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Y&R Discussion Group
We went out to dinner with our friends. At one point we the adults were just sitting there watching as all 6 of our kids gave their thumbs a workout on their phones. One evening I looked down over the family room to see 3 on the sofa and two on the love seat, all using their laptops.
It is mind boggling how the way people entertain themselves has changed since I was a kid. I think it all started with Atari. It is unbelievable how much time people spend these days looking at some type of screen. There was even a cartoon in the newspaper over weekend about it. The scene was a party and each guest was holding some kind of device. The host tells a guest entering that it is a B.Y.O.D. party, meaning Bring Your Own Devices.
If you can get brain cancer from using a cell phone, I don’t know think we have to worry about our kids getting it, since all they seem to do is text instead of dialing.
I do appreciate the knowledge my kids have though when I have issues with my computer or phone. They have saved me a lot of time, money and aggravation.
That's so annoying. I don't mind if they're in a boring meeting (heck, I do it then), or even walking down the street. But what baffles me is when I am with someone and they are texting or their phone rings and they pick up and start talkign to the person. I have a friend who does that on occasion - she hasn't done it in awhile, thankfully - but it is the ultimate in rudeness to do it when you are supposed to be spending face time w/ others.
When I am with someone or some people and my phone rings, I let it go to vm. When I get a text, unless it's a short one to reply to - I tell them I'll text back later. Very simple.
Just today a young mother, 26 was walking and killed by a car four days before Christmas, leaving a 6 yr old daughter. Her last conversation was on her cel phone.
I used to have good conversations with someone who now keeps head down looking at some phone thing.
I see kids riding bikes and one or both are ''engaged''
Aso saw 2 young women riding horses and one was connected.
Somewhere or other, I read that people were talking during a funeral viewing. Childbirth too. Disgusting!
I swear it's the end of humanity when people don't acknowledge other human beings face to face. It reminds me of a scene in the 1960 movie ''The Time Machine'' when the Eloi just sit there emotionless when someone is in trouble.
George explores, and spots young adults by a river. A woman is drowning, but the others are indifferent. George rescues her, but is surprised by her lack of gratitude or other emotion. She calls herself Weena (Yvette Mimieux) and her people the Eloi.
George is surprised to find out that the Eloi have no government, no laws, and no civilization to speak of. They live a mundane, uninteresting existence and appear to be devoid of any human emotion. He asks to see their books, but when he finds the books all covered in dust and so rotted by mold that they crumble at his touch, he becomes outraged, yet his anger arouses no emotion from the Eloi.
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I get so tired of seeing people with their noses buried in their stupid phones (and now tablets) People can't walk through a parking lot with trying to read the phone while completely oblivious to everyone around them. What gets me about the tablets is everyone screams about what a great device they are for productivity and all I ever see is people playing games.
Plus driving while yakking/texting. It should be a primary offense. That would solve a lot of state budget woes.
2nd time seeing War Horse the people in front of me got a call. Their phone rang loudly! He took the call and then took a text message. Then he handed the phone to his gf/wife who had it flipped open for almost 10 minutes. WHHHHHYYYYYY!
I remember a teen brat being astounded when I told her that when I was in college if someone was late to a group meeting you had to go to their dorm and call from a pay phone. Back then nobody had cell phones and we survived.
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