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I have a SmartPhone just like everyone else my age but don't use it that much. My cousins joined me on long cross country trip to see other relatives. They were looking at their SmartPhones (texting and websurfing) the entire time.
They did not speak to each other or to my husband or I the entire time except for yes and no answers. They had nothing against us, they just found their SmartPhones much more interesting.
Is this a sickness in our society or just a new and improved way of communicating?
It is an addiction. My sister in law also the same. She visits me with my brother. I can drop salt instead sugar I don't think she realize, that much in to the smart phone. Honestly it is uncomfortable for me. I prefer that she stay home instead of coming by me. But yes I cannot be that rude to my brothers wife. But I understand what you say.
It's definitely an addiction. My sisters and parents have smartphones. So do I. When we all go out for dinner, my stepmom and my sisters will be texting and websurfing. My dad and I just awkwardly sit there and try and make conversation.
I have a SmartPhone just like everyone else my age but don't use it that much. My cousins joined me on long cross country trip to see other relatives. They were looking at their SmartPhones (texting and websurfing) the entire time.
They did not speak to each other or to my husband or I the entire time except for yes and no answers. They had nothing against us, they just found their SmartPhones much more interesting.
Is this a sickness in our society or just a new and improved way of communicating?
Prior to smartphones, I suffered from horrific boredom at my inlaws' gatherings. My phone has been a great improvement.
Cross-country trips usually involve long boring days in confined quarters. Back in the good old days, people usually chatted a bit, then read, put on their Walkman headphones, or pretended to nap. They didn't have extended stimulating conversations or or bond over road games for very long if at all.
Smartphones have made long trips so much more tolerable.
Here we go, another thread bashing smartphone users. They probably didn't want to talk with you much and/or didn't want you guys to hear their A to B conversation.
(I don't want them to be talking all the time but how about 1/3 of the time. The rest of the time they are on their own.)
Were you traveling by plane, train, or car?
If by car, you were seeking, say, 2-3 hrs a day conversation with them? To many people, that's a stretch. Regardless, if they had wanted to converse with you they would have, despite having smartphones. Obviously they didn't want to, and the smartphones were simply a means to avoid doing so.
The smartphones are not the problem, they're the excuse.
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