In my home office space, right next to my desk, there is a desk that my husband uses. He has a phone there which is connected to a server, etc, because he uses it as testing ground for VoIP applications. I sometimes use this phone because calling any landline in The Netherlands is free due to some plan/ arrangement his company has with the service provider.
Now, here is the creepy thing about this phone: when you approach it, it has a sensor that notices a presence and the screen changes from some generic photo display to a menu with phone numbers and other functions. Every time I approach it, for a quick second, I am terrified that this thing has become sentient and is launching an attack against me. In my nightmares, the singularity takes the shape of a million phones that turn against us and force us to talk into them in spite of our hatred for this means of communication.
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