911 in most US states accepts text to 911 now. However they have always been TTY capable without the need for the relay service. Also if you reach out they can add notes such as disabilities so they know if you do have to call.
Not only can you text them, here, at least, you can FAX them.
My wife found out the hard way because she had some international students and the prefix to get a line out of the school was USUALLY a 9, but *not for the fax machine*
International calling is often prefixed with 11...
...so the number going out *began* with 911, at which point, it goes to emergency services no matter what happens. But she couldn't see anything going wrong because *it took the fax*.
They phoned back, ringing on the fax line, saying they couldn't help with a math emergency but was everything okay?
Last year i called 811 to speak to a social worker cause i wasn't feeling well, and they thought i was suicidal so they transferred my call to 911 who used my phone's gps to find me, send the cops and an ambulance, who took me to an auspice and locked me in. I haven't been able to call 811 since.
I'm 40 years old and I was being sarcastic. Like GenZ are assholes with random rules building their fake sense of identity, like "Eww phonecalls" "Eeeeew GIFS" "Eeeeew the climate" (and buy iphones and do nothing about change) "Ewwww politics" and "Ewwww voting".
As a Gen Z, don’t lump me in with the younger ones. I’m 17, and even I don’t act like this. And besides, at least we’re figuring out our personality and identity’s. I’d rather be myself, than the same old shade of bottled up anger beige that a Gen X is. Have a good Holiday!
Lol and DON'T blame 'these kids'! I'm an Xr and damnit DON'T CALL ME! T-E-X-T me, so I can decide whether to ignore your "I didn't really need anything".
I know. Just saying that they don’t take anything seriously cuz they’re too busy watching the latest school shootings while finding ways to justify a recent child r*pe so the r*pist can walk free.
Oddly for me, 911 calls are slightly less anxiety inducing than others, I think because they're very clinical about it. Direct questions, direct answers, do this, don't do that, etc.
Man this is how it is when you try to call a shelter for a homeless person.
Shelters need to be set up as small private rooms. As many don’t want to be in an open space setting to sleep.
The provincial premier has failed in their jobs as a leaders. Hurry up Ford. Call an early election.
🥾 is ready
for real though that's something i don't really understand about people today. like, how did it happen? is it because texting is so common today? but still, why be afraid of a phone call?
For me it’s a flavor of my general social anxiety. It’s right up there with asking someone in a store to help me find a thing. _Even though_ this is their job. I don’t understand it myself. Therapy helped reduce it a bit. I’d still much much rather text.
Unless you're actually mute and need to go through a relay to make a voice call. Then you need to pray that emergency services have set up texting in your area.
Relax bud, it was a joke first of all, and second, if they couldn't call 911 while someone is dying, then their anxiety is chronic, mental illnesses are not a choice, they are physical disibilities. So maybe calm down a bit eh? Because again, it was a joke about how chronic our anxiety can be.
Its called coping with our struggle, it's okay if you can't relate to laugh about it, or just don't care for it. Laughing off pain is literally as old as time though
I’ve seen people post emergent situations on neighborhood chats instead of calling the police or fire departments. When I asked if they had called 911, the response was usually no, they were posting on the chat and that should be enough. Ridiculous, but it happens.
A few years ago I was trying to call the house phone since there's no cell service where I live. I called so many times I was getting frustrated. When I finally made it home , one of my daughters was home. I asked why didn't you answer..she said she didn't know what to say. Uh..hello .? 😡
All I hear from friends is their kids have “ anxiety” so they don’t make
Calls or talk to people in person. What I think is, dude, get them off their phones with Uber eats , et cetera, and back into society.
Okay that's fine yeah, but if you call when someone says not to and say they had a seizure and recovered or something that's a HEFTY hospital bill... I wouldn't call in that situation. Debt is no fun!!!!
Sadly 911 texting is only available in some places and that's if the carrier supports it. Chicago for example, has a text-to-911 law in place but only some areas have the capability. It definitely should be an option.
