it’s foolish to imagine yourself as immune to scams, but my strategy of never answering the phone for any purpose is pretty much rock solid

The only way to win is not to play.

Hard agree. Reject every call and report every text.

i'm annoyed by the fact that i *do* have to pay attention to phone calls right now because of upcoming surgery & various other important medical issues. But i hate it. I consider my phone a camera with a built-in answering machine

I got slightly panicked when I got an email saying they were going to send my potn habits to both my family and the police if i didn't pay them. but let a cop get my porn. if he's hot enough ill let him piss on me if he promises to quit the force and become a respectable fireman instead

Don't fill out any online forms, either.

I've extended this practice to email as well. Anyone who needs to find me can send me a handwritten letter. Anything typeset is suspect.

You & me both. But this begs the question, how can political polls ever be correct if most of us don't answer "unknown caller" phone calls?

Very effective strategy

If you’re not my grandmother & we know each other, you know to text.

It's amazing the inability to police themselves has ended the phone call.