My Phone Has Been Broken For a Day and...

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You could just turn it off and stick it in a drawer instead of complaining.

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Yeah, I could, but people have an expectation of being able to get in touch with you at all hours these days. If you don't answer, they assume you're dead. When I let everyone know my phone was busted yesterday, no one worried or called. It was nice.

Do you mean for work, or just the "leash" of a phone in general?

Because if it's the latter, then you could always just make an adult decision to leave it behind unless absolutely necessary.

If it's work-related, then maybe consider a new job if this is true:

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I was immediately overwhelmed with dread.

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people have an expectation of being able to get in touch with you at all hours these days. If you don't answer, they assume you're dead. When I let everyone know my phone was busted yesterday, no one worried or called

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You set these parameters.
You’re to blame.

So you’re either too lazy or too stupid to just not use it, if that’s the way you feel…

Get a dumb flip phone so you can avoid the internet but still call/text family and friends

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It was a nice 24 hours without that fricking leash.

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It’s a nice break but let’s be real. You’ll come back and be back to your old habits of scrolling through your phone when you wake up to bedtime. And anyone who who tries to act tough and says that’s not them to a certain degree is full of it. Technology has taken over cultures across the globe. Unless you want to be live alone in the woods and left behind, having and using a smartphone is part of everyday life. I’d like to say I don’t need it but that would be lying.

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Yeah, I could, but people have an expectation of being able to get in touch with you at all hours these days. If you don't answer, they assume you're dead

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So?

That's not your problem to deal with.

samsung?

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