Introvert tip #42

Don't hang up. Instead, enable airplane mode for increased verisimilitude.

Thanks for showing me a new word! “Verisimilitude” seems useful.
For those like me.....

noun: The quality of appearing to be true or real. synonym: truth.

Context implied it but still....Nice word!
- I'm glad you like it! I like how it's made up of three common and easily-identifiable components: it uses the same root as verify meaning true, the same root as similar meaning "like", with tude being a common suffix like -ness. Basically "true-likeness".
  
  https://www.etymonline.com/word/*were-o-
  https://www.etymonline.com/word/*sem-#etymonline_v_52581
  https://www.etymonline.com/word/-tude#etymonline_v_18793
Just keep your phone permanently in airplane mode; problem fixed.
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I would try this and say "I'm about to die" by accident and then spend five minutes explaining the mistake and five days thinking about it. No thanks,.

Tried this at work the other day. Apparently this doesn’t work in call centers… anyone hiring?

"My wireless bluetooth headset is about to die..."
Look for those "call before you dig" signs, then do the opposite.

Where are the rest of the tips? Asking for a friend.

My phone’s about to die, but I’ll start typing the rest of the tips for your friend:

Never, in ANY circumstance
Here's one, set an alarm to go off in the middle of a date, pretend it's a phone call and if the date is going badly "take the call" and say you've got to leave. I could say my roommate has forgot their keys and accidentally locked themselves out for example.
I'll wait with you in awkward silence.
Never start a phone call.

And don't just press the red button. Turn on airplane mode so it says connection timeout instead of call ended.

How about throwing it into a faraday cage? Like the bags used for those transponders for tolls, or wrap it in foil... Or just mute the phone and ignore it.

Thank you Skeletor!
I believe the phone does hang up the active call as part of its shutdown routine though. So getting a hangup message is still in line with that.

Skeletor is always there for us. Thank you, Skeletor! 💯 🙏

Unless they have you on the Find My app with an iPhone then they can see your battery.

iPhone users' brains work different

Why would you willingly let someone else track you?
- If you are a cellphone user I have bad news for you
- Not understanding why someone would give their family and friends access to their location in case of an emergency really is a peak internet moment
- It’s called marriage. It isn’t so bad once you get used to it.
You are a shit introvert if you are letting people track your phone. Start listening to Skeletor more.
Haha Find My Network goes [Turned Off]

IM SO HAPPY SKELETOR MADE IT TO LENNY SAFE AND SOUND!!! AND IT'S BACK! made my day

"My phones is about to di..." click

My phone is about to d

This is less introvert and more "crippling anxiety".

or you can just not answer to begin with??

Well, you have to answer to make sure that nobody died; otherwise, if you let it go to voicemail, then you just sit and wait to see if a message is left, and then oh shit, they did. Now, I'm going through the 2 fucking minutes it seems to take to get to my voicemail, my heart pounding, oh God, what happened? And then it's just a robot trying to reach me about my car's extended insurance.

(End scene)
- That's horrific.
  
  Do your device not do voicemail transcripts?
  
  I only listen to a voicemail is the transcript is so bad it's unreadable, which hasn't happened in a very long time