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  • Emma
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    • Apr 2003
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    #1

    Smartphones are making us antisocial


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  • Barry-xlovecam
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    • Jun 2010
    • 18083

    #2
    Actually, just the opposite.

    However, the expectations of instantaneous gratification on the Internet in the information age is a real issue. We have gotten ahead of ourselves in many ways.


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    • rockeru
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      • May 2013
      • 293

      #3
      I thought the same until I got one...

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      • Klen
        • Aug 2006
        • 32235

        #4
        showing a metro/bus/whatever station is kind a bad example,i dont want to be bothered then one way or another.Tho using a smartphone when you are on party/meeting/anything similar is simply absurd.

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        • aka123
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          • Jul 2014
          • 4450

          #5
          Originally posted by Barry-xlovecam
          [INDENT]Actually, just the opposite.
          I don't know is it very social to be in constant touch with your friends via electronic devices. Is this very social? I cannot use voice, I cannot use my body language, I can't properly show emotions, some fucking doesn't do it, and I cannot feel the presence of another human being. This is maybe 1/4 of social from real face to face social interaction. So if I switch my face to face time to device to device time, I am actually only 1/4 social from what I used to be.

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          • Penny24Seven
            So Fucking What
            • Jun 2007
            • 6287

            #6
            back in the day if the phone was busy I had to hop in my car and drive ten miles to see if my buddy was even home. Then if he wasn't because he was probably on the way to my house you are fucked LOL.
            So toss your phones in the trash and go back to doing it that way.
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            • RyuLion
              • Mar 2003
              • 32369

              #7
              I've been saying this since the I started seeing groups of people staring at their phones in 2007..

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              • tony286
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                • Aug 2002
                • 57021

                #8
                You see that when you go into a cafe. That's where people met and discussed ideas. Now its all people with their faces in their computers and phones.

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                • CaptainHowdy
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                  • Dec 2004
                  • 94735

                  #9
                  Guess I'm too broke to be antisocial ...

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                  • mineistaken
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                    • Apr 2007
                    • 29656

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Brian837
                    back in the day if the phone was busy I had to hop in my car and drive ten miles to see if my buddy was even home. Then if he wasn't because he was probably on the way to my house you are fucked LOL.
                    So toss your phones in the trash and go back to doing it that way.
                    Op is not against regular cell phones that could help in your situation and no need to travel those ten miles.

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                    • danielpbarron
                      Registered User
                      • Jul 2014
                      • 91

                      #11
                      Ecclesiastes 1:9

                      That which has been is what will be,
                      That which is done is what will be done,
                      And there is nothing new under the sun.
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                      • xxxjay
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                        • Aug 2002
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                        #12
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                        • Emma
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                          • Apr 2003
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                          #13
                          A picture is worth a thousand words.


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                          • martinsc
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                            #14
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                            • Tom-21SexturyCash
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                              #15
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                              • incredibleworkethic
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                                • Sep 2009
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                                #16
                                There's a fine line between checking a message and being at a party not in the moment. Those who are in touch with themselves and reality will know how to make a smartphone help them and not make them anti-social. It's like a tool.

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                                • aka123
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                                  • Jul 2014
                                  • 4450

                                  #17
                                  Noo.. can't be. Knowing what my friends do every fucking second, that's social.

                                  No, I am not talking about smartphones. I have installed tracking devices into my friends. This is the next big thing.

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                                  • Jesse1984
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                                    • Jul 2012
                                    • 562

                                    #18
                                    Thank god, I could do with less people talking to me.

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                                    • Paul
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                                      • Nov 2002
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                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by incredibleworkethic
                                      There's a fine line between checking a message and being at a party not in the moment. Those who are in touch with themselves and reality will know how to make a smartphone help them and not make them anti-social. It's like a tool.
                                      That's what's changing right now, people are no longer living in the moment. We are replacing our own personal experiences by recording those moments and uploading those experiences to the internet instead.

                                      We're just being programmed to interact through technology so every piece of data in our lives is recorded. Google Glass and VR is coming very soon, which is the next step.

                                      You're quite right that more intelligent people will use technology differently but those left in that minority are going to become increasingly frustrated by the world we'll be living in.

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                                      • michael.kickass
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                                        • Mar 2009
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                                        #20
                                        Just wait until Google Glasses are massified.
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                                        • Arnold [LB]
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                                          #21
                                          I don't have a smartphone, have been happy with my old samsung d780 for many years and not going to change.

