Stop Googling, let's talk

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14 points·zabramow··3 comments

"Everyone" seems to feel like phones are distractibg additions to face to face communication. " Eveyone" admits to using their phone at social engagements. Good or bad, this behavior wasn't curbed fast enough (if that was even possible) and devices will forever be a second appendage until literally these devices become appendages.

I think there will be many solutions to this issue. Right now, we're guinea pigs with devices.

I don't use my phone in social engagements except for rare circumstances, and it's liberating. There's so much joy and beauty that can come from engaging with other people, and it's ashame people remiss this.

Also, going on your phone disrupts the "flow" or the "way". It's like, trying to pause earth, send a text, and it still pick up right where you left off. You can't do it. And you miss all the experiences that just came and went, including those that could have helped other people. When you finally pickup your head again, you're suddenly on a different wavelength than the rest of the world.

It's also disrespectful looking at your phone in social engagements (I sound like an old person, but I'm not.) Looking at your phones usually means one of two things 1) What's on my phone is more important than talking with you, or 2) I'm bored; you're not entertaining enough. My reply to #2 YOU'RE not entertaining enough. Yet here I am, praying for you while you're on facebook.

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