what we mean.

    Meta-conversation is, of course, essential when communicating via anything other than face to face conversation. And even then you can still need it for any number of reasons.

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    Funnily enough, having to answer the phone and being given a basic formula by my mother to do so made it so that I didn't really bat an eye when I had to deal with people on the phone as a kid, so I've never really minded phone conversations except during lulls. Lulls are not fun when on the phone, especially if it's a girl that one is interested in or dating.
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    I am nervous when calling for a job application, or something really serious, but otherwise I'm ok.

    I can never hear my cellphone ring though, cause either it's noisy or I'm playing music with noise blocking headphones.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Coidzor View Post
    Not as bad as communicating solely via text, since with phone calls we at least still have tones and inflections and such to give some indication as to how we feel and what we mean.

    Meta-conversation is, of course, essential when communicating via anything other than face to face conversation. And even then you can still need it for any number of reasons.
    I text far too often.

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    Quote Originally Posted by randman22222 View Post
    I text far too often.
    I usually text when I think someone might not be able to talk right then or when I don't want an immediate reply.

    Which makes me wonder how to segue to an actual phone conversation just to double check and see if the other person is meaning to flirt with me when a text conversation gets fast paced and at least seems to me to seem like there's some things being implied...

    *hug* It'll be ok, young padawan. People will find a way to continue making more of themselves.
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    I had no idea that that one Legend of Zelda fan song was by System of a Down.

    My life just turned upside down.

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    I had no idea that that one Legend of Zelda fan song was by System of a Down.

    My life just turned upside down.
    Or is System of a Down the one it keeps getting misattributed to? Gah... I can never remember...
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    I had no idea that that one Legend of Zelda fan song was by System of a Down.

    My life just turned upside down.
    That is a common misconception. The song is done by a band called The Rabbit Joint.

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    Oh. Stupid Grooveshark.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coidzor View Post
    Funnily enough, having to answer the phone and being given a basic formula by my mother to do so made it so that I didn't really bat an eye when I had to deal with people on the phone as a kid, so I've never really minded phone conversations except during lulls. Lulls are not fun when on the phone, especially if it's a girl that one is interested in or dating.
    We were allowed to answer the phone in one of two set patterns:

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    me: "Hello, may I help you?"
    them: "May I speak to X?"
    me: "I'm sorry, he/she's not available right now. May I take a message?"

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    b)
    me: "Hello, may I help you?"
    them: "May I speak to X?"
    me: "Sure. Just a moment."


    Yeah, very formal. We were never allowed to say that our parents weren't home, either. When I hit high school or so I started answering with just "hello?" but then I realized that whenever I did that, people thought I was my mum.

    Now that we have caller ID (for years we only had it on one phone, and in a house as big as ours, chances were good that wasn't the one you'd get to), I use either one depending on who calls. If it's the grumpy tenant who calls Mum every other day to complain about nonexistent issues I pitch my voice very high and say "Hello, may I help you?"

    But if it's someone more harmless calls I pitch my voice low and say "Hello?", then pause and wait for the inevitable "Hi, <my mom>!"


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    I text far too often.

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    I always answer with "Hello, <Last Name> Family Household, <First Name> speaking."

    If I don't people think I'm my dad. I have a REALLY deep voice, and it sounds even deeper on the phone.
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    I just say "Hello?" in a quick way. When I say that, it sounds like me mum, but when I start really talking, people recognize my distinctive voice.
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    I follow the 'Hello, may I help you?' model, and often get distracted for middle brother, who is twelve. We both think that our voices sound nothing alike, but...

    I mean, there's the whole deal where his voice is much higher than mine.

    But oh, I just realised that I pitch my voice rather high over the phone, because I used to get mistaken for my mother (which is really a 'WTF?!' type thing). Elementary, my dear Watson.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dragonrider View Post
    Yeah, very formal. We were never allowed to say that our parents weren't home, either. When I hit high school or so I started answering with just "hello?" but then I realized that whenever I did that, people thought I was my mum.
    Oh yeah, same! Er, only with my father rather than my mother.

    Of course they were both globs of floating rock-goo in space, sooo...

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    I find, "Hello?" works well, especially when it's quizzical. Of course, that's when I don't know who it is. I remember a friend of mine called, and I answered with "I'm not home, stop calling"


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    Funnily enough, I've been losing a bit of my phone skills due to only ever having to deal with people calling my cell phone... So it's only wrong numbers who hang up as soon as they hear a guy's voice or people I've already gotten chummy with.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Coidzor View Post
    Funnily enough, I've been losing a bit of my phone skills due to only ever having to deal with people calling my cell phone... So it's only wrong numbers who hang up as soon as they hear a guy's voice or people I've already gotten chummy with.
    I have the same problem, but I've been trying to get better by continuing on a conversation of a wrong number. You talk to so many interesting people that way.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cycoris View Post
    I follow the 'Hello, may I help you?' model, and often get distracted for middle brother, who is twelve. We both think that our voices sound nothing alike, but...
    You must mean "mistaken", not "distracted".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dragonrider View Post
    You must mean "mistaken", not "distracted".
    You are correct. I was either tired or distracted (actually, probably both) when I was typing that.

    Urgh, sleep. Blargh.
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    I find it amusing that in two opportunities to get the personal pronoun at the end of the sentence right, you missed both times.

    [pedantry]
    To simply determine which pronoun to use in a sentence with multiple subjects or objects, remove the non-substituted one and decide which would be proper, then add the non-substituted one back in. To whit...

    ...belongs to [omitted] me.../...belongs to Nameless and me...
    The second becomes more difficult to parse because of the missing implied [to be] at the end of the sentence. So while "you aren't ... as much as me" may sound correct, the full sentiment is actually "you aren't ... as much as I (am)". Therefore when we put Nameless back in the sentence it becomes "you aren't ... as much as Nameless and I (are)".
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    Bob S. (codename) makes a post recognizing me and proves it with details about my personal life.

    Bob S. confirms that he goes to my school because he has details about my school that would be difficult to find out otherwise.

    Bob S. gives me a confirmed clue:


    8085: C]---->((( L THU

    8085 is confirmed BOBS, but not related to his name, but related to an event. BS is probably Bake Sale, and BO is probably Band/Orchestra or Build On, school organizations.

    L THU is lunch, Thursday.

    The C] is C building and stairs, arrow is just an arrow, and the ((( are a set of curved steps at my school known as the senior steps.

    Next day:

    I go to the steps at lunch, don't see him, can't find the bake sale until the second half of lunch, and due to the fact there was a crowd, maybe missed him.

    Bake Sale was by Build On, so BOBS is confirmed.

    Second poster is given codename Bob S. due to the 8085 deal, but that is confirmed not his name because it is confirmed not related to his initials.

    Pictures were provided as proof that I went to the locales important.


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    I just spent the last 2 and a half hours playing Family Feud on the Wii with my sister, and I have two things to say.

    "Monster" is not a swamp animal.

    "Bird" is not something to be afraid of in the amazon when you are underwater.

    That is all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Introbulus View Post
    I just spent the last 2 and a half hours playing Family Feud on the Wii with my sister, and I have two things to say.

    "Monster" is not a swamp animal.

    "Bird" is not something to be afraid of in the amazon when you are underwater.

    That is all.
    Did the game say those were the "right" answers? Or you? Or your sister?
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    Jibar your story was almost good enough to stop me irrationally hating Norfolk.

    Almost.
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