You can call or text 911. Only if you can’t call though. Say you were kidnapped and the kidnapper(s) weren’t paying attention, if you somehow managed to get a hold of a cellular device you wouldn’t want to call bc that would alert the kidnapper(s)
Text to 911 is not available everywhere.
It should be.
Gov req'd to comply with Title II of ADA, yet they just haven't made this access a priority.
Been fighting my local county for more than 10 years.
They aren't any closer.
Gonna wait til they get sued.
It takes some time and equipment/software upgrades to gain the ability to text to 911. I used to work at a police agency and it was one of our priorities to get it available but it took about a year to do it.
My initial request went to the sheriff in 2015. He said they were almost there.
Asked 2 years later, same response...
Here we are...2024...still don't have it.
Spent a shit ton on encrypted radios, though. Got money for that.
The agency I worked for was at a UC campus with a chief who was committed to updating our technology & had the resources of the UC system. Money, technical support, & the will to get it done are all necessary.
It really depends on where you are. In Canada, it's only available to members of the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Speech Impaired (DHHSI) communities, and even then, only in larger municipalities. You must pre-register to use it, need certain phones, and a phone call is still required.
Yup. Really wish it was available in other situations. Twice, I was on a bus last year and someone pulled a knife on someone else, and being able to text in would have been incredibly useful. Would be extremely helpful for people (but especially women) caught in sticky situations as well.
I can't speak to the validity of the information shown here, but these are the ai generated google results. they are wrong frequently so take them mostly with a grain of salt. when you search on google now, scroll a little down and you can see actual answers from credible sources to verify the info
AI here was conflating different parts of the same article. The article it was probably referencing said to dial 911 and not 9 1 1 or 9-1-1 and also, unrelated, to not include a photo, emoji, or a video.
I think you’re supposed to say like what kinda crime might be committed which for most people can be described in murder. So you put your address and then “murder” “assault” “robbery” “rape” pretty sure nobodies gonna go “conspiracytocommitrobberywithanassaultweapon”
I've used it before and texted because I was afraid the guy would go after me if he knew I called on his domestic violence. Make sure to give a description and address to the location quickly so it can be handled timely.
True story - in 2016, my 17 yr old son had to call 911 on me for lung failure. He had anxiety making the call. The struggle is real. Good to know about the text feature.
Ii came to say this , but as an introvert i can also relate. Talking on the phone is NOT my strong suit. I used to be a telemarketer and after i got chewed out for interrupting a Wake for a homeowner who had been killed in a home invasion ( i was selling ADT home security systems) .
in person is best in my opinion. But thats just me. i hate the phone and social media, and texting. but they all HELP us keep in contact with far away people.
yeah we get it bro you're a big strong macho man who isn't scared of anything and has never had a mental illness. now shut the fuck up and go back to chugging beers or whatever
what does it say about you then that you're engaging on my level? even going as far to look at how I describe myself in my profile and try to turn it against me. if I'm truly a failure then you're right down here with me.
I mean in my experience people like it when others interact with them, even the ones who claim not to. attention is a hell of a drug. I don't care if I'm on some level. I'm on bluesky cuz I was looking for people who care to communicate respectfully. posts like yours are why I left twttr.
I'm sorry that you are so pathetic that you need to make fun of people with mental health struggles in order to feel better about yourself. And even more sorry that you probably aren't self-aware enough to recognize that's what you're doing.
By the way, speaking of your asinine assumptions… I’m 57 years old, hardly ever drink anymore and I haven’t engaged in “chugging beer” since I was 18-19 years old.
I’m sorry that you’re so vapid and pathetic that you make assumptions about people you don’t even know. Want some advice?
- Get yourself into therapy.
- Eat nutritious food.
- Go out and get laid. It will do wonders for your self-esteem.
Before the invention of the robo call. The mid-2000s is the point where spam calls forced the telephone call to become an obsolete form of communication. If my landline stopped ringing off the hook, I'd still have it.
