I hate modern cell phones!

[Jayson1]

Well the initial point was that we as a society was loosing our ability to enjoy each others company because people rather look at a small box in their hand, instead of talking to people around them.

Jason

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ But that's not unique to the current state of the world.

In the old days, the "small box" was newspapers. Now, it's smartphones. A decade or two down the line, it'll be something else. The cycle never ends.

 

[Jayson1]

^ But that's not unique to the current state of the world.

In the old days, the "small box" was newspapers. Now, it's smartphones. A decade or two down the line, it'll be something else. The cycle never ends.

Today though it seems to not just distract sometime but all the time. People I think spend every waking moment constantly looking at a phone. Use to you would at least put the paper down once you read it. TV I guess you could say was just as bad but at least people watched it together and talked about their shows afterwards.

Jason

 

[Qonundrum]

That's it. I am so watching TNG's 'The Game" tonight. In 1991, people thought it was a hokey attempt at cult indoctrination tactics, what with Jim Jones being 15 years earlier and all... But it's not the show's fault that life imitated real art. Apart from the Jim Jones part.

 

[HaventGotALife]

I was in your camp. But, when working 60 hours per week, it's nice to have my music collection, my ability to make a phone call, my apps for KCRW (Bookworm and Right, Left, and Center, baby!) and Facebook, on one device. Do I take it out, unless it is an emergency, while on the clock? No. Do I meditate on a ten-minute break, instead of scrolling? Yes.

It's in the hands of the user. I worry about kids using them, especially early in life. But, that is true of every electronic device.

Moderation, for all.

 

[Hugo Rune]

I miss my Galaxy Note 7.

I hope you're well with your buds and you get to fulfil your purpose in this universe. By accidentally burning down a Samsung warehouse.

Hugo - not all purpose is positive people!

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

I love how Samsung promoted their new phone with the sides cut off the screen, big deal, then a month or two latter Apple seems to have the same idea.. Apple invents stuff bah humbug.

 

[Mudd]

I have a Galaxy S7 Edge and must admit that I'm uncomfortable when it's not within easy reach.

 

[DimesDan]

I have a Galaxy S7 Edge and must admit that I'm uncomfortable when it's not within easy reach.

I have a bog standard S6 and I feel the same.

 

[Herbert]

^ But that's not unique to the current state of the world.

In the old days, the "small box" was newspapers. Now, it's smartphones. A decade or two down the line, it'll be something else. The cycle never ends.

If I read a newspaper on my phone will it cause a rupture in the space time continuum?

 

[SPCTRE]

at least people watched it together and talked about their shows afterwards

are you under the impression people don't consume and discuss content in a social setting anymore?

because that impression would be entirely wrong

 

[psCargile]

I strongly dislike rotary phones. "Did I just dial a 6 or a 7? Shit."

 

[Robert Maxwell]

Today though it seems to not just distract sometime but all the time. People I think spend every waking moment constantly looking at a phone. Use to you would at least put the paper down once you read it. TV I guess you could say was just as bad but at least people watched it together and talked about their shows afterwards.

Jason

You must be spending time with the wrong people. Or with nobody at all.

I find that having a smartphone strengthens my social life--makes it easy to make plans, meet up, and have a good time together.

 

[Timby]

I love how Samsung promoted their new phone with the sides cut off the screen, big deal, then a month or two latter Apple seems to have the same idea.. Apple invents stuff bah humbug.

Apple doesn't necessarily innovate anymore, or at least that isn't the focus of its product development. Rather, it takes an existing concept and molds it and improves it into something that fits its "I NEED THIS" branding position.

 

[Balok's Decoy]

A lot has been made about how cell phones are alienating us from each other. And while I do kinda cringe when I see a table of six or seven people at a restaurant and everyone is staring at their phones, I do think that phones (or rather, the internet on phones) does also bring us closer together.

I mean, I have no one to talk to about Star Trek. My gf likes Trek, but she gets tired of it. Other than her when she's in the mood to watch it or talk about it, I literally have nobody to talk to about this thing that is so important to me. So I come here and talk to you guys about it. And I've met lots of cool people on Twitter who love Star Trek. And people on STO. The internet has helped me connect with people in a way that would otherwise be impossible.

So, if you ever see me with my face stuck in my phone....maybe I'm connecting with someone...

 

[scotpens]

I strongly dislike rotary phones. "Did I just dial a 6 or a 7? Shit."

With the old rotary phones you could always dial a wrong number, but at least they couldn't be butt-dialed.

Anyway, where can you even find a rotary-dial phone these days? Do you live in Outer Mongolia?

 

[Starbreaker]

I talk to my real life friends all day in a Google Hangouts chat so we can make plans. It's the way I chat with my girlfriend while we're both at work.

 

[Astra]

I mean, I have no one to talk to about Star Trek. My gf likes Trek, but she gets tired of it. Other than her when she's in the mood to watch it or talk about it, I literally have nobody to talk to about this thing that is so important to me. So I come here and talk to you guys about it. And I've met lots of cool people on Twitter who love Star Trek. And people on STO. The internet has helped me connect with people in a way that would otherwise be impossible.

So, if you ever see me with my face stuck in my phone....maybe I'm connecting with someone...

The internet is a great invention (even though there is a lot to rant about it as well) but I just prefer doing all these things on a big screen on my laptop, instead of a small one on a smartphone that I can barely read and have to scroll all the time, and am not able to write long messages on either because there is no keyboard where I can write with all ten fingers.

 

[RAMA]

I'm 47 and I love smartphones. I don't know how I made it through life without them, and I usually have several at a time.

RAMA

I'm 41 so maybe I am to old to see the appeal but I think I hate everything about them. To me a cell phone should be able to make calls, hold phone numbers and have voice mail and that is it. Every time my sisters comes over or I see my nieces or even my mom it seems all they want to do is look at some dumb little box in their hand. Why would anyone watch or listen to something on such a small device and also it would be nice if people actually wanted to talk anymore.
Plus I have a hard time using them. Whenever I swipe I never seem to find what I need to get to and the ability to use the phone option always seems to be some super obstacle instead of the most easy thing to do. I wish flip phones would come back because that was what a cell phone should look like. I can't even pretend like I am talking to the Enterprise anymore without a flip phone which was one of it's biggest charms. The upside is with new phones I can pretend I am Al giving Sam Beckett important information by looking at my hand link but that only works in theory because my hatred of the phones drain any primitive joy out of it.

Jason

 

[DimesDan]

I don't know how I made it through life without them

Given your age and they're barely a decade old, one would assume, easily.