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It was easy for me to remember phone numbers in the past because all the numbers stayed the same for many years, and they were all the same area code. And at home, you could use a *phone book*(!!!) but having a # stored in a cell phone is a little more convenient when calling when out of the house.
this posting is just a reality check for people who rely heavenly on technology. I am not fully against it( obviously i'm on the computer typing this thread), but i think its a problem when people lose skills that they've delevoped over the years without technology.
People really need to get it together..everywhere I look there's an idiot walking into a wall because he/shes has their face glued to a PDA...Humans have come along way and have taught themselves how to do without...now people don't even know the meaning of "doing without".
Cellphones are so useless its ridiculous. Most people who buy them , only buy them because its cool...yet those are the same people who complain about not have any money??..Back then people actually did more reading than they do now. People have gotten so lazy because of technology ( when i say lazy, i mean physically and mostly MENTALLY)<----...when was the last time you seen someone remember a phone number with out looking at the PDA's "phone book"??...NEVER!..as small as that last example I just made may seem...its really scary to think that people can't even remember a phone numbers anymore..
People are using wireless internet access on their phones to send emails while sitting in front of a desktop computer with internet access???, people are watching movies on little CELLPHONE screens?? ...and Texting....one of the biggest problems, yet one of the most profitable things to come along in this world....texting.The problem with texting is that people have gotten so use to it to the point that they have no idea how to carry on a conversation with another person anymore..the word "YES" is just a few keystrokes away!
I worked at this office in mid-town and I notice the manager throwing out a PERFECTLY good coffee maker...and replaced it with an automatic coffee and TEA maker??...Now..i could understand having a coffee maker...to an extent...but to make hot tea??? how Mod cut: language difficult is it to dip a tea bag into a cup of hot water???? The problem with today's world is that people are too stuck on their WANTS!! and not on their NEEDS!...whats funny is that people are being brain washed to think that these "wants" are "the NEEDS"...its sad that the better technology gets,the more lazy and stupid people get.....well except for me.
for the love of yourself, people, open up your eyes, learn to do things yourself, and shut off the cell phone because the person you're speaking to on the phone is sitting right across from you...
a perfect example of what could possibly happen to the human race in the future is in the Animated movie "Wall-E". As entertaining this movie is, it has "the future of the human race" written all over it.
I agree. Any sociologist will tell you human one on one interaction has suffered considerably due to cell phone, email, and computer reliance. We are called the loneliest people of all time due to our lack of personal, face to face interaction and it's showing up in skyrocketing suicide rates, depression, violence, etc.
Check out the book titled "Bowling Alone". Very enlightening.
And I dislike cell phones and do not have one and texting is repulsive. Look your neighbor in the eye and TALK to them!!!!!!
One plus about cell phones is that I can keep in touch with people who don't live in my area code without worrying about long distance. But as a 40 year old I'm not in the generation that grew up texting everyone, and I don't understand texting people who are sitting right next to you. Technology facilitates quick, often superficial communication, which has its pros and cons.
I have to agree. As much as I love my smartphone, texting has gotten way out of hand. My boss and coworkers text me to communicate important things, friends text me. No one CALLS any more! I had actually sign up for a texting plan so I would stop getting charged for them! (I didnt have a texting plan since I have internet on my phone, and shooting an email didnt cost extra!!!!!!) Crazy huh? I HAD TO PAY FOR A TEXT PLAN just so I wouldnt keep getting charged for incoming texts!
And I hate the texts that come from strangers 'wrong number" ones! ARGH!
And a man who is interested in me, TEXTS, instead of calls. I have stopped acknowledging them. So then he asks "did you get my text about so and so?", I replied "yes", he responds "oh ok, you didnt answer", I replied, "yeah, because i wish you would call instead of communicate by text all the time". So what does he do the next day? TEXT ME about the weather conditions. ARGH !!!!!!!
Ok, thanks for letting me get this off my chest!
I personally love texting, and think it's just more convenient sometimes. If I'm at work or something lol. Plus it's easier to have multiple conversations at the same time. I have a lot set up through texting, whether it's road/weather alerts, myspace messages or the app to text me from online. I get them at random times in the middle of the night which can be annoying but I don't mind.
I love technology but am not overtly addicted. Flatman has a point. When I go to the grocery store or anywhere else almost everyone is walking around with a cell phone glued to their ear. Technology is great; I have a mobile phone and it is very useful, but I am not in love with the thing; it's merely practical to have one in my line of work and to keep in touch with my wife and daughter.
Perhaps the one thing I am addicted to is City-Data.
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..Back then people actually did more reading than they do now. People have gotten so lazy because of technology ( when i say lazy, i mean physically and mostly MENTALLY)<----...when was the last time you seen someone remember a phone number with out looking at the PDA's "phone book"??...NEVER!..as small as that last example I just made may seem...its really scary to think that people can't even remember a phone numbers anymore..
..but to make hot tea??? how Mod cut: language difficult is it to dip a tea bag into a cup of hot water???? The problem with today's world is that people are too stuck on their WANTS!! and not on their NEEDS!...whats funny is that people are being brain washed to think that these "wants" are "the NEEDS"...its sad that the better technology gets,the more lazy and stupid people get.....well except for me.
