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[–] John_CalebBradberton@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Can we come up with some Seinfeld esque way if describing people that do this please

[–] iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Jerry: "Aren't you going to see what the message is?"

George: "Nah."

Kramer: "Why not? It could be important!"

Jerry: "It's not like you to ignore a message..."

George: "Okay, okay! I'll tell you. I was sitting at home."

Jerry: "Doing what?"

George: "Nothing."

Kramer: "Oh yeah! I love doing nothing! I love it!"

Jerry: "Nothing? Sounds boring."

George: "Spoken like an amateur. I have it down to an art."

Kramer: "We should compare notes!"

Jerry: "Anyway, then what happened?"

George: "I get a text from this girl I had lunch with."

Jerry: "Lunch? Like a date? A" lunch date?"

George: "I don't know, I don't know! How can you know? Who suggests lunch when someone asks them out? I don't know, but she did!"

Kramer: "Yikes!"

Jerry: "Okay, so you get this text message."

George: "That's right."

Jerry: "From the lunch maybe date maybe not woman."

George: "That's right."

Jerry: "What does it say?"

George: "What are you doing?"

Jerry: "I'm asking what the message said!"

George: "I know! The message said, 'What are you doing?'"

Jerry: "Ooooo. Okay. And?"

George: "So I sent her a reply, that said 'nothing'."

Kramer: "Classic mistake."

George: "Well I wish I had known! How am I supposed to know?!"

Jerry: "I don't get it. What's the mistake?"

George: "After I told her that I wasn't doing anything, she called me!"

Jerry: "On the phone? What for?"

George: "To talk!"

Jerry: "About what?"

George: "Nothing! I wanted to do nothing, not talk about nothing!"

Kramer: "You got yourself a phone talker."

George: "A phone talker!"

Jerry: "Seems like it. So what are you going to do?"

George: "What can I do? I'm going to have to tell her talking on the phone causes me migraines. It's the only way..."

Kramer and George leave. Jerry sees a message from Elaine that says, "What are you doing?" He puts the phone down.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

One of the few actual good usages of ChatGPT

How about calling them "Phone Trappers"?

It sounds like something Jerry would say: "You know these people, the Phone Trappers. They ask you what you're doing, and the second you say you're free—bam!—they trap you into a call. It’s a trap! They lure you in with a text, then they pounce with the phone."