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I agree with your father, if someone texts/calls during normal sleeping hours it really should be an emergency because if everyone mutes their phones and there’s a real emergency then nobody will be able to get in touch with anybody.

Other than drunk friends and booty calls someone had better be in the hospital or dead if they wake me up in the middle of the night.



> if everyone mutes their phones and there’s a real emergency then nobody will be able to get in touch with anybody

You can tell Android and iOS to make noise when someone calls a 2nd time.


Yep, and the spammers know that too so they call twice in a row.

And I’m pretty sure you’re only entitled to one phone call…


> Yep, and the spammers know that too so they call twice in a row.

Didn't you just argue everyone shouldn't mute their phones?

> And I’m pretty sure you’re only entitled to one phone call…

You're thinking of a plot device probably.[1]

[1] https://www.betternoahlawyer.com/your-one-phone-call/


> Didn't you just argue everyone shouldn't mute their phones?

Mute your phone, don’t mute your phone, doesn’t matter to me. Just don’t wake me up at 3am for petty stuff is all I ask.

I also believe the two call thing let’s anyone through even if you have it where only saved contacts can ring the phone. Maybe, I’d just have it where it would only ring for contacts because I never get calls from random numbers that I ever wanted to talk to other than when I was at work and trying to get people in the cab who would often miss my call and immediately call back so I wouldn’t take off without them.




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