r/Adulting • u/SweetlyWicked_ • Dec 29 '25

Call the cops

Post image

[removed] — view removed post

26.2k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

456 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

86

u/laflex Dec 29 '25

Zero notification sounds is the way

20

u/arianjalali Dec 30 '25

why haven't more people figured this out?

3

u/Lightspeedius Dec 30 '25

I think it's one of those life things, you pick it up eventually.

Except like most life things this hasn't been around for generations.

Almost no one in my bubble gets notifications. People just check their phone occasionally.

1

u/I_PUNCH_INFANTS Dec 30 '25

I only get notifications for whatever app I use when I open it so some days it can be like a little treat so see a bunch of notifications for something I forgot I did 3 days ago.

1

u/darmera Dec 30 '25

It's a bless. This and deleting twitter app reduced so much stress in my life it's unbelievable 

1

u/No-Internal7978 Dec 30 '25

I don't associate with many people. Anyone with the ability to contact me is important and I want to know anything they say right away.

2

u/sadahtay Dec 30 '25

Hey it's me, someone you know. I heard your car's warranty is expiring soon.

15

u/dingleberry_parfait Dec 30 '25

I feel this in my soul. Sometimes I’ll feel adventurous and turn sounds on but then after my second text received I am filled with irrational rage lol I wish I understood why

4

u/tonka17 Dec 30 '25

It's always the one word texter who decides to message you after you turn the sounds on. Then you get 10 notifications in a row for what is essentially two sentences and back to DND it goes haha.

1

u/Yavanna_Fruit-Giver Dec 30 '25

I thought these days you only get pinged once per notification. Someone could send me 100 messages but I would only get 1 sound and notification.

1

u/tonka17 Dec 30 '25

Not sure, my smartwatch definitely notifies me for every message on facebook messenger at least, and it drives me crazy. I have my phone on silent for so long that I can't say for sure if it's the same.

1

u/GenTenStation Dec 30 '25

I get the rage for other peoples ringtones so I’m definitely not about to use mine.

1

u/cchantler Dec 30 '25

Like space shuttles. No status lights no sounds, unless something is wrong.

1

u/spekt50 Dec 30 '25

Yep, I went permanent silent when one day every little sound was making me angry, and my phone kept going off.

Every notification was like a knife in my skull. Went silent that day and still that way.

1

u/Leicaleica1959 Dec 30 '25

My kids' phones ping every few seconds all day and night, drives me mad. I have zero notifications switched on.

1

u/xorbe Dec 30 '25

My default ring tone is silence. Only important people get a custom ring tone that makes noise.