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                                          • BlackCrayon
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                                            • Jun 2003
                                            • 19634

                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by Emma
                                            A picture is worth a thousand words.

                                            he never said that, fake quote. more idiots.
                                            you don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day..

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                                            • Vendzilla
                                              Biker Gnome
                                              • Mar 2004
                                              • 23200

                                              #23
                                              This why we have GFY!
                                              Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
                                              think about that

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                                              • Scott McD
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                                                • Nov 2002
                                                • 67798

                                                #24
                                                When we went out for a meal on Sunday, the dude at the table across from us took a pic of his food, then checked his fone again and again and told his wife/gf how many likes etc he was getting. This kept him amused while actually eating his fucking meal.

                                                Incredible...


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                                                • Vendzilla
                                                  Biker Gnome
                                                  • Mar 2004
                                                  • 23200

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by Scott McD
                                                  When we went out for a meal on Sunday, the dude at the table across from us took a pic of his food, then checked his fone again and again and told his wife/gf how many likes etc he was getting. This kept him amused while actually eating his fucking meal.

                                                  Incredible...
                                                  I've been guilty of that, but for beer!

                                                  I don't care how many likes I get and it's usually my girl that is having fun with that. She's been on a selfie thing lately.

                                                  Rather go out with friends and just have a good conversation.
                                                  Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
                                                  think about that

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                                                  • Scott McD
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                                                    • Nov 2002
                                                    • 67798

                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by Vendzilla
                                                    She's been on a selfie thing lately.
                                                    See that's another thing i don't understand.

                                                    A person who took a hundred pics of themselves every day used to just be a cunt. Now because they call it a "selfie", it's cool all of a sudden.

                                                    Still makes you a cunt in my eyes...


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                                                    • Vendzilla
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                                                      • Mar 2004
                                                      • 23200

                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by Scott McD
                                                      See that's another thing i don't understand.

                                                      A person who took a hundred pics of themselves every day used to just be a cunt. Now because they call it a "selfie", it's cool all of a sudden.

                                                      Still makes you a cunt in my eyes...
                                                      Something baddog was doing years before it was considered cool

                                                      I only do it when I have a good background, like I have one with the great wall of china behind me, one with the forbidden city behind me. Then I can see it. My girl just loves to have pictures of the two us doing things.
                                                      We get out a lot, it's rare we stay at home on the weekends, it's too easy to just hop on the Harley and cruise up the coast or go to a motorcycle event or gathering.
                                                      Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
                                                      think about that

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                                                      • Scott McD
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                                                        • Nov 2002
                                                        • 67798

                                                        #28
                                                        Originally posted by Vendzilla
                                                        I only do it when I have a good background, like I have one with the great wall of china behind me, one with the forbidden city behind me. Then I can see it. My girl just loves to have pictures of the two us doing things.
                                                        Yup. Completely different scenario to the people taking "selfies" when they aren't actually doing anything or out anywhere. At least anywhere of interest anyway...


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                                                        • Vendzilla
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                                                          • Mar 2004
                                                          • 23200

                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by Scott McD
                                                          Yup. Completely different scenario to the people taking "selfies" when they aren't actually doing anything or out anywhere. At least anywhere of interest anyway...
                                                          I think watching older people trying to figure out how to take pictures with their phone is funnier.

                                                          I get bored and there's no laptop, I play Clash of clans on my phone. I like strategy games.
                                                          The clan I'm in is called GFY, LOL
                                                          Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
                                                          think about that

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                                                          • PiracyPitbull
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                                                            #30
                                                            Originally posted by michael.kickass
                                                            Just wait until Google Glasses are massified.
                                                            +1

                                                            Googles motivation and intention for that hardware is pretty clear. If Glass becomes as common place as smart phones, which given time is not inconceivable at all, when you considering how smartphones get used today, Glass is going to be a nightmare.
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                                                            • Emma
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                                                              • Apr 2003
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                                                              #31
                                                              Originally posted by BlackCrayon
                                                              he never said that, fake quote. more idiots.
                                                              Yes,he said.

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                                                              • Scott McD
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                                                                • Nov 2002
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                                                                #32
                                                                Originally posted by Vendzilla
                                                                I think watching older people trying to figure out how to take pictures with their phone is funnier.





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                                                                • Tom_PM
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                                                                  #33


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                                                                  • aka123
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                                                                    • Jul 2014
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                                                                    #34
                                                                    Originally posted by Scott McD



                                                                    They make it boob wise, what they lack in brain wise.

