OT - Smartphones and our Downfall as Humans
shailynn
They never tell you what you need to know.
Fucking Smartphones.
Just a general observation.
I don’t know about you, but when I see my smartphone the first thing that comes to mind is work. Something I don’t get excited about. I’m so plugged in while working I actually carry 2 phones with me. No, I’m not talking to two people at the same time, but emailing on one, talking/txting on the other. Also, no I don’t have a “personal” phone and a “business” phone they both are for business. I guess if I wanted a true personal phone I’d have to carry 3. BTW one is iOS and the other is Android, and Android fucking sucks.
Last week I was at a party for a friend (kids and family members, I was a guest, not my family) and I actually left my phone in the car before going in. After all, every one of my close friends were there and so was my wife, so I couldn’t see the need for anyone to get a hold of me. Since this was something that photos would be taken at, I brought my camera. I’m sitting at a 10-top table, my friends 2 kids (8 and 12) are playing videos games on their phones, one wife is txting someone, the two little kids (both under 6) are watching movies on their mom and dad’s phones. There’s fucking 10 people at this table, and 7 are on a phone, THE WHOLE TIME. I walk over to the bar and my other friend is staring intently into his phone (his family was having the party). I ask him “who the fuck could you be txting, every single friend you have is here for you?” and he replies “oh nobody, I’m watching a CFL game.”
WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK!!!!!!
That was just the first 45 minutes of the night. PEOPLE put the fucking phones down and live life!!!! In my strip club guide (which the intelligent people know what a joke) I said “leave the phones in the car.” I just don’t understand how PLs can be in a strip club, with nude or semi-nude women and they’re staring intently into their phones reading some bullshit article on their USA Today app about the top 20 places to buy a fucking burrito in the United States. If there’s a pig on stage and the girl that makes your dick hard is back in the dressing room doing coke, watching fucking Sportscenter on the TV or talk to the damn bartender.
At work, yeah I totally understand, my fucking phones can’t even make it through 8 hours of work without needing a charge because I am on them so much. It’s work, I can’t help it. I am also not going to be one of those faggots lugging in a laptop into fucking Panera while I have lunch. I’m also not going to pose as a college kids who wants free wi-fi and to escape my dorm for a few hours and post up shop using 3 outlets to run my printer, laptop and phone at Starbucks either.
Phones have taken over our life, and it’s a scary thing. There’s too much information, too many expectations, and people expect results too fast anymore. That is all for my rant, can’t you tell I’ve had a shitty week!
Just a general observation.
I don’t know about you, but when I see my smartphone the first thing that comes to mind is work. Something I don’t get excited about. I’m so plugged in while working I actually carry 2 phones with me. No, I’m not talking to two people at the same time, but emailing on one, talking/txting on the other. Also, no I don’t have a “personal” phone and a “business” phone they both are for business. I guess if I wanted a true personal phone I’d have to carry 3. BTW one is iOS and the other is Android, and Android fucking sucks.
Last week I was at a party for a friend (kids and family members, I was a guest, not my family) and I actually left my phone in the car before going in. After all, every one of my close friends were there and so was my wife, so I couldn’t see the need for anyone to get a hold of me. Since this was something that photos would be taken at, I brought my camera. I’m sitting at a 10-top table, my friends 2 kids (8 and 12) are playing videos games on their phones, one wife is txting someone, the two little kids (both under 6) are watching movies on their mom and dad’s phones. There’s fucking 10 people at this table, and 7 are on a phone, THE WHOLE TIME. I walk over to the bar and my other friend is staring intently into his phone (his family was having the party). I ask him “who the fuck could you be txting, every single friend you have is here for you?” and he replies “oh nobody, I’m watching a CFL game.”
WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK!!!!!!
That was just the first 45 minutes of the night. PEOPLE put the fucking phones down and live life!!!! In my strip club guide (which the intelligent people know what a joke) I said “leave the phones in the car.” I just don’t understand how PLs can be in a strip club, with nude or semi-nude women and they’re staring intently into their phones reading some bullshit article on their USA Today app about the top 20 places to buy a fucking burrito in the United States. If there’s a pig on stage and the girl that makes your dick hard is back in the dressing room doing coke, watching fucking Sportscenter on the TV or talk to the damn bartender.
At work, yeah I totally understand, my fucking phones can’t even make it through 8 hours of work without needing a charge because I am on them so much. It’s work, I can’t help it. I am also not going to be one of those faggots lugging in a laptop into fucking Panera while I have lunch. I’m also not going to pose as a college kids who wants free wi-fi and to escape my dorm for a few hours and post up shop using 3 outlets to run my printer, laptop and phone at Starbucks either.
Phones have taken over our life, and it’s a scary thing. There’s too much information, too many expectations, and people expect results too fast anymore. That is all for my rant, can’t you tell I’ve had a shitty week!
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I have a trip scheduled for Detroit next weekend, hopefully that will cool me off - I'll be composing emails the entire time I am driving there.
If these were a couple of teenagers I could understand it - but given their age - I was shocked.
With cellphones we've become a country of fucjing pussies that can't make a goddam decision in the grocery store without calling the SO back home about what kind of cereal to buy.
As a single person I get so fucking annoyed at the guy standing in the middle of cereal aisle on his cell phone talking to girlfriend because he's too afraid to msje a decision on what kind of cereal to buy.
Grow a pair of balls. Grab a box Fruit Loops. And get the fuck out of the way. Jesus Christ you guys with wives and girlfriends can't make a simple decision without calling her first.
People at work drive me up the fricking tree with their cell phones, too. We have customers to help, phone calls to answer, pizzas to make, boxes to fold, dishes to wash, food to prep, and a makeline that needs to get stocked, and what are they fricking doing? Playing on their damn cell phones. Hell, one time, one of the assistant managers was so caught up on his cell, he didn't notice all of the pizzas piling up at the end of the conveyor oven. I think we had to re-make a half dozen pizzas because of his screw up.
Smart phones -- they suck every IQ point out of most people, and most people don't have that much to spare to start with.
was at a club last night and a dancer was showing me a clip of a rock concert she went to. after a minute I was thinking I'd rather watch the girl on stage but I watched both.
one of my older relatives with no omputer tech, no smart anything gets annoyed when others come to visit her and they greet her then they sit down and start looking at their phones. well some do if they don't know how it irritates my relative.
at work at a group meeting a coworker thought it might be a problem contacting me. it was announced I had no cell phone. it was not a problem at all. being labeled an expert I simply walked around from group to group answering any questions.
one big reason maybe I should get one, in case of emergency or I'm stuck somewhere and need a tow truck. I would have to walk somewhere. I do not carry my iPad around too much.
I'll also admit that I don't mind being able to go online when there is a pig on stage or I am waiting for things to pick up at the club. Shit, I even wrote a club review once while sitting in that club.