Phone use...

[Rockport]

Wall-E?

Not sure. I never saw the movie but was told about it by someone else.

 

[RonSpringsdaman20]

Not sure. I never saw the movie but was told about it by someone else.

Yeh, One of Pixar's last "Golden Age" animations.... ("UP" is unofficially the last)
I think it won the Academy Award for "Best Animation"
Irony is... it's Disney

 

[bounce]

Let's not blame the phones, .. it is each individuals level of self-discipline.

I have a cool phone, that does a lot, .. Samsung Galaxy S4.

But I don't always have it with me, nor do I always have it on if I do.

Own the phone, .. don't allow it to own you.

I can't imagine my phone distracting me away from watching my children, .. or grandchild, which applies to me more nowadays.

I agree, and it's tough. I'm of the age that so used to being connected all the time (34) and it's like an extension of my hand. I'm also a photographer, so I use it for a lot of that purpose with kids. But, I'm forcing myself to plug it in and put it away when I get home. I have three young kids (4, 2, 7 weeks) that need my attention more than anything on my phone.

The way I reason it to myself is, if I'm stuck on my phone, I'm essentially telling my kids that reading about someone else's day on Facebook or whatever is more important to me than they are at that moment.

 

[Denim Chicken]

This thread has inspired me to set limits on my own phone usage. I’m a news junky and usually checking for updates often—especially since the latest escalation in the West Bank. Now, when I get home from work, I set it down for the night.

 

[WV Cowboy]

The way I reason it to myself is, if I'm stuck on my phone, I'm essentially telling my kids that reading about someone else's day on Facebook or whatever is more important to me than they are at that moment.

Good man.

 

[iceberg]

once i went to lunch with a few friends and one friend forgot her phone and i could tell it was eating at her badly. so i took out mine and sendt her a txt message and then said "there, now you have no idea what i just said".

i got the stinky eye stare for that one.

last weekend my brother and nephew came to visit me and as soon as they got there they hopped on their phones and started txting / messaging around. i just said "wow, its just like any other normal day hanging out with y'all via phones. they put 'em away. for the most part.

 

[speedkilz88]

Surprised nobody mentioned the retired cop who murdered a guy for texting his 3 year old daughter in a tampa movie theater.

http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/24435641/2014/01/13/shots-fired-at-wesley-chapel-movie-theater

 

[notherbob]

I am lucky. Out here in the middle of nowhere I have no need or desire for a cell phone. My wife has one in case of emergency as she goes to town more than I do but she seldom uses it. I used it once but I have never sent or received a text and have no desire to and can't figure what the fascination is with it.

Where did I go wrong? I'm not even getting any bills or anything.

I have been too busy to pay any attention to football lately and doubt I'll have any time to this season. Life is good, anyway.

 

[WV Cowboy]

I am lucky. Out here in the middle of nowhere I have no need or desire for a cell phone. My wife has one in case of emergency as she goes to town more than I do but she seldom uses it. I used it once but I have never sent or received a text and have no desire to and can't figure what the fascination is with it.

Hope your wife doesn't need to get a hold of you in case of emergency.

My wife and children are why I carry my cell phone.

Don't need'em very often, but when I do, they come in pretty handy.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

I am lucky. Out here in the middle of nowhere I have no need or desire for a cell phone. My wife has one in case of emergency as she goes to town more than I do but she seldom uses it. I used it once but I have never sent or received a text and have no desire to and can't figure what the fascination is with it.

Where did I go wrong? I'm not even getting any bills or anything.

I have been too busy to pay any attention to football lately and doubt I'll have any time to this season. Life is good, anyway.

If there was a garlic powered cell phone...I think you might start carrying one.

 

[burmafrd]

Like I said this is an evil alien conspiracy to destroy mankind and its working.

 

[Denim Chicken]

I remember when pagers were a thing...

 

[WV Cowboy]

I remember when pagers were a thing...

Walkie Talkie's and CB radio's, ... LOL.

 

[CowboyGil]

It's the new age. My 3 almost 4 year old learned how to take pics with our phones when she was 2.5. I'd open my photos and find selfies and pictures of her toys. And as far as the theater thing, if you feel it vibrate and feel the urgent need to check it, go outside the theater. If it's that important, then it's worth missing a little bit of the movie.

 

[RonSpringsdaman20]

It's the new age. My 3 almost 4 year old learned how to take pics with our phones when she was 2.5. I'd open my photos and find selfies and pictures of her toys. And as far as the theater thing, if you feel it vibrate and feel the urgent need to check it, go outside the theater. If it's that important, then it's worth missing a little bit of the movie.

It's like pavlov's dog, every time it vibrates, its urgent.

 

[jimmy40]

It's amazing how many less emergencies people had before cell phones.

 

[WV Cowboy]

It's amazing how many less emergencies people had before cell phones.

Maybe no less, .. they just found out about them later.

 

[Rockport]

It's amazing how many less emergencies people had before cell phones.

Some peoples definition of an emergency these days is if they break a finger nail.

 

[jimmy40]

Some peoples definition of an emergency these days is if they break a finger nail.

And they need to tell everyone they know about it, immediately.

 

[Section446]

Stopped by McD's this afternoon to grab some lunch.

Got my cheeseburger, my fries and my small vanilla shake and sat down next to a window overlooking the McD's play area.

Out there 3 sets of parents. At one table sat a younger gal. Over at another table sat a woman more middle aged. And off in the corner at another table sat a man and woman– the man on one side of the table, the woman on the other.

While I ate my food I'd glance over at the kids playing, then I'd glance at the parents...

All parents were busy pushing buttons on their phones, with their eyes glazed to the screens.

There was no conversation from any of the parents to the kids. Nor were the man & woman at their own table conversing.

This went on for probably 10 minutes.

I'm not going to label the experience good or bad. It just is what it is in 2014.

Have you seen the movie WALL-E? It's happening...