Pretty sure most people would do that if they could get data but no calling. Then they could use Messenger or Discord for audio. Unfortunately like with cable companies, they make you pay for the stuff you don't care about to get the things you want.
I blame the bombardment of robocallers that attacked us in the mid-2000s. The phone would sometimes ring dozens of times a day from spam calls. If I ever hear a landline ring again it will be too soon. Ultimately, it was the older generation that ruined the phone call as a form of communication.
That's just *one* bizarre symptom of the high level of social anxiety that so called 'smart' phones are causing an entire generation of young people. Tragic.
See I don’t know why people say this just a young person thing. I know people in their 40-50’s who are the same. Text me; don’t call me.
Hell in the 90’s there were some people who did not want to talk on the phone and would make anyone else home answer it.
You're right it isn't just young people who hide behind screens and avoid phone calls. However, the abject terror of having to speak on the phone instead of texting is definitely new - and sadly very real.
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Does this remind you of anyone?
Police: "we're here to help...Freeze, hands up!!!" 💥💥💥
Green: *Still ends up a ghost.
My wife found out the hard way because she had some international students and the prefix to get a line out of the school was USUALLY a 9, but *not for the fax machine*
International calling is often prefixed with 11...
They phoned back, ringing on the fax line, saying they couldn't help with a math emergency but was everything okay?
Home invasion once a week or so..?
No...does it fuck.
And that's why people are laughing at you needy, attention-seeking cranks.
(FYI you actually can text 911)
Or maybe like an insect, all limbs to the sky! 🐜💀
#aphantasia
You click on the app, push the icon of the kind of emergency you are in, and it sends your location to the proper emergency service automatically.
A guy is tryna get in to r*pe you? “Tell him no” cuz we’re in kindergarten again.
Someone broke in? “Meh, they aren’t there so bye!”
You’re being stalked and attacked constantly? “just move to another area”
Just be aware not everywhere has the text to 911 capability.
Shelters need to be set up as small private rooms. As many don’t want to be in an open space setting to sleep.
The provincial premier has failed in their jobs as a leaders. Hurry up Ford. Call an early election.
🥾 is ready
The idea behind the "comedy" in that strip though is that the person in need of help died.
And if you find that funny, you're a cunt.
Calls or talk to people in person. What I think is, dude, get them off their phones with Uber eats , et cetera, and back into society.
Lots of things people do make no goddamned sense and I'm fucking sick of it.
But let's use the poorest communication mode of typed text which causes mistakes & misunderstanding and is vvvveeeerrrryyyyy sssssllllllllllooooow.
When you're discussing important things, use the TELEPHONE.
Phone calls are normal. It's a normal thing.
It should be.
Gov req'd to comply with Title II of ADA, yet they just haven't made this access a priority.
Been fighting my local county for more than 10 years.
They aren't any closer.
Gonna wait til they get sued.
Asked 2 years later, same response...
Here we are...2024...still don't have it.
Spent a shit ton on encrypted radios, though. Got money for that.
Riot gear? No problemo...
Technology to comply with basic laws? Not so much.
1st lawsuit would have covered the expense.
I'm deaf. Might be bored next year and take up this cause harder.
So basically you're supposed to type like HelpImBeingRobbed?
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/what-you-need-know-about-text-911
I've used it before and texted because I was afraid the guy would go after me if he knew I called on his domestic violence. Make sure to give a description and address to the location quickly so it can be handled timely.
some share it & relate to it.
some do not.
if you don't think "oooo yeah fucking phone calls", then you do not.
not applying to you doesn’t mean it's non-existent. or a defect.
it's just a thing some of the *other* 8 billion earthlings get.
Good god. It’s pussies like you who make the booger eaters in red hats call all of us snowflakes. Grow up. (And call your mother.)
Good luck to ya.
- Get yourself into therapy.
- Eat nutritious food.
- Go out and get laid. It will do wonders for your self-esteem.
Merry Christmas.
why not just carry around an I pad on permanent text screen
never have to speak again
Hell in the 90’s there were some people who did not want to talk on the phone and would make anyone else home answer it.