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Beepster
serioz tho...
 
The best way to get rid of those precks (like ALL of them) is to NEVER answer the phone unless you KNOW who's calling.
 
I worked in those phone farms back as a teen (when you literally would be working off number lists from cut up phone books).
 
These days it's all done by computers but the principal is the same. If the number NEVER gets answered then it eventually goes to the "dead list". Essentially it no longer becomes worth it to keep trying that number (even for a computer) so it stops dialing it.
 
With a new phone number and following this procedure almost ALL calls seem to stop after 6 months.
 
If you give your # out to a company or some such (like an online order or whatever) expect to be back on the list (and that list to be passed around to other dillbirds who'll call ya). Usually if I do something like that I'll get a few calls for a few months but because I never pick up the # goes back into the dead file rather quickly before it spreads to other whoormongering pissbirds.
 
Even if you ONLY pick up the phone on one of these calls (not even engaging before hanging up) then that number will get tagged letting the phone list holders that a human actually may answer. That bumps you up the call list.
 
If you engage... even if you just cuss bloody murder at them... then you'll get bumped up further.
 
Dag help ya if you actually buy something or answer a survey.
 
 
tl;dr... NEVER answer your phone and if at ALL possible NEVER give your phone number to any private company.
 
;-)

Rain
 
I use my phone to take picture, transfer files and mixes, write down notes, to read e-mails, go on FB and such. I use it to mess with the cats when they're on the porch via the camera speaker. And once every few months, I use it to make a call. I hate phones (ironic considering that I've worked in call centres for so long). The only time I pick up the phone is when my wife is calling to say she's on her way back from work.
 

sharke

Rain
 
I use my phone to take picture, transfer files and mixes, write down notes, to read e-mails, go on FB and such. I use it to mess with the cats when they're on the porch via the camera speaker. And once every few months, I use it to make a call. I hate phones (ironic considering that I've worked in call centres for so long). The only time I pick up the phone is when my wife is calling to say she's on her way back from work.
 

It's weird because I never used to mind talking on the phone back in the days before messaging became widely available, but now it feels kinda awkward to talk to someone without being able to see their face. When you're talking with someone in person you're getting all kinds of visual feedback which makes the flow of conversation a lot more civilized - you can see when someone's about to speak, and you feel much less inclined to interrupt them. Over the phone, you don't have that feedback and so I find that I'm constantly trying to talk at the same time as the other person and vice versa - it gets a little embarrassing. 

jamesg1213

sharke

Rain
 
I use my phone to take picture, transfer files and mixes, write down notes, to read e-mails, go on FB and such. I use it to mess with the cats when they're on the porch via the camera speaker. And once every few months, I use it to make a call. I hate phones (ironic considering that I've worked in call centres for so long). The only time I pick up the phone is when my wife is calling to say she's on her way back from work.
 

It's weird because I never used to mind talking on the phone back in the days before messaging became widely available, but now it feels kinda awkward to talk to someone without being able to see their face. When you're talking with someone in person you're getting all kinds of visual feedback which makes the flow of conversation a lot more civilized - you can see when someone's about to speak, and you feel much less inclined to interrupt them. Over the phone, you don't have that feedback and so I find that I'm constantly trying to talk at the same time as the other person and vice versa - it gets a little embarrassing. 

craigb

sharke

Rain
 
I use my phone to take picture, transfer files and mixes, write down notes, to read e-mails, go on FB and such. I use it to mess with the cats when they're on the porch via the camera speaker. And once every few months, I use it to make a call. I hate phones (ironic considering that I've worked in call centres for so long). The only time I pick up the phone is when my wife is calling to say she's on her way back from work.
 

It's weird because I never used to mind talking on the phone back in the days before messaging became widely available, but now it feels kinda awkward to talk to someone without being able to see their face. When you're talking with someone in person you're getting all kinds of visual feedback which makes the flow of conversation a lot more civilized - you can see when someone's about to speak, and you feel much less inclined to interrupt them. Over the phone, you don't have that feedback and so I find that I'm constantly trying to talk at the same time as the other person and vice versa - it gets a little embarrassing. 

Then there's the time delays when messaging (hopefully while they're typing and not ignoring).  This cartoon cracks me up:
 

bapu
You know James, you still can write letters. It's not against the law or anything like that.