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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 21:08:10 GMT
I struck out for freedom today from the tyranny of the mobile phone, it pinged in my pocket as I walked in the street of the town, I ignored it. Victory number one. All around me many people had a phone in their hand. Crossing the road at a light controlled zone I noticed a woman coming toward me, she had her phone and was intently staring down as she used both thumbs to tap messages into it, never once looking up, guided by the constant beep beep of the crossing alarm she didn't need to, apart from the fact that I decided to keep my course which was directly in her path. I was looking where I was going (smugly I admit) so I resolutely stayed put as she barrelled into me. She spat such a venemous look of hate at me and sidestepped angrily cursing at me as she did. I ignored it. Victory number two. I normally get phone chat messages a few times a week from my adult children, this week I had no answers to my chats, I began to wonder if I'd somehow disconnected but decided not to chase up a reply. They have busy lives. Today my son acknowledged my last message and told me he had made a decision to limit phone usage, to not keep taking photo snaps of the children but to just enjoy them without seeing them through a screen. He said he had remembered me tackling them about it last year when I tentatively suggested that the children might get the idea that whoever was on the phone was more important than them. At the time the look of utter disdain that he gave me would have felled an elephant like a contemptuous shotgun! Today he acknowledged that wisdom. Victory number three. All in one day, I'm really looking forward to tomorrow. Did you type that on your phone?  Yes, I know what you mean. I regularly switch my phone off and avoid screens of any sort. However the peer pressure is high. I mean everyone would see us as being irresponsible if we weren’t open to being contacted by our elderly parents and children. Then again, in the days where we had no mobile phone, we probably made more effort to see eachother. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 21:08:10 GMT
I got shouted at today by a speeding cyclist whilst looking at my phone. I was trying to work out if I needed to take that footpath or the next one (I don't carry paper maps anymore).
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Post by Delta9 on Aug 22, 2018 21:16:00 GMT
I have two phones and both are going off pretty much constantly. I occasionally turn the work one off for a few days, I would probably go into shock if I was deprived of both for more than a few hours.
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Post by JohnV on Aug 22, 2018 23:27:52 GMT
love the phrase "car crazed dog"  |
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Post by rockdodger on Aug 23, 2018 3:03:06 GMT
I cannot understand why people have to dawdle along looking at their phone screen, if it is important stand aside from the main public thoroughfare (stand next to wall, or sit on chair etc) sort your business out, once complete put the Pucken phone back in pocket and continue perambulation, repeat as required for each and every phone call, message, or email. simple😊
unfortunately there is Buckley's chance of it happening😕
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Post by patty on Aug 23, 2018 4:34:47 GMT
I keep mine on silent for most of the time and check it as and when....probably only used the route guidance thingy once or twice as I tend to wander without purpose if I'm out walking.
I have no need to be constantly alert for contact as I have very few who do now...
I find if its 'on' I get anxious cos it makes me edgy waiting for someone to contact..mind you I think I'll probably have few days with sound on as nothing yet from son whose trekking Greenland ....I know they have the means and i suppose I'll hear at some time through 3rd party.
Like the photo option..not for the kids as much as the stuff I see that I like...wildlife, pretty flowers etc. The mobile is useful in case of breakdown or totally lost.
I do like to sit and observe how many folks are glued to their phone...trains are good for this.
Hate when I meet any of the kids for coffee and their phone is preferred company.
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Post by bodger on Aug 23, 2018 6:13:51 GMT
i always have my phone in my pocket, on silent vibrate. it's a 10 year old clamshell and it doesn't disturb my life patterns at all, but it is amazingly good at doing what it is supposed to do - act as a telephone!  |
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Post by naughtyfox on Aug 23, 2018 8:03:14 GMT
i always have my phone in my pocket, on silent vibrate. Pervert. |
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Post by lollygagger on Aug 23, 2018 9:47:42 GMT
Me and grown up son share a phone. It's our only internet access. I generally only use it in the mornings then give it up for 18 hours. At first it was hard for both of us to hand it over but over the year we've been doing this we've gone through "would you like the phone" to a chuckle brothers " to me" "to you". Sometimes it now even lies abandoned in the kitchen.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2018 10:01:20 GMT
I kind of agree, but i would say i am somewhere in the middle, i dont walk around like a zombie, when i walk the phone stays in pocket, when i drive and it goes off i ignore.
But i do enjoy all that the modern mobile brings to my life, to be in constant contact with family and friends, to able to pull from pocket and ask a question without touching anything, to be able to watch the football no matter where i am (Signal depending) to be able to share photos of my day instantly with an audience..
It does not have to be this thing of evil.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2018 10:34:57 GMT
I play with my phone all the time.
This forum, news webshites, financial webshites, boat webshites and a few other things.
I don't have a "social life" anyway. I also don't have an internet connected computer or a tablet or WiFi. Just the phone which is a nackered 5 year old Motorola thing.
Yes phones are a bit of a problem. Apparently there was some discussion about putting "internet addiction disorder" into DSM-5 the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of "mental disorders".
Not sure if they did add it but I think it could very easily be a problem for future generations.
Nobody fancies controlling it because there is so much profit in it.
Scary shit indeed.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2018 10:36:39 GMT
I kind of agree, but i would say i am somewhere in the middle, i dont walk around like a zombie, when i walk the phone stays in pocket, when i drive and it goes off i ignore. But i do enjoy all that the modern mobile brings to my life, to be in constant contact with family and friends, to able to pull from pocket and ask a question without touching anything, to be able to watch the football no matter where i am (Signal depending) to be able to share photos of my day instantly with an audience.. It does not have to be this thing of evil. I quite agree, mobile phones are not inherently evil, I just despair occasionally when young people use them to chat constantly instead of talking to each other, and I mourn the loss of a rich and descriptive language as 'txt spk' increasingly takes precedence over cadence, grammar and punctuation. remember that weird T9 (?) predictive text on push button phones ? |
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Post by JohnV on Aug 23, 2018 11:03:47 GMT
remember that weird T9 (?) predictive text on push button phones ? Oh Yes! Text on nine keys, it took forever to send a message if, like me, you insisted on using whole words and punctuation! Oi !!! mi fone luk lyk tht an i texts rite 2 |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2018 11:21:14 GMT
I kind of agree, but i would say i am somewhere in the middle, i dont walk around like a zombie, when i walk the phone stays in pocket, when i drive and it goes off i ignore. But i do enjoy all that the modern mobile brings to my life, to be in constant contact with family and friends, to able to pull from pocket and ask a question without touching anything, to be able to watch the football no matter where i am (Signal depending) to be able to share photos of my day instantly with an audience.. It does not have to be this thing of evil. Everything in moderation I suppose. You do wonder whether youngsters would have taken more interest in things like canals if they weren’t so hooked into their phones, pads, TV and play stations, though many older people are too. It’s not totally their fault either when you realise how much money is spent to hook them. It’s the aame with other ancient hobbies like amateur radio, gliding and heritage railways. They are only hanging on due to a few remaining old gits like us...  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2018 14:21:19 GMT
If you've got no friends and nobody loves you, you don't really need a phone. Sadly I'm also a bit dim, so I can't work a smart phone. Problem solved. Now if I can break the habit of using this tablet, I'd be able to read more books Rog |
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