PeteRose

Personally, i think the flip phone era was just the perfect amount of connecting people need. Sure with the fancy smartphones, you can doordash, watch endless videos, pay your bills, change your AC temp. But with all that convenience, making life easier and allowing us to save time there is an unintended consequence, screen time addiction. We've become a species of staring into our smart phone.

Every where I go...grocery stores, medical offices, coffee shops, or even walking in public, people are glued to the screen. I've seen many cases where 3 people sit at an eating place and all 3 are looking at their phones not talking to each other. And this is not just young people. I've seen middle age and old people do it. I've seen people abroad do it so it's not just a US problem. Last i checked we look at the screen 7 hours a day. That means a good amount people look at screens more each day than sleep. That can't be good.

I know that we must adapt to technology or get left behind. I needed an app on my phone to open the door of my kid's day care. It's just a part of life. Then this year with kindergarten starting, another app is needed. I recall we got by in early 2000 without any fricking apps. People looked at each other in public. We still connected without smartphones. No apps and texts were straight to the point not novels.

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We now have 30+ year olds that either don't remember it or barely do.

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time moves on eh

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Time moves on whether you like it or not. The further removed people are from the actual event the less they care. That’s just how it is. So if you tell a random 18 year old about the Alamo and They’re like “what? But I’m trying to get concerts tickets for Saturday”. Can you really blame them?

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I'm not a Sark fan at all, but firing him right now would be ridiculous.

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I get it but why is it relevant to tell us your standing with Sarkisian?

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Nobody got rich following get rich quick schemes. The people who got rich was the person selling the scheme.

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I signed up last year for 3 month package ($240)and made a few bucks. One day he posted a pic of his dog, saying the money he makes doesn’t mean that much and he would give it all up for his dog to live forever. Then next thing you know he doubled the subscription fee. I’m like this dude…

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And we have a Miami team maybe the best college team of all time, even better than 2001

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When this team beat 4 top 10 teams by an average of 30 pts, let me know.

I use grab whenever I visit Vietnam. They are faster, cheaper, and superior to uber. I guess that’s why uber left the market. They also put a hurting on Mai Lin and Vinasun , the two biggest taxi companies over there.

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If Dems said this at the midterms in 2022, how would we respond?

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“Typical lefty voting for handouts”.

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Man I hate 18 wheelers. They think they own the road and half of them can’t even operate their truck properly. There needs to be punishments for causing disruptions like this.

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Two 18 wheelers tried to detour around the neighborhood near Bet R. The first one(from Costco) tried to take a left on Hillsdale and got stuck because he didn’t have the angle. The second one is stuck right behind him. So the cars behind him instinctively try to around them. 2nd 18 wheeler driver got out of his truck, and started yelling drivers for wanting to go around. I’m thinking you guys not suppose to be in this neighborhood.

When I go out to eat, I don’t want to play payroll manager. It’s not my job to determine your pay. The fact that I am pressured into putting up with that tablet and guilt tipping after choosing to support your business is bs.

And homeowners insurance acting like it doesn’t care.

Always like these