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[cellio]

Telephones are just about the worst way to have a conversation. In writing (ok, email), I can carefully consider my words and get a reply that (I hope) is also carefully considered. Face to face, I can monitor the other person's reactions to what I'm saying and be clued in fairly quickly if I'm giving an impression other than the one I meant. Phones are real-time and non-visual -- the worst of both worlds.

Phones are for making queries, conveying information, syncing with other people on short notice, etc. They are not for real conversations. I wish more people believed that.

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[magid.livejournal.com]

I so agree. I hate finding myself in important, content/emotional conversations over the phone.
Though there are times in email that words can be misunderstood, while the same thing over the phone wouldn't be, due to tone.... (Love those emoticons...)n