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smartphones and the downfall of society
Posted on 10/11/20 at 9:20 am
Posted on 10/11/20 at 9:20 am
Social media is obviously a massive problem in the world but I think an argument could be made that the advent of the smartphone is actually how we ended up where we are. 9/10 people have been truly oblivious to their surroundings and what is going on around them at any given moment of any given day for the past 14 or so years
This post was edited on 10/11/20 at 10:51 am
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Posted on 10/11/20 at 9:22 am to lesgeaux
Yes, this is correct. Cell phones have enabled behavior not doable before it. More cheating, more prostitution, more drug deals, and overall just more crime.
Posted on 10/11/20 at 9:25 am to lesgeaux
Electronics in general. Spending more time looking at a screen means spending less time looking around.
Posted on 10/11/20 at 9:30 am to lesgeaux
Absolutely....Steve Jobs had no idea, or maybe he did, that this electronic device would alter society so quickly and permanently.
It is producing a new generation of self indulging cowards that will not know how to speak to others verbally. They hide behind the phone/computer as a shield of false confidence.
Human beings are not designed to have so much immediate information to process. It is creating huge social issues.
The internet is evil, if you don't know how to use it!
It is producing a new generation of self indulging cowards that will not know how to speak to others verbally. They hide behind the phone/computer as a shield of false confidence.
Human beings are not designed to have so much immediate information to process. It is creating huge social issues.
The internet is evil, if you don't know how to use it!
Posted on 10/11/20 at 9:56 am to lesgeaux
Uncle Ted was right.
Posted on 10/11/20 at 10:05 am to lesgeaux
The entire concept of general-purpose computer (as opposed to the specialized ones that run your fuel injectors or your alarm system) as a consumer device is worth questioning.
Posted on 10/11/20 at 10:07 am to PrivatePublic
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Spending more time looking at a screen means spending less time looking around.
Just need to put that shite down to smell the roses now and then.
Posted on 10/11/20 at 10:16 am to lesgeaux
It’s a good way to avoid conversations with annoying people
Posted on 10/11/20 at 10:49 am to yellowfin
Yes indeed. Set an alarm on your phone to blast away and use it as an excuse to bail out of a visit you don’t really feel like continuing.
Posted on 10/11/20 at 10:54 am to BCH1965
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More cheating, more prostitution, more drug deals, and overall just more crime.
None of this is correct.
Posted on 10/11/20 at 11:11 am to lesgeaux
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Posted on 10/11/20 at 11:42 am to lesgeaux
You can’t even have barber shop talk or a simple friendly debate without someone pulling their phone out every minute or 2 to show “proof” to support their argument.
Me: I think Alvin Kamara is playing pretty good right now
Other guy: BS, let me pull my phone out and show you this 5 minute video and also a PFF link on why he isn’t
Me: Trump has been good for our economy
Other guy: BS, let me spend the next 25 minutes showing you different links on why he sucks for our economy
Me: Let’s just agree to disagree
Other guy: You hate FACTS!!
10 years ago those were both 5 minute conversations and at the end we just laughed about it and went on to something else
Me: I think Alvin Kamara is playing pretty good right now
Other guy: BS, let me pull my phone out and show you this 5 minute video and also a PFF link on why he isn’t
Me: Trump has been good for our economy
Other guy: BS, let me spend the next 25 minutes showing you different links on why he sucks for our economy
Me: Let’s just agree to disagree
Other guy: You hate FACTS!!
10 years ago those were both 5 minute conversations and at the end we just laughed about it and went on to something else
Posted on 10/11/20 at 11:43 am to lesgeaux
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downfall of society
Posted on 10/11/20 at 11:45 am to yellowfin
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It’s a good way to avoid conversations with annoying people
Nah. You're just redirecting the conversations with annoying people if you end up on the OT/TD. That dog don't hunt.
Posted on 10/11/20 at 11:45 am to windshieldman
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You can’t even have barber shop talk or a simple friendly debate without someone pulling their phone out every minute or 2 to show “proof” to support their argument.
Yeah that doesn't happen. I love it when people on the OT make up bullshite or just say stupid things like "downfall of society"
This post was edited on 10/11/20 at 11:46 am
Posted on 10/11/20 at 11:47 am to dawgfan24348
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Yeah that doesn't happen. I love it when people on the OT make up bullshite or just say stupid things like "downfall of society"
Yea it actually does happen, and I didn’t say it was downfall of society. Stop making up bullshite
Posted on 10/11/20 at 11:49 am to windshieldman
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it actually does happen,
On very rare occasions maybe but you act like it happens daily unless the people you talk to are 30 something Karens
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I didn’t say it was downfall of society. Stop making up bullshite
Never said you did but OP obviously did
Posted on 10/11/20 at 11:52 am to dawgfan24348
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On very rare occasions maybe but you act like it happens daily unless the people you talk to are 30 something Karens
It may just be my line of work, at the fire house there is a bunch of people, we are with each other 24 hour shifts. Politics and sports is argued quite a bit. Nowadays, young and old, it's hard to have any kind of debate, even about sports, without someone pulling their phone out for every point they wanna make.
Posted on 10/11/20 at 11:55 am to BCH1965
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Cell phones have enabled behavior not doable before it. More cheating, more prostitution, more drug deals, and overall just more crime.
Posted on 10/11/20 at 11:59 am to lesgeaux
I remember when my wife and I were dating.
We went to lunch at the Old Metairie Byblos.
There was a guy there with his daughter- I can still see the exact table they were at- and they were both glued to their phones- this was when smartphones just came out- and I couldn’t believe that they weren’t talking.
Now- our family is glued to their phones. I had to make a conscious effort last night to not take my phone out when she and I went out to eat.
It’s sad as hell.
We went to lunch at the Old Metairie Byblos.
There was a guy there with his daughter- I can still see the exact table they were at- and they were both glued to their phones- this was when smartphones just came out- and I couldn’t believe that they weren’t talking.
Now- our family is glued to their phones. I had to make a conscious effort last night to not take my phone out when she and I went out to eat.
It’s sad as hell.
This post was edited on 10/11/20 at 1:03 pm
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