06-18-2014, 10:59 AM
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Old Far...er...Rocketeer
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Plano, TX resident since 1998.
Posts: 3,965
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Originally Posted by luke strawwalker
Course most kids, like my nephews, are ready to sit down and cry and don't know what to do with themselves if they lose access to their technology for more than 10 minutes nowdays... sad...
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I'm seriously concerned about this. But it's not just kids. While there is a demographic distribution - kids are more likely to exhibit this behavior - they are not alone. Plenty of middle aged folks have succumbed to smart phone addiction as well.
I've sat in bars - social institutions - and more than once watched a couple sit at a table engrossed in their phones and not paying any attention to each other or the others around them - very antisocial behavior.
I'm afraid people are losing the skill of personal interaction (without having a smart phone as a medium).
When I was a kid, they used to say coffee, cigarettes and various other consumables would "stunt your growth". Well, the smart phone seems to have done that to many folks, albeit emotionally rather than physically!
Doug
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