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I'd give up my car way before I'd give up my internet connection, even though I live in North Texas, the center of all things automotive.
Internet informs me on options like mass transist and Uber so it's a no-brainer when it comes to physical movement.
I'm not retired but couldn't resist. You can do almost everything from home on the computer these days. I'd give up the car. I would walk, take taxi, bicycle or bus.
Yeh, well you aren't retired then. So does that count?
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i'm coming up on this phase of my life, but I hang out here every once in a while to see what's going on. When I do retire I would definitely surrender the pc before my car though, I am burnt out on technology
I agree with kids not developing real social skills, instead have their faces in the screen all the time.
Younger(60s) older adults were blessed by both worlds. We got proper socialization and we learned how to at least get on the web! Sadly, some of us have suffered a downsizing of magnitude proportions so we only have a small window from which we can interact with the world now.
I feel really bad for the OP but it's tempered with with the whinning and nastiness to some who were just trying to help. I do understand that there were a lot of inappropriate responses from either not reading the whole thread or forgetting what the OP stated.
There are a lot of nice people here who just want to try and help others. They sometimes get duped too. I hope this is not the case with this thread.
I agree with the lack of social skills with the young kids.
I'm still amazed (and saddened) every time I eat out or go to a social event. People are "together" but not present because they are all always on their phones or checking their phones or taking pictures to post to FB or Instagram. I recently watched an attractive young couple eat an entire meal in a nice restaurant while on their phones the entire time. They barely spoke to each other.
Most of it (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) seems fake and like people are trying to live perfect happy lives to impress everyone else.
I'd like to give up both (car & Computer) but where I live there's not much in the way of accessible public transport and I use my computer for banking, etc. Family all live many states distant and with most working and running around nonstop sometimes the computer seems like "the" form of communication, but it is impersonal and is not the same as hearing a person's voice.
I'm hopeful in a couple of years I can give up the car & computer and live a more simple life with more personal interaction instead of texts, FB messages, hashtags & photos.
I recently watched an attractive young couple eat an entire meal in a nice restaurant while on their phones the entire time. They barely spoke to each other.
Don't be quick to judge.
Cross out "attractive young" you could be talking about DH & me. We travel extensively and spend many long days in the car. I seldom look at my iPhone unless I need to check for directions or other travel information. I look at the scenery and help him watch the road and we carry on long conversations.
Sometimes we listen together to an audiobook and might pause it to discuss our thoughts on it.
After several hours of this, we stop at a restaurant - hopefully a nice one. As soon as we've ordered both our iPhones come out. We like to take advantage of the wifi connection to catch up with email, texts, and feeds. Also there's no scenery or road that needs watching.
When the food comes, we put down the iPhones but we're often just all talked out with each other and we like to just focus on our meal.
When we're back on the road we reconnect with each other .
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Originally Posted by BamaBlue
Most of it (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) seems fake and like people are trying to live perfect happy lives to impress everyone else.
The friends and relatives I have on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are exactly the same ones I have in real life. I know what their lives are like, it would make no sense for them to try to fake me out. If they were as you describe I'd unfriend them (even the relatives) on social media and in real life.
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Sadly, some of us have suffered a downsizing of magnitude proportions so we only have a small window from which we can interact with the world now. 
with the whinning and nastiness to some who were just trying to help. I do understand that there were a lot of inappropriate responses from either not reading the whole thread or forgetting what the OP stated. 
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