Boomers and their video calling obsession?

[Finlesswonder]

Anyone else noticed this? Work and family members, if they're a boomer then 9 times out of 10 they try to video call you. I think they discovered this during lockdown and have now become obsessed
I'm a millennial btw

I love a good video call but only with certain people.

Whilst you youngsters are around, what is a voice note, please?

@TheGrimSqueakersFlea Why does someone on a video call in a supermarket bug you?

Boomer here. I absolutely hate hate HATE video calls. And being forced into posing for friends' and family's photos and not that keen on phone calls either. My preferred method of communication apart from face to face is SMS and WhatsApp messaging.
Such a generalisation! And not particularly correct.

WTF is a voice note?

If I could ban any aspect of technology based communications it would be voice notes.

Just so that you know, there are a lot of people who will just never listen to the fucking things. If you really can’t be arsed to type, use voice recognition, or just phone someone.

Nope. They’re inconvenient and clog up storage on phones. Stop.

I think if OP is trying to be ageist/offensive, then they’re failing. There’s nothing bad about video calls so I don’t really get it,

I also hate voice notes.

Millennial…. Text(WhatsApp), email, phone call, voice note, video call if I must but I’d rather stick pins in my eyes.

It’s like a message on an answer phone but they don’t even try and call you. Then you can’t listen to it unless you’re on your own.

I think calling people a boomer is pretty offensive these days.

Just you I think OP.

My six year old likes video calls though. Finds it weird to talk to somebody he can’t see, and even on normal phone calls he tries to “show” people stuff down the phone.

@PietariKontio

I'm borderline Gen X/Boomer, I would prefer text/email -> video call -> last of all phonecall.

No phonecalls here either ! Even grandma (87) uses FaceTime.

voicenotes ! So narcissistic!!!! Stop!!!!!!

I'm a millennial and I video call my mum, we didn't used to until I moved across the country, before it was messages and the occasional call but now we don't see each other weekly it's nice to see each other.

We video call most days (it used to be about once a week until my dad passed) and never phone call anymore. I much prefer it although it can be a pain when the signal drops out

The ageism is in part the use of the word boomer, which unless you are very socially unaware, will know is frequently thrown about as an insult . Especially when coupled with a patronising little aside that 'they must have discovered it in lock down' suggesting they are so out of touch they see basic communication channels as an exciting new toy. These are your colleagues you're talking about, and generalising that the older ones irritate and time waste to indulge their childlike awe of newly discovered technology is a harmful ageist stereotype.

a) stop being ageist
b) don't answer the call

I have always assumed voice notes are for people who are illiterate and can’t manage texts! 😳

Video calling is really helping my mum keep in touch with her family as she has slight deafness and it enables her to lipread.
If there genuinely is a demographic thing that means boomers like video calling I imagine it’s having grown up in an era when phone calls still cost actual money so never feeling effortlessly comfortable with the phone, combined with not being too old to be incapable of learning new things.
We are all different, try and open your mind a bit more.

So what are we calling them now?

My parents and inlaws (boomers) don't video call but my gen z kids do. I'm late gen X and I prefer a good old phone call. Can't be arsed going back and forth on text and at work I find things get done quicker if I pick up the phone instead of emailing.

Boomers is a horrible expression..For the record it is my children who video call All in their 20s .

@didyouseetodaysrainbow They very rarely pay attention to their surroundings. Supermarkets aren't really a place for video calls anyway, are they? It's totally different to having a conversation with someone stood next to you

yes this, I can't stand it and it makes the user of said term look like a bit of a twat

Ageist and... incorrect except for my ex.

I'm the last year of the boomers and I hate video calls. I'd happily disable the camera on my laptop. I never use the one on my phone. Intrusive and horrible.

My ex, I grant you, is obsessed with them. He seems to think it's a virtue to be able to offer me five different platforms. Like anyone cares.

I text him, and only when absolutely necessary 🙂

Boomer here and I've never made a video call. Ageist bollocks again.