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                                                                    • Vendzilla
                                                                      Biker Gnome
                                                                      • Mar 2004
                                                                      • 23200

                                                                      #35
                                                                      Originally posted by Tom_PM


                                                                      That made me chuckle
                                                                      Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
                                                                      think about that

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                                                                      • BlackCrayon
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                                                                        • Jun 2003
                                                                        • 19634

                                                                        #36
                                                                        I guess you didn't actually read that page

                                                                        "n conclusion, QI believes that Albert Einstein did not write or say any of the three variant quotations. Individuals who were aggravated by the behavior patterns of cell phone users probably facilitated the construction, evolution, and dissemination of this meme. The phrasing of the saying has changed over time and different sets of pictures have been attached. QI hypothesizes that the origination date was recent, perhaps as late as 2012. The efforts of the creators have been successful for now. The basic saying has achieved viral status with its dubious ascription."
                                                                        you don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day..

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                                                                        • Barry-xlovecam
                                                                          It's 42
                                                                          • Jun 2010
                                                                          • 18083

                                                                          #37
                                                                          They said the same thing about television 40 years ago ...



                                                                          Humans just found an interactive alternative screen to stare at that is highly portable.

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                                                                          • ircandy
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                                                                            • Mar 2010
                                                                            • 85

                                                                            #38
                                                                            Originally posted by Arnold [LB]
                                                                            I don't have a smartphone, have been happy with my old samsung d780 for many years and not going to change.
                                                                            Same here, my old Samsung should be classified as a dumbphone lol!
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                                                                            • Paully
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                                                                              #39
                                                                              Less contact with the now but more contact with the was. I have found a shitload of people from my past because of social networking. Not sure that's always good but I can tell you It's not so bad.

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                                                                              • Emma
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                                                                                • Apr 2003
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                                                                                #40
                                                                                Originally posted by BlackCrayon
                                                                                I guess you didn't actually read that page

                                                                                "n conclusion, QI believes that Albert Einstein did not write or say any of the three variant quotations. Individuals who were aggravated by the behavior patterns of cell phone users probably facilitated the construction, evolution, and dissemination of this meme. The phrasing of the saying has changed over time and different sets of pictures have been attached. QI hypothesizes that the origination date was recent, perhaps as late as 2012. The efforts of the creators have been successful for now. The basic saying has achieved viral status with its dubious ascription."
                                                                                Obstinacy in a bad and smartphones obsession going too far.

                                                                                "QI believes" Anyhow, that's only an blogger opinion. At officially wikiquote page and many other,you can see that Einstein's words. Said or not, that's the truth.

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                                                                                • BettingHandle
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                                                                                  #41
                                                                                  I love technology, but people are obsessed.

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                                                                                  • John-ACWM
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                                                                                    #42
                                                                                    Originally posted by Tom_PM


                                                                                    very good

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                                                                                    • Jel
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                                                                                      #43
                                                                                      if they aren't hurting me, I couldn't give a fuck

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                                                                                      • MasterBlow
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                                                                                        #44


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                                                                                        • BenGentlemen
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                                                                                          • Dec 2013
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                                                                                          #45
                                                                                          i prefer social networkingin REAL life...but as a tool it is very useful thing...i don't wanna miss my diary, phone and certainly pr0n to go

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                                                                                          • NewOldPlayer
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                                                                                            • Jan 2013
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                                                                                            #46
                                                                                            Originally posted by Emma
                                                                                            You can't compare people reading the newspaper and learning about the world they live in, VS. Morons sitting around checking their email and Facebook entries.

                                                                                            A true generation of unthinking anti social morons. I just have to figure out how I can make millions of these fucking sheep.

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                                                                                            • LA Crew
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                                                                                              #47


                                                                                              Doesn?t this just sum up what we have become?

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                                                                                              • xfile86
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                                                                                                #48
                                                                                                We gradually forgot the face to face for almost everything. Shopping, flirting, etc.

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                                                                                                • Emma
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                                                                                                  #49



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                                                                                                  • rowan
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                                                                                                    #50
                                                                                                    Originally posted by Emma
                                                                                                    That's not a social situation anyway. A better analogy would be a group of friends out to dinner, all reading their own individual newspapers.

                                                                                                    I only (occasionally) load FB on my mobile, and when I do it's as a normal web page. No way am I installing that app. I can't imagine how fucking annoying it would be for it to buzz or ding every time something happened on FB.

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