Smartphone addiction
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A smartphone is like having a little goblin interloper prodding you all day, crawling all over your mind and body. He speaks in a squeaky, little voice saying things like "Ooh. Just look at all those deliciously miserable headlines. Look at that video of a dog doing a cartwheel. Look at that soldier being reunited with his sobbing family at a basketball game."
WashYourHands
Cat Malogen
“Look up that man who was fucked to death by a horse, go on, do it, then forward it to a sensitive soul”
sufi
lala
The constant upgrade cycle is a disgusting snare too,
looking back, getting out of that (by cutting a super cheap sim-only deal with t-mobile) was a step in the right direction,
mobiles and apps have improved so fast that you need to have an up-to-date device to get the full experience - AR is pretty useless on phone over a year old.
whereas if you have an older handset, the lag and clunkiness is a useful disincentive from overuse/enslavement
looking back, getting out of that (by cutting a super cheap sim-only deal with t-mobile) was a step in the right direction,
mobiles and apps have improved so fast that you need to have an up-to-date device to get the full experience - AR is pretty useless on phone over a year old.
whereas if you have an older handset, the lag and clunkiness is a useful disincentive from overuse/enslavement
sufi
lala
you all already saw this on twitter
arstechnica.com
Former Facebook manager: “We took a page from Big Tobacco’s playbook”
"At worst, I fear we are pushing ourselves to the brink of a civil war," he added.
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mWttrs2
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I have no addiction to the phone. But I feel that I am addicted to the computer, or rather to gambling. My friends and I loved spending time in the casino. Due to quarantine we couldn`t do it, so we spent time together on 우리카지노 . We often play poker, slots, roulette and baccarat. I play it for fun, but the game gives me even more pleasure when I win money (even if a small amount). Now I try to spend less time on the computer but I don`t always succeed
blissblogger
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it's ruined my life.
only a slight exaggeration.
they are demonic devices.
would like to go back to the little crap flip top phone, barely more than a pager, that i had for long long after everybody else had gone smartphone. then my wife said you really need one and gave me her old iPhone.
it's been downhill ever since.
only a slight exaggeration.
they are demonic devices.
would like to go back to the little crap flip top phone, barely more than a pager, that i had for long long after everybody else had gone smartphone. then my wife said you really need one and gave me her old iPhone.
it's been downhill ever since.
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yyaldrin
in je ogen waait de wind
i'm considering buying a "dumb" phone which i can take with me if i need to and just leaving my smartphone at home. whatsapp and stuff like that also work without a sim card. so in that way i would still be reachable but wouldn't be distracted all the time and i wouldn't lose contact with my friends from whatsapp.
sufi
lala
That's more or less how i roll
i also find that having broken the addiction i can actually go out without having a telephone on me at all without getting nervous.
for extra bonus points you can use f-droid instead of the google play shop to prevent the lads at google from tracking your every click
blissblogger
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that was unclear pf me - i meant that she gave me her old smartphone, first in a series of used, lagging behind the state of the art, but still demonically potent iPhones
dumbphone - love it. that's what i want.
with a dumbphone, I'd be smarter. i'd be spending more of my in transit time taking in the environment, looking at people (even if they're all looking at their own phones!), or lost in reverie, or otherwise doing the sort of mental reprocessing / digestion / brain-idling-mode, out of which ideas come. it's the filling up of mental emptiness that is the most insidious aspect of the phone. and the pulverization of attention spans.
and then the effects on family life. where everyone's sitting together but on their phones.