Yeah, and it’s also incredibly rude. Like, we’re having lunch together in person, and mid-sentence, they disappear into their phone for minutes at a time.

I stop hanging out with these types of people. If online bullshit is more important than actual real life, what is even the point?

I leave on notifications for calls and calendar events. That’s it. Texts are silenced but appear on the lock screen. Everything else is a red dot only.

My friends point out how weird this is. But when I see multiple stacks of unread notifications on their lock screens, it seems exhausting.