Outbackjack
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I might be the only human on the planet banging this drum, but I would absolutely LOVE to see all cell phones placed in a rocket, sent to the moon, and left for the rocks and craters.
Now I have an IPhone 6. And I'm completely addicted to it. I realize that.
But that doesn't mean I can't stand the concept and would be the first to sign if they were outlawed.
I spent last week at Disney World.
Disney World!!!! The place is just awesome for a family vacation.
And I can not begin to tell you how many people spent the vacation with their faces buried in their phones.
Walking down main street. About to board Space Mountain. During the electrical parade. Going up the lift hill on Everest. Their is no time or place that someone is not "needing" to check email/text/facebook/instagram.
Families in the restaurants eating......it just kills me. I saw multiple families during the week where every single person was on their device. Every person.
Tonight, driving the 25 minute drive from Marietta GA to Canton Ga, I'd say about half of the people I passed had their phone out. It's really easy to see at night as this bright beacon of light is shining up.
This is DRIVING UP THE INTERSTATE.
Beyond insane this addiction.
And check out the day the next newest model of phone is released. People will be lined up around the block like they are giving out free water bottles in the desert. For what?? Higher resolution on pictures. More emoji options?
And hey, I love texting. And surfing SR. But I would trade it all for some freaking relief from these phones.
I was in the doctors office two weeks ago, about 8 people in the waiting room, all 8 on their phones.
Can we just embrace the few moments of quiet boredom, read an out of date magazine, maybe not have to be instantly "entertained" every second.
I would say the actual good thing about phones is knowing where your kids are, especially as my daughter started driving last year.
That's it.
I truly think we will have an upcoming generation of the laziest, out of shape, no grit/work ethic people we've ever seen.
They can't communicate with others properly because they don't have to.
Give a 3 year old an IPAD and just watch. They will move around that thing like Bill Gates.
But fortunately we have them for concert recordings.
It's so nice that we have thousands of absolutely shi++ee videos of bands playing. So thankful for that.
Also I can't tell you how excited I am that my friends post what they eat.....pictures of it.
I guess I'm over sensitive to it following Disney, but it's out of control. Everywhere you look, peoples faces are buried in cyberspace on a 4 inch screen.
I would love to picture a world without cell phones for 1 year.
I'm not even against computers at your house. Just the instant access, every second, every single place you go.
Sorry.....just had to get it off my chest
Now I have an IPhone 6. And I'm completely addicted to it. I realize that.
But that doesn't mean I can't stand the concept and would be the first to sign if they were outlawed.
I spent last week at Disney World.
Disney World!!!! The place is just awesome for a family vacation.
And I can not begin to tell you how many people spent the vacation with their faces buried in their phones.
Walking down main street. About to board Space Mountain. During the electrical parade. Going up the lift hill on Everest. Their is no time or place that someone is not "needing" to check email/text/facebook/instagram.
Families in the restaurants eating......it just kills me. I saw multiple families during the week where every single person was on their device. Every person.
Tonight, driving the 25 minute drive from Marietta GA to Canton Ga, I'd say about half of the people I passed had their phone out. It's really easy to see at night as this bright beacon of light is shining up.
This is DRIVING UP THE INTERSTATE.
Beyond insane this addiction.
And check out the day the next newest model of phone is released. People will be lined up around the block like they are giving out free water bottles in the desert. For what?? Higher resolution on pictures. More emoji options?
And hey, I love texting. And surfing SR. But I would trade it all for some freaking relief from these phones.
I was in the doctors office two weeks ago, about 8 people in the waiting room, all 8 on their phones.
Can we just embrace the few moments of quiet boredom, read an out of date magazine, maybe not have to be instantly "entertained" every second.
I would say the actual good thing about phones is knowing where your kids are, especially as my daughter started driving last year.
That's it.
I truly think we will have an upcoming generation of the laziest, out of shape, no grit/work ethic people we've ever seen.
They can't communicate with others properly because they don't have to.
Give a 3 year old an IPAD and just watch. They will move around that thing like Bill Gates.
But fortunately we have them for concert recordings.
It's so nice that we have thousands of absolutely shi++ee videos of bands playing. So thankful for that.
Also I can't tell you how excited I am that my friends post what they eat.....pictures of it.
I guess I'm over sensitive to it following Disney, but it's out of control. Everywhere you look, peoples faces are buried in cyberspace on a 4 inch screen.
I would love to picture a world without cell phones for 1 year.
I'm not even against computers at your house. Just the instant access, every second, every single place you go.
Sorry.....just had to get it off my chest