I have made calls for different reasons including political calls, and still make non-political calls for work from a number people won't recognize or is blocked, and many young people answer their phone.

Not everyone is afraid of talking on the phone for two minutes.

[–] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

I have my phone set to send any phone number that I haven't called or put into contacts directly to voicemail. It's not about being afraid to talk on the phone, but rather the proportion of useful interactions to annoying ones. 98% of the time, a call from an unknown number is going to be a scam or spam (or both!). Picking up the phone every time it rings is just a huge annoying waste of time, and anyone who is genuinely trying to get ahold of me will leave a message so I can call back.

[–] Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago

But it's an insane selective bias right off the bat.

Not my fault that people want actual humans to answer and not 1% of the calls being a confused boomer looking to chat for a while