Phone phobia joke

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I have a bit of a phone phobia-- I always end up pacing and shaking-- so I thought that this GIF was HILARIOUS I wanted to pass it on incase anyone else gets anxious and needed a laugh too.

^This is exactly my opinion about phone calls; I don't have a problem with phones when I'm using them to access the internet or listen to music, but I am not terribly fond of that whole "acoustically distorted vocal communication" thing that people like to do with them.

I completely understand anxiety issues with phones and phone calls.

I do not get how the caption is appropriate to the GIF or what's supposed to be funny about it. Neither character seems to be the least bit anxious about the phone, or anything else, for that matter. If no one appears to be experiencing torture of any kind, why ask the question? That phone appears non-threatening and nobody is actively using it to communicate. The caption is therefore non-sequitur, thus unfunny, so not technically a joke.

It would be funny if the phone were giving someone an electric shock, or affixed to someone's head as a device of torture, ala A Clockwork Orange; then the caption would make sense, vis a vis the GIF.

Glad to know that I'm not the only one My family thinks I'm overexaggerating or overdramatic, but I just get so darn worked up and anxious. I just do my best to keep it on my end so that the person over the phone can't tell.

Thats from PBS. Some "Miss Marple" episode by Agatha Christie set in the 1920's.

I love Downton Abbey! Granny is my favourite I agree with the phone gif though, phones are torturous! Curse you Alexander Graham Bell!

I feel like I am being held captive when I am on the phone.

I rarely answer phone calls. My ringer is off and my cell phone is set to silent. I think my whole extended family have learned not to call me. I will call them when I feel like it. Most people are just fine with that arrangement, except my mom. Who always lament about missing out in life and not having a daughter who's close to her heart and chat all the time. Whenever I call her she tries to jabber as much as possible and cram all her thoughts (some very stupid ones) into the time slot. So it turned out I don't get to say much, a lot of her talking is a waste of time because she's just trying to talk, not have a conversation, she always turn to the old standard complaints in the last few minutes because she didn't want to let me go. It's almost like binge eating. All you try to do is eat as much as possible, and you hardly know what you're eating and don't really enjoy it. Except she does binge talking.