Phone call or text, which do you prefer?

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36. I'm sorry for your loss.

I hope you can find some solace.

As for phones... I prefer text or email at this point. I don't like being summoned by the phone because it interrupts, and I find that most people keep their phone volume way too high, which means that they blow out their speaker/mic within a couple weeks of getting a new phone. This makes their voice tinny and difficult to understand. (I first noticed this with my mother, who abuses the hell out of her phones and her ears, then started mentally tracking the phenomenon.) I also find the distortion between networks to be nigh unbearable.

I also have people with hearing impairments and sensory processing issues in my life, for whom text is a lifesaver.

Plus, I have a lot of unreliable narrators in my circle. It really does help keep difficulties to a minimum if everything is written in an independently verifiable way.