This is perfect. At least boomers have an excuse. Millennials using voice notes is unforgivable.
this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2025
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at least in germany you can just disable voicemail
Brb moving to Germany
Voice notes on WhatsApp/iMessage is essentially the exact same thing as voicemail but for some reason zoomers are happier with those.
Navigating the voicemail menu is really annoying
Agree, haven't had to use it for a while. Not sure why I was defending it... maybe couldn't resist an opportunity to dunk on zoomers.
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.
I definitely know about the spoofing - that's what made me figure it was spam initially.
The waiting for a voice response makes sense, but I've never encountered a system that didn't at least say some form of "hello." Not this persistent of one, anyway.
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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.
Is that not normal? Most people business wise I’ve contacted or even for medical stuff in Canada they do. Auto email response, change voicemail to contact X or the receptionist.
They're saying they left the voicemail as "on leave" when they were not in reality
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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
Mine is "You have reached my phone but not me, I don't really check voicemail, if you need to reach me, text." I still get voicemail.
Some voicemail the phone will transcribe, those I read but really don't listen to them.
Why I still end up listening to a voicemail after reading the transcription:
Edit: Image had a visible phone number in it. Wasn't mine (just grabbed from Google) but still probably not cool to spread that around. 😔
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The True Crime here is an 11 year old child with a (I suppose) Smartphone.
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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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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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"
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i think I have my voicemail as the disconnected phone sound to stave off robocallers. anybody who wanted to call me texted me immediately after to confirm.
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.
That's actually really smart lol
Need to teach her how to turn off voicemail redirection.
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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