Jim: Lets go to the store, that is a standard activity in 2021
Bob: OMFG ROBOCALYPSE!
Jim: Sweet jesus it has lasers!
Bob: I AM DEAD AND BEING LASER'D!
Jim: Ditto.
A prerecorded call that is sent to hundreds or thousands of telephone numbers. An automatic dialing computer goes through a targeted list of phone numbers.
Or: an individual call received.
political consultant says... We need to record a celebrity robocall, provision it, and hit our base at least ten weeks before early voting.
voter says... Damn, I came home to seven robocalls on my answering machine. And nothing from Match.com.